BirdTroutOpen the map How to get to the North Branch Manistee River, Michigan
No site in MDNR's access file falls on the North Branch Manistee River, so the way in is public ground and road crossings rather than a marked landing. 4 blocks of public land touch the river, which is where you can stand without asking — 116,448 acres between them, counting each unit whole rather than the part beside the water. The nearest town we map is Grayling, 15.6 miles from the river's midpoint in a straight line, with the water west of the town.
Nearest towns
| Town | Distance | Direction to the river |
|---|---|---|
| Grayling | 15.6 mi | west |
| Roscommon | 24.6 mi | west |
| Traverse City | 29.6 mi | east |
| Gaylord | 30.2 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
- Traverse City Management Unit — Michigan DNR, 113,281 acres in all
- Mnrtf Parcel — State Dept. of Natural Resources, 1,701 acres in all
- Upper Manistee Headwaters: The Milock Family Preserve — Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy, 1,307 acres in all
- Mnrtf Parcel 49 — State Dept. of Natural Resources, 159 acres 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 North Branch Manistee River
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- North Branch Manistee River fishing report
- North Branch Manistee River fishing regulations