Tuesday, October 30, 2018

Oakland County lake list


This list of Oakland County Michigan lakes should give you all the information you need to know about the bigger lakes north of Detroit.  These links to pages on our Metro Detroit lakes will give you lake depths, acreage, photos, videos, and all the lake home information you need.  You can search the latest lakefront homes for sale on all sports lakes or even electric motor lakes.

You will be able to find out about some of the lake regulations and the water source.  I try to give you information whether the lake has a ski course or whether it is private or has DNR access.  I hope these pages on our Southeastern Michigan lakes help you sort out what type of lake you want.  You may want to be in a subdivision lake because you do not want to live next door to a crummy house.
I try to identify whether the local lakes are private or public with DNR access.  To some waterfront home buyers that is very important.  Some lake home buyers only want a private lake.  I have driving around the lakes, talked to home owners and sold homes on quite a few of the local lakes.  I like to share what I know about the lakes whether they have sandy bottoms or whether the lake is mucky.  If the lake is more like a subdivision I write about that too.  
But most importantly I take pictures when even I show a house on a lake, take pictures of the lakes when I have a listing.  I try to show the activities on the lake.  After all that is what you want to know about.  What can you do on the lake?  What makes this Oakland County Lake the best lake for you and your family.

After all most lake home buyers live in these homes for many years.  Lake homes have a lower turnover than say a home in a subdivision.  Sometimes lake homes are handed down from generation to generation.  So I want you to understand the lake.  I try to show the lake as it really is.  
When you go to buy any home in Southeastern Michigan I always recommend stopping and talking to the neighbors. I also recommend you to visit the neighborhood at different times of the day.  If possible maybe somebody on the lake will give you a ride around the lake.  So pick out the lakes you like on my list of lakes in Oakland County Michigan.        
  Good luck and if you need a good lake realtor to help you out give us a call (248) 310-6239.

Brighton

Clarkston
Commerce


Highland 

Lake Angelus

Novi
Orion



Wixom Lake
Wolverine Lake
Wolverine Lake in Wolverine Lake Village Michigan

If you need a good lake real estate agent to help you save time and confusion with all these different lakes....give me a call.  I know our local lakes very well.  My cell is (248) 310-6239 or email is yesmyrealtor@gmail.com
Posted by at No comments:
Labels: , , , ,

Tuesday, October 16, 2018

Oakland County lakes with water ski courses on them

If you are an avid water skier and you want to get up early in the morning when the water is like glass and go out and do some runs on the slalom course then finding your dream home on a lake may be more restrictive.   There are only so many lakes in Oakland County that have water ski courses on them.  In order to have a permanent water ski course you have to apply for a permit.  I have listed below what is needed to get one.
You and I have different ideas of what is important to us when it comes to a lake home and living on a lake.  Some Metro Detroit lake home buyers want a Slalom water ski courses on a Oakland County lake in Michigan.  You may want your grand children, wife, or children to learn and compete in slalom water ski races.  You may love to water ski and having the course already on the lake would make your day.  It would save you a lot of time setting it up when you wanted to do a few runs.
Being an avid water sports enthusiast and having a water ski course on your lake in Oakland County is definitely a plus.  There are only so many all sports lakes in Oakland County that have slalom water ski course on them.  It is like having a store or restaurant on the lake.  It is a little addition for lake home owners without being a nuisance.  I did some research a few years back on which lakes in Oakland County have slalom water ski courses on them.  You cannot just put up a waterski course on a lake in Michigan for people to use.  You would have to get permission from other lake residents to do it.  You have to apply for a permit from either the DEQ or DNR.  It is not an easy process.  You have to get a certain majority percentage of the lake home owners to agree to it.  It usually has to be in one location all the time.  You can contact the state to get the full requirements of what to do to get one on your Oakland County Lake.  It’s not an easy process so it is easier to buy a lake house on an Oakland County MI lake in that already has a ski course on it.
Let's go skiing


I contacted the state and got a list of all the lakes that had a slalom water ski course in Oakland County Michigan.  Usually there is an avid group of water skiers that get out on the lake in the early morning hours when the lake is quiet and the lake surface is like glass.  These are the skiers that are usually out there first thing in the spring and late into the fall.

