Clarkston, Michigan

Parke Lake is a lake at an elevation of 988 feet (301 m), located in Clarkston within Independence Township in Oakland County, Michigan, USA.Dollar Lake connects downstream with the 23-acre (9.3 ha) Middle Lake.

Middle Lake is a lake at an elevation of 968 feet (295 m). It is along the main branch of the Clinton River. The 35 feet (11 m) deep lake lies within Independence Township in Oakland County, Michigan.Middle Lake connects downstream to Dollar Lake to the south and upstream to Deer Lake to the north.

Dollar Lake is a lake along the main branch of the Clinton River. The lake lies within Independence Township in Oakland County, Michigan.Dollar Lake connects upstream with Middle Lake to the north and downstream (under a bridge over Dixie Highway) with Greens Lake to the west.

Deer Lake is an all-sports, 137-acre (55 ha) lake along the main branch of the Clinton River. The lake, with a maximum depth of 63 feet (19 m), lies within Independence Township in Oakland County, Michigan.Deer Lake is one of the first lakes the Clinton River flows through, and the first lake in Independence Township, after the river rises in Springfield Township. The Clinton River enters Deer Lake on the north end just after it passes under I-75. It exits on the south end where it enters into Middle Lake (23 acres (9.3 ha)), then into tiny Dollar Lake and then, as it crosses under Dixie Highway, into Greens Lake.Deer Lake connects on its northeast side to 5-acre (2.0 ha) Dark Lake.

Greens Lake is a private, all-sports, 117-acre (47 ha) lake along the main branch of the Clinton River. The lake lies within Independence Township in Oakland County, Michigan.The lake has a maximum depth of 55 feet (17 m).Greens Lake connects to Lester Lake and Van Norman Lake to the south and Dollar Lake, Middle Lake and Deer Lake to the north.

Moon Valley is located in the southern end of Independence Township in Oakland County, Michigan, United States. It comprises most of section 32 on the northern base of Waterford Hill.

Waterford Hill is located in Independence Township, in Oakland County, Michigan, 0.4 miles north of Waterford Village. The hill is classified as a summit. It extends from east of Dixie Highway including Ottawa Park Cemetery to the east, to Maple Lane in Moon Valley to the north, to Parview Drive and Greens Lake to the west, to Van Norman Lake to the south. Waterford Hill's elevation is 1,150 feet, making it the second highest point in Independence Township. Three miles away is Pine Knob, the highest point in the township at 1,201 feet.

Clarkston High School is a public high school located in Independence Township, Michigan. It is the only high school in the Clarkston Community Schools.

Everest Collegiate High School and Academy is a private, Roman Catholic PK-12 college-preparatory school offering co-ed education for pre-school through grade 2, and gender-specific education for grades 3 to high school on a 90-acre (360,000 m2) campus, in Independence Township, Michigan, United States, near Clarkston. The high school opened to 9th grade students in 2008 and students can enroll in 3 year old pre-school through 12th grade for the 2017-2018 school year. It is located within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit. In 2012 and 2014, it was named one of the top 50 Catholic High Schools by the Cardinal Newman Society. In 2016, it was named a National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education Everest was recognized as a 2016 National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education in the Exemplary High Performing Schools category.

Spring Lake is a lake located along Maybee Road at an elevation of 863 feet (263 m).The lake, with a depth of 15 feet, lies within Independence Township in Oakland County, Michigan.

Van Norman Lake is a private, all-sports, 66-acre (27 ha) lake along the main branch of the Clinton River, in Oakland County, in the U.S. state of Michigan. Most of the lake lies within Independence Township; however, the southern portion of the lake is in Waterford Township.The lake was formed when a dam was built in the late 19th century on the Clinton River near Dixie Highway and Andersonville Road. Prior to then, a small pond existed in Waterford Village on the southeastern shore.The 90-foot-deep (27 m) lake currently has one island. There were three islands as late as the 1980s; however, two have since disappeared due to erosion.Van Norman Lake connects upstream to Lester Lake (12 acres (4.9 ha)) and Greens Lake 117 acres (47 ha)) to the east and downstream to Townsend Lake (26 acres (11 ha)) and Woodhull Lake (135 acres (55 ha)) to the west.Van Norman Lake is the deepest lake in Independence Township and the sixth-deepest of the 387 lakes in Oakland County.

Lester Lake is a lake in Oakland County, Michigan lake along the main branch of the Clinton River.Most of the lake lies within Waterford Township, however the northern portion of the lake is in Independence Township.Lester Lake connects upstream to the 117-acre Greens Lake. It also connects to 179-acre Lotus Lake and 234-acre Maceday Lake. Boaters can get from Lester Lake to Lotus Lake only by way of a narrow culvert under the railroad tracks. Downstream, Lester Lake connects to the 66-acre, 90-feet deep Van Norman Lake.