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How to get to the Little Muskegon River, Michigan

MDNR's access file puts 2 public sites on the Little Muskegon River — 2 launches, spread over Mecosta and Newaygo. 8 blocks of public land touch the river, which is where you can stand without asking — 27,734 acres between them, counting each unit whole rather than the part beside the water. The nearest town we map is Newaygo, 17.5 miles from the river's midpoint in a straight line, with the water east of the town.

Map of Little Muskegon River Open Little Muskegon River on the map See Little Muskegon River on the live map → Every reach coloured by water temperature, with the public land and access points along it.

Nearest towns

TownDistanceDirection to the river
Newaygo17.5 mieast
Cedar Springs19.6 minorth
Sparta26.4 minorth-east
Rockford26.6 minorth

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

SiteTypeRiver mileCounty
Altona (fee) canoe launch 40.5 —
Rustford Pond (fee) canoe launch 37.1 —

0 walk-in, 2 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

Ownership from PAD-US as the state publishes it. Where a block has its own page, the name links to it.

More about Little Muskegon River

Little Muskegon River — live water temperature, regulations and access

Getting to nearby rivers