Lake Superior is about 3 times smaller than Michigan.

Michigan is approximately 250,493 sq km, while Lake Superior is approximately 82,350 km² (31,795 sq mi), making Lake Superior 32.88% the size of Michigan.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Michigan vs. Lake Superior uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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