Ho Michigan la mot trong 5 Ho Lon cua Bac My, va la ho duy nhat trong 5 ho nam hoan toan ben trong Hoa Ky. No tiep giap tu tay qua đong voi cac tieu bang sau: Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, va Michigan. Tu "Michigan" co ban đau đuoc su dung đe no đen ban than ho, va nguoi ta tin rang no co goc tu mot tu In đieng Ojibwa mishigami, co nghia la "đai ho."


Đia ly Ho Michigan (44° N, 87° W) la ho duy nhat trong Ngu Đai Ho nam hoan toan trong nuoc My; cac ho kia nam giua My va Canada. Ho nay co dien tich 22.400 dam vuong (58.016 km²), la ho nuoc ngot lon nhat Hoa Ky, ho lon nhat nam hoan toan trong mot quoc gia (theo dien tich be mat; Ho Baikal o Nga, thi lon nhat ve luong nuoc), va la ho lon thu 5 the gioi. Ho dai 307 dam (494 km) va rong 118 dam (190 km) voi mot đuong bo nuoc dai 1.640 dam (2.633 km). Đo sau trung binh cua ho la 279 foot (85 m), con noi sau nhat la 923 foot (281 m). No chua mot luong nuoc 1.180 dam khoi (4.918 km khoi). Be mat cua no binh quan 577 foot (176 m) tren muc nuoc bien, giong nhu Ho Huron, ma no đuoc noi đen thong qua Eo Mackinac.


= Cac thanh pho lon =
12 trieu dan so xung quanh bo Ho Michigan. Nhieu thanh pho nho o Bac Michigan tap trung vao nghe du lich nho tan dung ve đep va cac co hoi giai tri ma ho nay mang lai. Cac thanh pho co dan so theo thoi vu lon đen tu Chicago, Milwaukee, Detroit, va cac thanh pho sau ben trong o Nam Michigan. Mui phia nam cua ho đuoc cong nghiep hoa cao đo. Cac thanh pho o bo Ho Michigan co dan so hon 30000 gom:


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Hilton, George Woodman (2002). Lake Michigan Passenger Steamers. Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-4240-5.
Hyde, Charles K.; Mahan, Ann; Mahan, John (1995). The Northern Lights: Lighthouses of the Upper Great Lakes. Detroit: Wayne State University Press. ISBN 978-0-814325-54-4.
Oleszewski, Wes (1998). Great Lakes Lighthouses, American and Canadian: A Comprehensive Directory/Guide to Great Lakes Lighthouses. Gwinn, Michigan: Avery Color Studios, Inc. ISBN 0-932212-98-0.
Penrod, John (1998). Lighthouses of Michigan. Xa Berrien, Quan Berrien, Michigan: Pernod/Hiawatha. ISBN 978-0-942618-78-5.
Penrose, Laurie; Penrose, Bill (1999). A Traveler's Guide to 116 Michigan Lighthouses. Petoskey, Michigan: Friede Publications. ISBN 978-0-923756-03-1.{{Chu thich sach}}:  Quan ly CS1: đia điem thieu nha xuat ban (lien ket)
Shelak, Benjamin J. (2003). Shipwrecks of Lake Michigan. Big Earth Publishing. ISBN 1-931599-21-1.
Wagner, John L. (1998). Michigan Lighthouses: An Aerial Photographic Perspective. East Lansing, Michigan: John L. Wagner. ISBN 978-1-880311-01-1.
Wright, John W., bien tap (2006). The New York Times Almanac. Editors and reporters of The New York Times (an ban thu 2007). New York, New York: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-303820-6.
Wright, Larry; Wright, Patricia (2006). Great Lakes Lighthouses Encyclopedia . Erin: Boston Mills Press. ISBN 1-55046-399-3.


Lien ket ngoai Du lieu đia ly lien quan đen Ho Michigan tai OpenStreetMap
EPA's Great Lakes Atlas
Great Lakes Coast Watch Luu tru ngay 11 thang 5 nam 2008 tai Wayback Machine
Michigan DNR map of Lake Michigan
Official Michigan DNR Freshwater Fishing Regulations Luu tru ngay 29 thang 1 nam 2021 tai Wayback Machine
Bathymetry of Lake Michigan
 "Michigan, Lake". Tan Bach khoa toan thu Collier. 1921.
Anderson, William P. (1911). "Michigan, Lake" . Encyclopædia Britannica (an ban thu 11).
"Michigan, Lake" . New International Encyclopedia. 1905.


= Ngon hai đang =
Bibliography on Michigan lighthouses
Interactive map of lighthouses in area (northern Lake Michigan)
Interactive map of lighthouses in area (southern Lake Michigan)
Terry Pepper on lighthouses of the western Great Lakes
Wagner, John L., Beacons Shining in the Night, Michigan lighthouse bibliography, chronology, history, and photographs, Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University