Beach · Lake Huron · Michigan
Mackinaw City Lighthouse Park
A public beach on Lake Huron in Cheboygan County, Michigan, 0.11 miles of shore. It is on the federal list of BEACH Act beaches but was not on the state’s sampling schedule in the latest report.
The beach
On the record
- Water
- Lake Huron
- Location
- Cheboygan County, Michigan
- Length
- 0.11 miles
- Owner
- Public
- Access
- Public Access
- Water sampling
- Not monitored in 2025
- Swim season
- 105 days, as reported
- Monitoring tier
- Tier 3 (Tier 1 is highest)
- Water quality standard
- E. coli, geometric mean: 300 per 100 mL
- EPA beach ID
- MI001362
- Coordinates
- 45.7880° N, 84.7285° W to 45.7900° N, 84.7304° W
As the state reported it to EPA for the 2025 season. Sampling schedules change year to year. How beach monitoring works →
Down the shore
Nearest Huron beaches
- Alexander Henry Park0.2 mi · MI
- Mackinaw City Beach0.3 mi · MI
- Wawatam City Park0.5 mi · MI
- Straits State Park4.1 mi · MI
- American Legion Memorial Park4.9 mi · MI
- Kiwanis Beach5.8 mi · sampled · MI
Straight-line distance.
By boat
Launches nearby
- Mackinaw City Municipal Marina0.6 mi · trailer ramp
- Straits State Harbor0.7 mi · trailer ramp
- St. Ignace5.4 mi · trailer ramp
On the horizon
Lighthouses nearby
- Old Mackinac Point Light0.1 mi · deactivated
- McGulpin Point Light2.1 mi · deactivated
- Wawatam Lighthouse5.4 mi
Ashore
State parks nearby
On shore nearby
Worth the stop
- Tunnel of Trees — M-11922 mi · drive
Off the beach
What to fish on Lake Huron
Source
Facts on this page are from the EPA BEACON profile for beach MI001362, the record Michigan files under the federal BEACH Act, retrieved 2026-10-10. The county is placed from the beach’s own coordinates. A blank field means the record is silent. Parking, fees, lifeguards and dog rules are set by whoever runs the beach; check with them before you go.
Chart shoreline generalized from Natural Earth (public domain). Not for navigation. Something wrong or missing? Write to contact@greatamericanlakes.com.