BirdTroutOpen the map How to get to the Michigamme River, Michigan
No site in MDNR's access file falls on the Michigamme 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 — 88,317 acres between them, counting each unit whole rather than the part beside the water. The nearest town we map is Marquette, 40.5 miles from the river's midpoint in a straight line, with the water south-west of the town.
Nearest towns
| Town | Distance | Direction to the river |
|---|---|---|
| Marquette | 40.5 mi | south-west |
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
- Copper Country State Forest - Crystal Falls Unit — Michigan Department of Natural Resources, 55,548 acres in all
- Crystal Falls State Forest Area — State Dept. of Natural Resources, 16,102 acres in all
- Escanaba River State Forest - Gwinn Unit (South) — Michigan Department of Natural Resources, 6,223 acres in all
- Crystal Falls Management Unit — Michigan DNR, 5,516 acres in all
- Wilderness Shores Recreation Area — public, 3,671 acres in all
- Squaw Creek Hunting Club — public, 789 acres in all
- Republic Township — City, 224 acres in all
- Gwinn Management Unit — Michigan DNR, 174 acres in all
- Michigamme River — Michigan DNR, 34 acres in all
- Islands — Michigan DNR, 26 acres in all
- Republic Beach Area — public, 9 acres in all
- Munson Park — public, 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 Michigamme River
Michigamme River — live water temperature, regulations and access
- When to fish the Michigamme River, Michigan
- Michigamme River fishing report
- Michigamme River fishing regulations