BirdTroutOpen the map How to get to the Ford River, Michigan
No site in MDNR's access file falls on the Ford River, so the way in is public ground and road crossings rather than a marked landing. 9 blocks of public land touch the river, which is where you can stand without asking — 158,207 acres between them, counting each unit whole rather than the part beside the water. The nearest town we map is Marquette, 45.1 miles from the river's midpoint in a straight line, with the water south of the town.
Nearest towns
| Town | Distance | Direction to the river |
|---|---|---|
| Marquette | 45.1 mi | south |
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
- Crystal Falls Management Unit — Michigan DNR, 67,281 acres in all
- Escanaba Management Unit — Michigan DNR, 56,723 acres in all
- Escanaba River State Forest - Escanaba Unit — Michigan Department of Natural Resources, 21,307 acres in all
- Copper Country State Forest - Crystal Falls Unit — Michigan Department of Natural Resources, 5,576 acres in all
- Crystal Falls State Forest Area — State Dept. of Natural Resources, 4,712 acres in all
- Escanaba River State Forest - Gwinn Unit (South) — Michigan Department of Natural Resources, 2,242 acres in all
- North Dickinson School Forest — Sagola Township Schools, 359 acres in all
- Portage Marsh State Wildilfe Management Area — State Dept. of Natural Resources, 5 acres in all
- Islands — Michigan DNR, 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 Ford River
Ford River — live water temperature, regulations and access