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Kayak/SUP/Canoe Put-In

Kayak/SUP/Canoe Put-In is a public kayak and canoe launch on Cass Lake near West Bloomfield Charter Township, Michigan.

Aerial view of the park lawn running down to the lake shore, with a pier and the parking lot nearby, July 2022
Aerial view of the park lawn running down to the lake shore, with a pier and the parking lot nearby, July 2022 Photo: USDA Farm Service Agency, NAIP · Public domain · via USGS The National Map
Zebra mussels

Zebra mussels (latest report 2018) reported in this water (USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species database). Clean, drain and dry your boat, trailer and gear before you leave, and do not move water, plants or live bait to another water.

USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species database · checked October 20, 2026

Status not reported No closure has been posted for this launch, but its agency does not publish open or closed status. Check with the managing agency before you tow.

At the launch

Type
Carry-in (canoe and kayak)
Website
michigan.gov
Coordinates
42.61456, -83.37490

Directions (Google) Apple Maps

Depth contours in feet from Michigan DNR. Not for navigation.

Boating rules

  • Hours for high-speed boating and water skiing · all of Cass Lake rule
  • Slow, no-wake speed · a zone at or next to this launch rule

From the boating rules map of Michigan Department of Natural Resources, read October 18, 2026. A map of rules is a guide: the regulation's text and the posted signs govern.

Conditions

On Cass Lake

Cass Lake is a 1,280-acre natural lake in central Oakland County, Michigan, a few miles southwest of Pontiac. Waterford Township, West Bloomfield Township, Orchard Lake Village and Keego Harbor border it. It is the largest and deepest lake in Oakland County, with a maximum depth of 121 feet according to the Michigan DNR (Wikipedia gives 123 feet). It has four main basins and 28.6 miles of shoreline with many bays, canals and islands, yet almost 40 percent of the lake is less than 10 feet deep. The lake sits on the main branch of the Clinton River. The river enters from the northwest and leaves to the northeast through a water-level control structure toward Otter Lake. The lake is named for former Michigan governor Lewis Cass. More about Cass Lake.

Boating rules on Cass Lake

  • Slow-no wake speed on Gerundegut Bay of Cass Lake and its connected canals and channels (R 281.763.17) source
  • Watercraft may not enter the buoyed swim area at Dodge #4 State Park source

Community

Where people who use Cass Lake talk about it.

Nearby launches

Sources

Why it is listed as public: www.michigan.gov: Multiple launch points are available for paddlers. The pier features an accessible kayak launch.. Something wrong, or is this launch private? Send a correction; it goes to a person.