BirdTroutOpen the map How to get to the Cedar River, Michigan
No site in MDNR's access file falls on the Cedar River, so the way in is public ground and road crossings rather than a marked landing. 6 blocks of public land touch the river, which is where you can stand without asking — 29,206 acres between them, counting each unit whole rather than the part beside the water. The nearest town we map is Gaylord, 22.7 miles from the river's midpoint in a straight line, with the water west of the town.
Nearest towns
| Town | Distance | Direction to the river |
|---|---|---|
| Gaylord | 22.7 mi | west |
| Traverse City | 27.6 mi | east |
| Grayling | 28.9 mi | north-west |
| Petoskey | 29.8 mi | south-west |
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
- Mackinaw State Forest - Gaylord Unit — Michigan Department of Natural Resources, 28,793 acres in all
- Cedar River Natural Area — Antrim County, 185 acres in all
- Shanty Creek Resorts - Schuss Mountain — public, 99 acres in all
- Cedar River Nature Sanctuary — Michigan Nature Association, 75 acres in all
- Craven Park — public, 45 acres in all
- Richardi Park — public, 9 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 Cedar River
Cedar River — live water temperature, regulations and access