BirdTroutOpen the map How to get to the Pine River, Michigan
MDNR's access file puts 4 public sites on the Pine River — 4 launches, spread over Osceola and Wexford. 9 blocks of public land touch the river, which is where you can stand without asking — 173,222 acres between them, counting each unit whole rather than the part beside the water. The nearest town we map is Cadillac, 17.2 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cadillac | 17.2 mi | west |
| Baldwin | 18.8 mi | north-east |
| Traverse City | 42.3 mi | south |
| Newaygo | 51.0 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 access sites
| Site | Type | River mile | County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skookum - North Bank (fee) | canoe launch | 36.7 | — |
| Skookum - South Bank (fee) | canoe launch | 36.2 | — |
| Silver Creek State Forest Campground (fee) | canoe launch | 30.2 | — |
| Lincoln Bridge State Forest Campground (fee) | canoe launch | 27.6 | — |
0 walk-in, 4 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
- Cadillac Management Unit — Michigan DNR, 59,656 acres in all
- Pere Marquette State Forest - Cadillac Unit — Michigan Department of Natural Resources, 49,904 acres in all
- Manistee National Forest - Manistee Ranger District — United States Forest Service, 33,473 acres in all
- Cadillac State Forest Area — State Dept. of Natural Resources, 24,323 acres in all
- Pine, Michigan Wild And Scenic River — DESG, 5,385 acres in all
- Consumers Power Co. — OTHF, 333 acres in all
- Pine River — Michigan DNR, 124 acres in all
- Cooley Bridge Roadside Park — public, 12 acres in all
- Silver Creek State Forest Campground — Michigan Department of Natural Resources, 12 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 Pine River
Pine River — live water temperature, regulations and access
- Is the Pine River good for brook trout?
- Is the Pine River good for brown trout?
- Is the Pine River good for rainbow trout?
- When to fish the Pine River, Michigan
- Pine River fishing report
- Pine River fishing regulations