BirdTroutOpen the map How to get to Barker Creek, Michigan
MDNR's access file puts 1 public site on Barker Creek — 1 walk-in site, spread over the counties it runs through. 3 blocks of public land touch the river, which is where you can stand without asking — 224,225 acres between them, counting each unit whole rather than the part beside the water. The nearest town we map is Grayling, 10.5 miles from the river's midpoint in a straight line, with the water east of the town.
Nearest towns
| Town | Distance | Direction to the river |
|---|---|---|
| Grayling | 10.5 mi | east |
| Roscommon | 13.6 mi | north-east |
| Gaylord | 25.1 mi | south-east |
| Petoskey | 52.4 mi | south-east |
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 access sites
| Site | Type | River mile | County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Au Sable River At Lower Trout Unlimited Research Station | walk in | 0.5 | Crawford |
1 walk-in, 0 launches, from MDNR's own access file. River mile is measured up from the mouth along this river's drawn axis.
Public land on the water
- Grayling Management Unit — Michigan DNR, 130,704 acres in all
- Au Sable State Forest - Grayling Unit — Michigan Department of Natural Resources, 89,732 acres in all
- Camp Grayling Military Reservation — State Dept. of Natural Resources, 3,790 acres in all
Ownership from PAD-US as the state publishes it. Where a block has its own page, the name links to it.
More about Barker Creek
Barker Creek — live water temperature, regulations and access