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Greenes Lake Public Access

Also Greene's Lake Public Access · Greene's Lake Boat Access

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Locator map: Greenes Lake Public Access highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Locator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
TypePlace
Coordinates45.6374° N, 85.5856° WGoogle MapsDownload KML
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Locator map: Greenes Lake Public Access highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Locator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
Place
Along road
Greene's Lake Road
Coordinates
45.6374° N, 85.5856° WGoogle MapsDownload KML
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
transportationrecreationconservation
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

Greenes Lake Public Access is a fishing access site listed in the Beaver Island recreation-facilities inventory. The inventory places it on Greene’s Lake Road and identifies Michigan DNR ownership; a later DNR–Peaine lease names Greene’s Lake Boat Access among the leased recreation sites. The county snapshot adds a dated DNR parcel context under PIN 012-131-005-00, but does not resolve the facility itself.

Evidence and limits

The sources establish a road-linked public-access designation, not a surveyed facility boundary, easement, construction history, or current condition.

Open questions

  • What parcel and access easement define the site?
  • Does the current DNR–Peaine lease still govern it?
  • Can a current map resolve its point or polygon geometry?

Maps for this place

These Atlas plates provide regional context. They do not establish a precise boundary, current ownership, access right, operating status, or field condition.

  • EnvironmentSoils, wetlands, hydrography, and terrain
  • GeologyGeneralized geology and landforms
  • HydrologyMapped water and wetland context
  • AccessMapped routes, facilities, and protected areas
  • Land surveyPLSS geometry and historic GLO patent-location context

Sources

  1. Nearest road-to-water point used as an approximate access proxy because the recreation inventory places the site at Greene’s Lake Road; it is not a surveyed access parcel or launch footprint.
    osm · roads
  2. The inventory lists Greene’s Lake Public Access at Greene’s Lake Road, owned by the Michigan DNR and used for fishing. It does not establish a parcel boundary, exact access point, easement, construction date, or current condition.
    planning · beaver_island_master_plan · 2017-beaver-island-resilient-master-plan-8cbeebcd
  3. Names Greene’s Lake Boat Access among the DNR-leased Peaine public-recreation sites; it does not independently locate the access point or establish current access.
    research · island_governance · peaine-lake-geneserath-dnr-lease
  4. PIN 012-131-005-00 is a 160.8-acre parcel owned by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, with situs Greene’s Lake Road and legal description DNR #606. Its representative point is several hundred metres from the road-to-water proxy and is retained only as broader DNR ownership context; it is not treated as the launch point, an access easement, or a surveyed facility boundary.
    county · charlevoix · parcels_arcgis · 2026-08-01 · island_parcel_attributes

Added 2 August 2026 · revised 6 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Greenes Lake Public Access”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/places/greenes-lake-public-access/, accessed [date], citing OpenStreetMap, Greene’s Lake Road and Greene’s Lake water features, downloaded 2026-08-06. (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

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