{{Short description|Lake in Wisconsin, United States}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox body of water | name = Mackaysee Lake | native_name = | native_name_lang = | other_name = <!-- Images --> | image = Mackaysee Lake in northern Chambers Island, town of Gibraltar, Door County, Wisconsin 2020 (cropped).png | alt = | caption = Mackaysee Lake (right) is the larger of the two lakes in northern Chambers Island. | image_bathymetry = {{cite GNIS|1568870|Mackaysee Lake}} | alt_bathymetry = | caption_bathymetry = <!-- Stats --> | location = Door County, Wisconsin | group = | coordinates = {{coord|45.1932121|-87.3437519|region:US-WI_type:waterbody|display=inline,title}} | type = | etymology = | part_of = | inflow = | rivers = | outflow = | oceans = | catchment = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | basin_countries = United States | agency = | designation = | date-built = <!-- {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD}} For man-made and other recent bodies of water --> | engineer = | date-flooded = <!-- {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD}} For man-made and other recent bodies of water --> | length = | width = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | area = {{convert|347|acre|sqmi km2|abbr=on}} | depth = {{convert|6|ft|abbr=on}} | max-depth = {{convert|27|ft|abbr=on}} | volume = {{convert|2,217.2|acre ft|m3|abbr=on}} | residence_time = | salinity = | shore = {{convert|3.61|mi|km|abbr=on}} | elevation = {{convert|584|ft}} | temperature_high = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | temperature_low = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | frozen = | islands = two unnamed | islands_category = | sections = | trenches = | benches = | cities = <!-- Map --> | pushpin_map = Wisconsin#USA | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = <!-- Below --> | website = | reference = }}
'''Mackaysee Lake''' is a lake located in Door County, Wisconsin.<ref>{{cite GNIS|1568870|Mackaysee Lake|22 October 2020}}</ref> The lake is found on Chambers Island in Green Bay of Lake Michigan. Mackaysee Lake has a surface area of {{convert|347|acre|sqkm}} and a max depth of {{convert|27|ft|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lake Survey Map |url=https://dnr.wi.gov/lakes/maps/DNR/0093500a.pdf |website=Wisconsin DNR |accessdate=22 October 2020}}</ref> Most of the lake has a sand bottom and is shallow with an average depth of {{convert|6|ft|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mackaysee Lake |url=https://dnr.wi.gov/lakes/lakepages/LakeDetail.aspx?wbic=93500&page=facts |website=Wisconsin DNR |accessdate=22 October 2020}}</ref> There are two islands in Mackaysee Lake. Both are owned by the Door County Land Trust and are protected in the Chambers Island Nature Preserve.<ref>{{cite web |title=Islands within Chambers Island’s Lake Mackaysee Now Protected by Door County Land Trust |url=https://www.doorcountylandtrust.org/islands-within-chambers-islands-lake-mackaysee-now-protected-by-door-county-land-trust |website=Door County Land Trust |accessdate=25 October 2020}}</ref> The islands are classified as third order recursive islands due to being in a lake on an island in a lake.
Three areas of shoreline along the north, west, and south of Mackaysee Lake are owned by the Door County Land Trust and are also enrolled in the Wisconsin Managed Forest program allowing public access.<ref name=dnr>Lands enrolled in the program are shown on the [https://dnrmaps.wi.gov/opfl DNR Private Forest Lands Open for Public Recreation] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629033503/https://dnrmaps.wi.gov/opfl |date=2021-06-29 }} interactive map. See also [https://fox11online.com/news/local/chambers-island-expands-to-largest-door-county-land-trust-nature-preserve Chambers Island expands to largest Door County Land Trust nature preserve], ''FOX 11 News'', December 18, 2019</ref><ref name=parcelmap>[https://maps.sco.wisc.edu/Parcels/ Wisconsin Statewide Parcel Map], ''Statewide Parcel Map Initiative'' Wisconsin Department of Administration and the Wisconsin State Cartographer's Office</ref> ==Climate== {| |- |{{climate chart | Mackaysee Lake | -13| -7| 63 | -18| -13| 52 | -6| 0| 49 | 0| 5| 97 | 4| 10| 86 | 11| 17| 91 | 17| 19| 105 | 16| 18| 96 | 14| 17| 96 | 6| 9| 107 | 3| 9| 80 | -1| 4| 57 |float=left |clear=left |source = <ref name = "nasa">{{Cite web |url= https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/|title= NASA EarthData Search |access-date = 30 January 2016 |publisher= NASA}}</ref> }} |}
==See also== * List of lakes of Wisconsin § Door County
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Category:Lakes of Door County, Wisconsin