No point in Michigan is more than 85 miles from one of the Great Lakes.

Michigan has the longest shoreline of any state, 2,242 miles and another 879 miles if islands are included.  This equals the length of the Atlantic Coast, from Maine to Florida.

Michigan has 11,037 inland lakes, all 10 acres or more in size.

Archaeologists have discovered skeletons of whales which once inhabited the prehistoric lakes of lower Michigan before the glacial movements.