BAKER and MUD LAKES, BARRY COUNTY

YANKEE SPRINGS

This lake is easy to get to. Take Norris Road north from M179 for about a mile. The boat launch is on the west side of the road. The MDNR access site is primitive.

The Baker Lake shoreline is mostly marsh backed by woods. Most of the lake is bounded by public land and there is one home on the lake.

I paddled a short channel to Mud Lake.

Once there, I paddled a creek that goes to Chief Noonday Lake.

I was stopped by a beaver dam and thick brush. I turned around and headed back to Mud Lake.

After touring the rest of the Mud Lake shoreline, I paddled the channel back to Baker Lake.

I finished by cruising the rest of the Baker Lake shoreline back to the boat launch.

Baker and Mud Lakes are always a fun destination!