Beach · Lake Michigan · Michigan
North Bar
A public beach on Lake Michigan in Leelanau County, Michigan, 0.28 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 Michigan
- Location
- Leelanau County, Michigan
- Length
- 0.28 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
- MI001539
- Coordinates
- 44.8484° N, 86.0682° W to 44.8500° N, 86.0676° 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 Michigan beaches
- Empire Municipal Beach2.4 mi · sampled · MI
- Esch Road/Otter Creek5.9 mi · MI
- Point Betsie Lighthouse Beach14 mi · MI
- Zettenberg Preserve14 mi · MI
- Frankfort: Anchor Road Beach17 mi · sampled · MI
- Elberta Village Beach & Bluffs18 mi · MI
Straight-line distance.
On the horizon
Lighthouses nearby
- Manning Memorial Light2.4 mi
- South Manitou Island Lighthouse11 mi · deactivated
On shore nearby
Worth the stop
- Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore2.3 mi · dunes
- Point Betsie Lighthouse14 mi · lighthouse
Off the beach
What to fish on Lake Michigan
Source
Facts on this page are from the EPA BEACON profile for beach MI001539, 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.