Beach · Lake Michigan · Michigan
Empire Municipal Beach
A public beach on Lake Michigan in Leelanau County, Michigan, 0.22 miles of shore. The state samples the water for bacteria once a week through a 127-day swim season.
The beach
On the record
- Water
- Lake Michigan
- Location
- Leelanau County, Michigan
- Length
- 0.22 miles
- Owner
- Public
- Access
- Public Access
- Water sampling
- Yes — once a week in the swim season
- Swim season
- 127 days, as reported
- Monitoring tier
- Tier 2 (Tier 1 is highest)
- EPA beach ID
- MI001101
- Coordinates
- 44.8143° N, 86.0675° W to 44.8100° N, 86.0684° 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
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- Point Betsie Lighthouse Beach12 mi · MI
- Zettenberg Preserve13 mi · MI
- Frankfort: Anchor Road Beach15 mi · sampled · MI
- Elberta Village Beach & Bluffs16 mi · MI
Straight-line distance.
On the horizon
Lighthouses nearby
- Manning Memorial Light0.0 mi
On shore nearby
Worth the stop
- Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore4.6 mi · dunes
- Point Betsie Lighthouse13 mi · lighthouse
Off the beach
What to fish on Lake Michigan
Source
Facts on this page are from the EPA BEACON profile for beach MI001101, 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.