Lake Leelanau, Michigan

About Lake Leelanau

Lake Leelanau is a small unincorporated community in northern Michigan.

Lake Leelanau holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 0.26 square miles.

📰 Lake Leelanau News Today

• Timothy Cypher Obituary & Funeral | Lake Leelanau, MI - Life Story Funeral Homes Life Story Funeral Homes - Traverse City · Apr 25
• MI Dream Home: Former Lake Leelanau hotel with koi pond detroitnews.com · Jul 11
• Trees cut down at Lake Leelanau property Leelanau News · Jun 17
• Locals Lake Leelanau Gets Its Liquor License, Leland Gets A New Taproom, And Other Leelanau Restaurant/Retail News Leelanau Ticker · May 1
• Public Health Alert: wildfire smoke affects air quality in Benzie and Leelanau. Some events canceled Glen Arbor Sun · Jul 16

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Lake Leelanau Unique

• The only place in America named Lake Leelanau — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• One of the smallest municipal footprints in the country at just 0.26 sq mi.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in northern Michigan, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 9 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Lake Leelanau

• The Redheads (café)

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Lake Leelanau

• Mebert Creek & Greeno Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Narrows Natural Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Veronica Valley Park reviews ★
• Bingham Township Park reviews ★
• Centerville Park reviews ★
• Grove Park reviews ★
• Lake Leelanau Baseball Diamond reviews ★
• Lake Leelanau Public Water Access Site reviews ★
• Provemont Pond Recreation Area reviews ★
• Schneider Beach reviews ★
• The Narrows DNR Boat Ramp reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Lake Leelanau

• Leelanau Montessori Public School Academy

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Lake Leelanau

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