What is the area of Crystal Lake?
The surface area of Crystal Lake is 15.4 square miles (9,854 Acres), making it the 9th largest inland Lake in Michigan! The total area (land plus water) of the Crystal Lake Watershed is 43.67 square miles (28,145 Acres) – not especially large compared to other watersheds in Michigan. What makes the Crystal Lake Watershed unique is that the surface of the Lake is about 35% of the total Watershed (land + water) – an unusually high percentage.