BirdTroutOpen the map How to get to the Flat River, Michigan
MDNR's access file puts 3 public sites on the Flat River — 3 launches, spread over Ionia. 17 blocks of public land touch the river, which is where you can stand without asking — 22,679 acres between them, counting each unit whole rather than the part beside the water. The nearest town we map is Lowell, 13.7 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lowell | 13.7 mi | north-east |
| Rockford | 15.8 mi | east |
| Ada | 16.6 mi | north-east |
| Cedar Springs | 16.9 mi | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belding Dam Impoundment | boat launch | 10.2 | — |
| Belding Dam | boat launch | 9.0 | — |
| Ingalls Road (fee) | canoe launch | 4.7 | — |
0 walk-in, 3 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
- Flat River State Game Area — State Dept. of Natural Resources, 9,813 acres in all
- Flat River — Michigan DNR, 9,607 acres in all
- Langston State Game Area — Michigan DNR - Wildlife Division, 2,973 acres in all
- Lightning Bend Park — public, 99 acres in all
- Alan G. Davis Park — City of Greenville, 83 acres in all
- Mccarthy Park — Montcalm County, 29 acres in all
- Fred Meijer Flat River Trail Park — public, 21 acres in all
- Central Riverside Park — City of Belding, 16 acres in all
- First Lake Park — Belvidere Township, 10 acres in all
- James Badge Memorial Park — City of Greenville, 9 acres in all
- Water Works Park — public, 5 acres in all
- Smyrna Dam — Michigan DNR, 5 acres in all
- East Riverside Park — City of Belding, 4 acres in all
- Tower Riverside Park — public, 2 acres in all
- Jackson's Landing — public, 2 acres in all
- Friendship Park — City of Greenville, MI, 1 acre in all
- Fred Meijer Flat River Valley — Michigan DNR
Ownership from PAD-US as the state publishes it. Where a block has its own page, the name links to it.
More about Flat River
Flat River — live water temperature, regulations and access
- Is the Flat River good for brown trout?
- Is the Flat River good for rainbow trout?
- When to fish the Flat River, Michigan
- Flat River fishing report
- Flat River fishing regulations