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How to get to the Little South Branch Pere Marquette River, Michigan

MDNR's access file puts 2 public sites on the Little South Branch Pere Marquette River — 2 launches, spread over Lake and Newaygo. 8 blocks of public land touch the river, which is where you can stand without asking — 118,151 acres between them, counting each unit whole rather than the part beside the water. The nearest town we map is Baldwin, 9.2 miles from the river's midpoint in a straight line, with the water south-east of the town.

Map of Little South Branch Pere Marquette River Open Little South Branch Pere Marquette River on the map See Little South Branch Pere Marquette 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
Baldwin9.2 misouth-east
Newaygo24.7 minorth
Cadillac37.8 misouth-west
Cedar Springs39.9 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
Weavers (fee) canoe launch 2.3 —
The Forks (fee) canoe launch 0.4 —

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 South Branch Pere Marquette River

Little South Branch Pere Marquette River — live water temperature, regulations and access

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