Lake Leelanau Michigan Map

About Lake Leelanau, Michigan

Lake Leelanau is a locality in Leelanau County, Michigan, United States. It is a small community with a population of 229. The population density is 346.7 people per km². Lake Leelanau is located at 44.9808°N, 85.7151°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Detroit) timezone. ZIP code: 49653.

Lake Leelanau sits amidst a landscape defined by the deep, glacial clarity of its namesake water and the quiet presence of the Leland River, which serves as a persistent, moving thread through the terrain. It lies 15.7 miles north-northwest of Traverse City, MI (from Traverse City, MI: bearing 343°T), and is situated 18.4 miles north of Long Lake Township. Rolling orchards of cherry and apple trees occupy the surrounding slopes, their orderly rows tracing the contours of the earth until the land rises toward the distant, silhouetted form of Sugarloaf Mountain. St. Marys Park offers a sheltered threshold where the transition between dense woodland and open water feels most deliberate, the ground damp with the morning dew that clings to the native grasses. Here, the air carries a distinct sharpness, a lingering chill that suggests the proximity of northern forests even when the afternoon sun warms the dark, fertile soil.

Settlement in Lake Leelanau evolved from the necessity of harnessing the flow of the Leland River, a waterway that once powered the early industry that anchored the local economy. Today, the pace of life remains tethered to the seasonal cycle of the harvest, where the labor of the orchards defines the rhythm of the calendar as much as the shifting light across the surface of Lake Leelanau. While the community maintains a quiet independence, the legacy of its founding persists in the sturdy architecture and the deliberate, unhurried manner in which neighbors navigate the local thoroughfares. It is a place where the history of the land is read in the changing colors of the foliage, a quiet continuity that persists regardless of the external world’s frantic demands.

About This Lake Leelanau Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Lake Leelanau, Michigan. Coordinates: 44.980832, -85.715085. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Lake Leelanau includes the ZIP code (49653), telephone area code (989), county seat of Leelanau County (Suttons Bay Township), and school district assignment (Leland Public School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.