They are the die hard water skiers that love the slalom water ski courses.  Here is info about slalom skiing if you do not know about it.  There are a lot of rules to go along with it, but simply put; a boat travels straight through a set of 26 buoys. The skier is being pulled by a rope attached to the boat and has to enter the course through the first pair of red gate buoys, go to the outside of all 6 red turn buoys and then exit the course through the last pair of red gate buoys. There are predetermined speeds and rope lengths. With each speed and rope length, a credit of 6 buoys is scored. If the skier completes the course without falling or missing any buoys, they receive credit for those 6 buoys, and in addition, they receive credit for all passes that preceded that particular pass that they just completed, even though they did not actually ski them. See chart below. At that point the skier typically will either increase the boat to the next predetermined speed, or if they are already at their maximum allowed speed, they will shorten the rope to the next predetermined length. This is usually done in sequential increments to the next speed or next rope length, but a skier can skip up.
upper straits lake
What lakes in Oakland County have permanent Water Ski courses?   Here they are!
ENGLISH

DIMENSION
RANGE
DIMENSION
RANGE
259m
258.353 – 259.648
849′ 8 7/8″
847′ 7 38″ – 851′ 10 3/8″
A = 27m
26.865 – 27.135
88′ 7″
88′ 1 5/8″ – 89′ 1/4″
B = 41m
40.795 – 41.205
134′ 6 1/8″
133′ 10 1/8″ – 135′ 2 1/4″
C= 29.347m
29.200 – 29.494
96′ 3 3/8″
95′ 9 5/8″ – 96′ 9 1/8″
D = 47.011m
46.776 – 47.246
154′ 2 3/4″
153″ 5 3/8″ – 155′ 1/8″
E = 1.25m
1.188 – 1.313
4″ 1 1/4″
3′ 10 3/4″ – 4′ 3 3/4″
F = 11.5m
11.385 – 11.616
37′ 8 3/4″
37′ 4 1/4″ – 38′ 1 3/8″
G = 1.15m
1.035 – 1.265
3′ 9 1/4″
3′ 4 3/4″ – 4′ 1 3/4″
H = 55m
54.725 – 55.275
180′ 5 3/8″
179′ 6 1/2″ – 181′ 4 1/4″
TOLERANCES (+/-)
1/4% on 259m
5% on E
1/2% on A, B, C, D, H
10% on G
1% on F


  Below is the complete list of the lakes in Oakland County that have Water Ski courses on them.  If you would like to find a lake house in Oakland County that has a water ski course on it give me a call at (248) 310-6239
Big Lake                              Cass Lake                        Cedar Island Lake
Dixie Lake                            Duck Lake                       Elizabeth Lake                   
Greens Lake                        Lake Oakland                   Lake Voorheis
Lakeville Lake                      Long Lake                         Maceday Lake
Middle Straits Lake             Orchard Lake                     Otter Lake
Oxbow Lake                        Pine Lake                           Scott Lake
Upper Long Lake                Watkins Lake                      Waumegah Lake
White Lake                          Williams Lake                     Woodhull Lake
 If you and your family love water sports, but need to find the house that will allow you to pursue them, you need help from Russ Ravary.  This list, Russ put together, will help you find the lakefront home of your dreams.  Russ is knowledgeable about our local lakes, and he will help you find the home of your dreams! Be sure to mention the buyers bonus deal, he has going on now! Summer will be here sooner than you think, so plan ahead and get out on that water as soon as you can! Using the right realtor for the job is key to finding the perfect lake home. So don’t waste time with inexperienced realtors… use Russ Ravary, Oakland County’s lake real estate expert! Call Russ Ravary,  (248)310-6239 & yesmyrealtor@gmail.com.




Posted by at No comments:
Labels: ,
Location: Oakland County, MI, USA
Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)