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How to get to Apple Creek, Michigan

No site in MDNR's access file falls on Apple Creek, so the way in is public ground and road crossings rather than a marked landing. 1 block of public land touches the river, which is where you can stand without asking — 59,656 acres between them, counting each unit whole rather than the part beside the water. The nearest town we map is Cadillac, 16.0 miles from the river's midpoint in a straight line, with the water north-west of the town.

Map of Apple Creek Open Apple Creek on the map See Apple Creek on the live map → Every reach coloured by water temperature, with the public land and access points along it.

Nearest towns

TownDistanceDirection to the river
Cadillac16.0 minorth-west
Traverse City21.3 misouth
Baldwin41.5 minorth-east
Grayling43.3 miwest

Straight-line distance from the river's midpoint, and the direction you would travel from the town to reach it. The roads are not mapped here, so there is no drive time — a travel time nobody measured is the kind of number that gets somebody lost.

Public land on the water

Ownership from PAD-US as the state publishes it. Where a block has its own page, the name links to it.

More about Apple Creek

Apple Creek — live water temperature, regulations and access

Getting to nearby rivers