BirdTroutOpen the map How to get to the Jordan River, Michigan
No site in MDNR's access file falls on the Jordan River, so the way in is public ground and road crossings rather than a marked landing. 12 blocks of public land touch the river, which is where you can stand without asking — 84,802 acres between them, counting each unit whole rather than the part beside the water. The nearest town we map is Petoskey, 16.4 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Petoskey | 16.4 mi | south |
| Gaylord | 20.0 mi | west |
| Grayling | 37.2 mi | north-west |
| Traverse City | 38.4 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
- Gaylord Management Unit — Michigan DNR, 53,985 acres in all
- Mackinaw State Forest - Gaylord Unit — Michigan Department of Natural Resources, 28,793 acres in all
- Jordan River Natural Area — State Dept. of Natural Resources, 1,570 acres in all
- Rogers Family Homestead Nature Preserve — public, 199 acres in all
- Jordan River National Fish Hatchery — FWS, 102 acres in all
- Public Water Access Site — Michigan DNR, 61 acres in all
- Gladwin Management Unit — Michigan DNR, 37 acres in all
- Jordan River Public Water Access Site — Michigan Department of Natural Resources, 32 acres in all
- Dressel Nature Preserve — public, 11 acres in all
- Sportsman's Park — public, 8 acres in all
- Jordan River Sedge Marsh Nature Preserve — public, 2 acres in all
- Jordan River — 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 Jordan River
Jordan River — live water temperature, regulations and access
- Is the Jordan River good for rainbow trout?
- When to fish the Jordan River, Michigan
- Jordan River fishing report
- Jordan River fishing regulations