BirdTroutOpen the map How to get to Goose Creek, Michigan
No site in MDNR's access file falls on Goose 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 — 150,185 acres between them, counting each unit whole rather than the part beside the water. The nearest town we map is Grayling, 9.7 miles from the river's midpoint in a straight line, with the water north-west of the town.
Nearest towns
| Town | Distance | Direction to the river |
|---|---|---|
| Grayling | 9.7 mi | north-west |
| Gaylord | 20.7 mi | south-west |
| Roscommon | 22.1 mi | north-west |
| Traverse City | 37.4 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 land on the water
- Traverse City Management Unit — Michigan DNR, 113,281 acres in all
- Au Sable State Forest - Grayling Unit — Michigan Department of Natural Resources, 31,565 acres in all
- Kirtland Warbler Unit Manistee — State Dept. of Natural Resources, 5,302 acres in all
- Kirtlands Warbler Wildlife Management Area — FWS, 37 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 Goose Creek
Goose Creek — live water temperature, regulations and access