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How to get to the Middle Branch Pere Marquette River, Michigan

MDNR's access file puts 2 public sites on the Middle Branch Pere Marquette River — 2 launches, spread over Lake. 4 blocks of public land touch the river, which is where you can stand without asking — 93,914 acres between them, counting each unit whole rather than the part beside the water. The nearest town we map is Baldwin, 7.0 miles from the river's midpoint in a straight line, with the water east of the town.

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Nearest towns

TownDistanceDirection to the river
Baldwin7.0 mieast
Cadillac30.7 misouth-west
Newaygo31.3 minorth
Cedar Springs45.4 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
Roller Bridge (fee) canoe launch 7.3 —
The Forks (fee) canoe launch 0.1 —

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 Middle Branch Pere Marquette River

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

Getting to nearby rivers