Baw Beese Lake Boat Ramps

2 boat launches are mapped on Baw Beese Lake in Hillsdale County, Michigan.

1 of these launches include facility details from Michigan Department of Natural Resources.

Baw Beese Lake facts

Surface area431 acres
TypeReservoir
Average depthabout 13 ft (modelled estimate)
Water volumeabout 5,586 acre-feet (modelled)
Shoreline lengthabout 5.5 miles
Surface elevation1,097 ft above sea level
DamBaw Beese Lake Dam, completed 1979
Dam size6 ft high, concrete dam
Dam purposesRecreation
Dam ownerPrivately owned
Normal storage430 acre-feet
Impounded streamSt. Joseph River

Sources: USGS National Hydrography Dataset (public domain); HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016, CC BY 4.0); U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams (NID ID MI00886). Matched to this page by name and location; modelled values are approximate. See all sources.

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