How deep is North Belle Lake?

North Belle Lake is more than 70 feet deep. The deepest contour in the Michigan DNR Inland Lake Contours survey is the 70 foot line, and the lake continues deeper inside it.

Where is the deepest part of North Belle Lake?

The deepest charted water on North Belle Lake lies inside the 70 ft contour, toward the southeastern corner of the lake. That contour encloses 3.1 acres, 3.6% 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 North Belle Lake is shallower than 20 feet?

About half. The 20 ft contour encloses 41 acres of the roughly 87 acres inside the outer 5 ft line, so the other half of the water is shallower than 20 feet. The sharpest drop is between 5 and 10 feet, where the mapped water sheds 18 acres.

How accurate is this North Belle 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

North Belle Lake depth map

North Belle Lake in Luce County, Michigan reaches a depth of more than 70 feet at its deepest surveyed contour. North Belle Lake is charted here across 8 closed depth contours, from the 5 ft line down to 70 ft, enclosing about 87 acres of water. Half of that water lies inside the 20 ft line, and only 3.1 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

North Belle Lake depth chart: 8 depth contours from 5 to 70 ft

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

North Belle Lake depth chart data: water enclosed by each contour
Depth contour	Water inside it	Share of mapped water
5 ft	87 acres	100%
10 ft	69 acres	80%
20 ft	41 acres	47%
30 ft	31 acres	36%
40 ft	22 acres	26%
50 ft	14 acres	17%
60 ft	6.7 acres	7.7%
70 ft	3.1 acres	3.6%

Acreages are computed from the closed Michigan DNR Inland Lake Contours contour rings, with islands subtracted. Shares are of the 87 acres inside the outermost charted contour (the 5 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.

Fishing North Belle Lake: a wide shallow flat over a deep hole

The survey encloses about 87 acres of North Belle Lake inside its 5 ft contour, and half of that water lies inside the 20 ft line, so the bulk of this Luce County water sits on a shallow flat, with the real depth packed into one part of the basin. Between 5 and 10 ft the mapped water sheds 18 acres in 5 ft of depth, the sharpest change on the chart, start on that band, because it is where the bottom stops being flat. The deepest 70 ft contour holds 3.1 acres, 3.6% of the mapped water, toward the southeastern corner of the lake. 70 ft of water makes this a two-story fishery: warm-water fish hold the 5-to-20 ft ground while the basin can stay cold below the summer thermocline, and the traffic between the two runs along the 5–10 ft break at first and last light.

Ice fishing on North Belle Lake

North Belle 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 5–10 ft band on the chart above is that edge: 18 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 5-to-20 ft flat. Check ice thickness locally before you walk out.

North Belle Lake depth map FAQs

How deep is North Belle Lake?: North Belle Lake is more than 70 feet deep. The deepest contour in the Michigan DNR Inland Lake Contours survey is the 70 foot line, and the lake continues deeper inside it.
Where is the deepest part of North Belle Lake?: The deepest charted water on North Belle Lake lies inside the 70 ft contour, toward the southeastern corner of the lake. That contour encloses 3.1 acres, 3.6% 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 North Belle Lake is shallower than 20 feet?: About half. The 20 ft contour encloses 41 acres of the roughly 87 acres inside the outer 5 ft line, so the other half of the water is shallower than 20 feet. The sharpest drop is between 5 and 10 feet, where the mapped water sheds 18 acres.
How accurate is this North Belle 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 North Belle Lake

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Mapped fishing venues near North Belle Lake

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

Syphon Lake · 4 mi away
Long Lake · 10 mi away
Camp Eight Lake · 10 mi away

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