BirdTroutOpen the map How to get to Paint Creek, Michigan
No site in MDNR's access file falls on Paint Creek, so the way in is public ground and road crossings rather than a marked landing. 20 blocks of public land touch the river, which is where you can stand without asking — 5,580 acres between them, counting each unit whole rather than the part beside the water. The nearest town we map is Detroit, 28.5 miles from the river's midpoint in a straight line, with the water north of the town.
Nearest towns
| Town | Distance | Direction to the river |
|---|---|---|
| Detroit | 28.5 mi | north |
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
- Bald Mountain State Recreation Area — public, 4,480 acres in all
- Land — City, 445 acres in all
- Clinton River Oaks Park — Oakland County Parks and Recreation, 282 acres in all
- Clinton River Trail — public, 149 acres in all
- Bald Mountain — Michigan DNR, 99 acres in all
- Rochester Municipal Park — public, 37 acres in all
- Lions Park — public, 36 acres in all
- Dinosaur Hill Nature Preserve — public, 17 acres in all
- Paint Creek Heritage Area Wet Prairie — public, 10 acres in all
- Halbach Field — public, 6 acres in all
- Paint Creek Junction Park — public, 6 acres in all
- Mill Race Trail — City, 3 acres in all
- Paint Creek Cider Mill — Oakland County Township, 2 acres in all
- Meeks Park — City, 2 acres in all
- Meek's Park — public, 2 acres in all
- Green's Park — public, 1 acre in all
- Children's Park — public, 1 acre in all
- Mill Creek Crossing — public, 1 acre in all
- Paint Creek Heritage Area Fen — public
- Rotary Gateway Park — public
Ownership from PAD-US as the state publishes it. Where a block has its own page, the name links to it.
More about Paint Creek
Paint Creek — live water temperature, regulations and access
- Is Paint Creek good for brown trout?
- Is Paint Creek good for rainbow trout?
- When to fish Paint Creek, Michigan
- Paint Creek fishing report
- Paint Creek fishing regulations