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This is a list of U.S. states and territories ranked by their coastline length. 30 states have a coastline: 23 with a coastline on the Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean (including the Gulf of Mexico and Gulf of Maine), and/or Pacific Ocean, and 8 with a Great Lakes shoreline.
Delta County: Goshorn Lake: Allegan County, Michigan: 627010 Gourdneck Lake 218 acres (88.2 ha) 51 feet (15.5 m) Kalamazoo County: Graham Lake 139 acres (56 ha) Calhoun County: North Graham Lake 10 acres (4.0 ha) Shiawassee County: South Graham Lake 12 acres (4.9 ha) Shiawassee County: Grand Lake: 5,660 acres (2,290 ha) 25 feet (7.6 m) Presque ...
The Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore protects 71,199 acres (111 sq mi; 288 km 2) of the shoreline of Lake Michigan. Much of this area is located on the Leelanau Peninsula, a large peninsula in the northwest of Michigan's Lower Peninsula. The park is located about 20 miles (32 km) west of Traverse City, the largest city in Northern Michigan.
Lake Huron, Michigan Lake Huron has the longest shoreline of all the Great Lakes , stretching more than 3,800 miles. One of the most photographed spots is Turnip Rock, near Port Austin, Michigan.
With a quarter-mile on Lake Michigan, it's the biggest remaining piece of undeveloped, unprotected shoreline from Charlevoix to the Mackinac Bridge.
Lake Michigan (/ ˈ m ɪ ʃ ɪ ɡ ən / ⓘ MISH-ig-ən) is one of the five Great Lakes of North America.It is the second-largest of the Great Lakes by volume [5] (1,180 cu mi; 4,900 km 3) and depth (923 ft; 281 m) after Lake Superior and the third-largest by surface area (22,405 sq mi; 58,030 km 2), after Lake Superior and Lake Huron.
The south lake includes 5,693 acres (23 km 2), the north lake includes 2,914 acres (12 km 2), and the lakes have a total shoreline of about 41.2 miles (66.3 km). The south lake has an average depth of 24 feet (7.3 m), and a maximum depth of 62 feet (19 m); the north lake has an average depth of 40 feet (12 m) and a maximum depth of 121 feet (37 m).
Lake St. Clair (French: Lac Sainte-Claire) is a freshwater lake that lies between the Canadian province of Ontario and the U.S. state of Michigan. It was named in 1679 by French Catholic explorers after Saint Clare of Assisi , on whose feast day they first saw the lake.