BirdTroutOpen the map How to get to Crooked Creek, Michigan
No site in MDNR's access file falls on Crooked Creek, so the way in is public ground and road crossings rather than a marked landing. 4 blocks of public land touch the river, which is where you can stand without asking — 106,698 acres between them, counting each unit whole rather than the part beside the water. The nearest town we map is Gaylord, 25.9 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gaylord | 25.9 mi | east |
| Grayling | 34.3 mi | north-east |
| Alpena | 35.9 mi | west |
| Roscommon | 38.5 mi | north-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 land on the water
- Mackinac State Forest - Atlanta Unit — Michigan Department of Natural Resources, 69,120 acres in all
- Atlanta Management Unit — Michigan DNR, 37,574 acres in all
- Crooked Lake — Michigan DNR, 3 acres in all
- Crooked Lake Pond Public Access — Michigan Department of Natural Resources, 1 acre 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 Crooked Creek
Crooked Creek — live water temperature, regulations and access