[3] Woodhull Lake is located on the upper reaches of the Clinton River watershed.

Approximately three-quarters of a mile upstream is the dam for Van Norman Lake, the next lake upstream.

The Clinton River between these two lakes is wide with slow flow.

[6][7] Woodhull Lake was named for John Chatfield Hedges Woodhull (1804-1877) who, along with his wife Rachel Woodhull (1808-1872), owned much of the northern property in section 35 of Independence Township on the lake that would bear their family name.

[8] Woodhull Lake fish included bluegill, pumpkinseed, northern pike, rock bass, black crappie, largemouth bass, brown bullhead, bowfin and carp.