How deep is Elizabeth Lake?

Elizabeth Lake is at least 72 feet deep. That figure is the deepest surveyed sounding in the Michigan DNR Inland Lake Contours survey, a point measurement rather than a closed contour, so the deepest line you can actually trace on the map is the 70 ft contour, and the water may run deeper still.

Where is the deepest part of Elizabeth Lake?

The deepest charted water on Elizabeth Lake lies inside the 70 ft contour, toward the western side of the lake. That contour encloses 4.5 acres, 1.8% of the mapped water, so it is a small target on a small water, the depth chart above gives the contour to line up on.

How much of Elizabeth Lake is shallower than 50 feet?

About half. The 50 ft contour encloses 72 acres of the roughly 244 acres inside the outer 10 ft line, so the other half of the water is shallower than 50 feet. The sharpest drop is between 40 and 50 feet, where the mapped water sheds 68 acres.

How accurate is this Elizabeth Lake depth map?

The contours come from the Michigan DNR Inland Lake Contours survey, retrieved August 2026 and last rebuilt on August 19, 2026. Depths change over time with water levels and sediment, so treat this map as a planning guide for fishing, and never use it for navigation. Acreages are computed from the published contour geometry, not from a separate area survey, so read them as close approximations.

Michigan lake depth maps

Elizabeth Lake depth map

Elizabeth Lake in Oakland County, Michigan reaches a depth of more than 72 feet at its deepest surveyed sounding. Elizabeth Lake is charted here across 7 closed depth contours, from the 10 ft line down to 70 ft, enclosing about 244 acres of water. Half of that water lies inside the 50 ft line, and only 4.5 acres lie inside the deepest one. Every contour is on the interactive map below, free and without an account.

Data: Michigan DNR Inland Lake Contours (public record). Contours closed, checked and area-computed by Jordan Carter, founder of GilledIt · page updated August 19, 2026

Elizabeth Lake depth chart: 7 depth contours from 10 to 70 ft

Data: Michigan DNR Inland Lake Contours (public record), retrieved August 2026 · depths change over time · not for navigation

Elizabeth Lake depth chart data: water enclosed by each contour
Depth contour	Water inside it	Share of mapped water
10 ft	244 acres	100%
20 ft	224 acres	92%
30 ft	200 acres	82%
40 ft	140 acres	57%
50 ft	72 acres	29%
60 ft	24 acres	9.9%
70 ft	4.5 acres	1.8%

Acreages are computed from the closed Michigan DNR Inland Lake Contours contour rings, with islands subtracted. Shares are of the 244 acres inside the outermost charted contour (the 10 ft line), which is the outer edge of the mapped water, several state files carry no 0 ft shoreline line, so this is not the same as a share of the lake's published surface area. The survey also records a 72 ft sounding, marked as a point rather than a closed contour, so it is not charted as a band.

Fishing Elizabeth Lake: steep walls and a big basin

About 244 acres of Elizabeth Lake sit inside the survey's 10 ft contour, and half of that water is already gone by the 50 ft line: depth comes quickly here, with no long shallow margin before the bottom drops away. The steepest break on the chart runs from 40 down to 50 ft: 68 acres of bottom fall away across 10 ft there, which makes that band the first contour to work. The deepest 70 ft contour holds 4.5 acres, 1.8% of the mapped water, toward the western side of the lake. 72 ft of water makes this a two-story fishery: warm-water fish hold the 10-to-50 ft ground while the basin can stay cold below the summer thermocline, and the traffic between the two runs along the 40–50 ft break at first and last light.

Ice fishing on Elizabeth Lake

Elizabeth Lake freezes later and less evenly than the shallow waters around it, and the winter bite sets up on the first real break rather than out over the 70 ft hole. The 40–50 ft band on the chart above is that edge: 68 acres of bottom tilt away there, and panfish and walleye slide up and down it through the day. Late ice pushes fish back onto the 10-to-50 ft flat. Check ice thickness locally before you walk out.

Elizabeth Lake depth map FAQs

How deep is Elizabeth Lake?: Elizabeth Lake is at least 72 feet deep. That figure is the deepest surveyed sounding in the Michigan DNR Inland Lake Contours survey, a point measurement rather than a closed contour, so the deepest line you can actually trace on the map is the 70 ft contour, and the water may run deeper still.
Where is the deepest part of Elizabeth Lake?: The deepest charted water on Elizabeth Lake lies inside the 70 ft contour, toward the western side of the lake. That contour encloses 4.5 acres, 1.8% of the mapped water, so it is a small target on a small water, the depth chart above gives the contour to line up on.
How much of Elizabeth Lake is shallower than 50 feet?: About half. The 50 ft contour encloses 72 acres of the roughly 244 acres inside the outer 10 ft line, so the other half of the water is shallower than 50 feet. The sharpest drop is between 40 and 50 feet, where the mapped water sheds 68 acres.
How accurate is this Elizabeth Lake depth map?: The contours come from the Michigan DNR Inland Lake Contours survey, retrieved August 2026 and last rebuilt on August 19, 2026. Depths change over time with water levels and sediment, so treat this map as a planning guide for fishing, and never use it for navigation. Acreages are computed from the published contour geometry, not from a separate area survey, so read them as close approximations.

Depth maps for lakes near Elizabeth Lake

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Union Lake depth map · 110 ft max · 3 mi away

Mapped fishing venues near Elizabeth Lake

Elizabeth Lake in the venue directory covers access and fishing details for this water.

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Otter Lake · 2 mi away
Green Lake · 3 mi away

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