BirdTroutOpen the map How to get to the East Branch Au Sable River, Michigan
No site in MDNR's access file falls on the East Branch Au Sable River, 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 — 233,533 acres between them, counting each unit whole rather than the part beside the water. The nearest town we map is Grayling, 6.9 miles from the river's midpoint in a straight line, with the water north-east of the town.
Nearest towns
| Town | Distance | Direction to the river |
|---|---|---|
| Grayling | 6.9 mi | north-east |
| Roscommon | 17.4 mi | north |
| Gaylord | 19.3 mi | south |
| Petoskey | 45.7 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 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
- Hartwick Pines State Park — public, 9,308 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 East Branch Au Sable River
East Branch Au Sable River — live water temperature, regulations and access
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- When to fish the East Branch Au Sable River, Michigan
- East Branch Au Sable River fishing report
- East Branch Au Sable River fishing regulations