Seven Lakes State Park

Seven Lakes State Park
Seven Lakes State Park, October 2012
Map showing the location of Seven Lakes State Park
Location in Michigan
Location Lower Peninsula, Oakland County, Michigan USA
Nearest city Holly, Michigan
Coordinates 42°48′45″N 83°39′50″W / 42.81250°N 83.66389°W / 42.81250; -83.66389Coordinates: 42°48′45″N 83°39′50″W / 42.81250°N 83.66389°W / 42.81250; -83.66389 [1]
Area 1,434 acres (580 ha)
Elevation 951 feet (290 m) [1]
Designation Michigan State Park
Established 1969 (purchase);
1977 (opening)
Governing body Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Website Seven Lakes State Park

Seven Lakes State Park is a public recreation area covering 1,434 acres (580 ha) one mile northwest of Holly in Holly Township, Oakland County, Michigan.[2] The state park's 230 acres (93 ha) of water are found in six named lakes that include 170-acre Big Seven Lake,[3] Little Seven Lake, and 44-acre Dickinson Lake.[4]

History

The park's roots lie in a failed development scheme. In 1967, private interests built a dam on Swartz Creek in the Flint River watershed[3] to create one large lake, Decoup Lake, from seven small lakes. When the developers gave up their efforts, the state purchased the site in 1969, naming it Seven Lakes State Park and its largest body of water Big Seven Lake. The park opened in 1977; a campground on Sand Lake was opened in 1992.[5]

Activities and amenities

Big Seven Lake offers fishing for largemouth and smallmouth bass, northern pike, walleye, yellow perch, black crappie, and channel catfish.[6] Recreational facilities in the park include campsites, swimming beaches, picnic areas, boat launches, trails for hiking and mountain biking, and hunting areas.[2][upper-alpha 1]

Notes

  1. ↑ "The state park incorporates 240 sections of land of water for recreational utilize. Once under devlopment [sic] by private interests, the state obtained the site in 1969, opening the recreation center in 1992.... Recreational facilities in the park incorporate campgrounds, swimming shorelines, cookout territories, vessel dispatches, trails for climbing, mountain biking, and snowmobiling, and hunting regions. Park waters offer looking for [fish]."[7]

References

  1. 1 2 "Seven Lakes State Park". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. 1 2 "Seven Lakes State Park". Michigan Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Big Seven Lake" (PDF). Status of the Fishery Resource Report. Michigan Department of Natural Resources. 2013. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Dickinson Lake" (PDF). Status of the Fishery Resource Report. Michigan Department of Natural Resources. 2011. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Holly Township 2017–2021 Parks and Recreation Master Plan" (PDF). Holly Township. p. 37. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Big Seven Lake". Michigan Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
  7. ↑ The March 16, 2018 revision of this article as rendered by Hello Travel's synonym-seeking algorithm at "Big Seven Lake State Park". Hello Travel. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
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