BirdTroutOpen the map How to get to the Platte River, Michigan
MDNR's access file puts 3 public sites on the Platte River — 3 launches, spread over Benzie. 16 blocks of public land touch the river, which is where you can stand without asking — 155,178 acres between them, counting each unit whole rather than the part beside the water. The nearest town we map is Traverse City, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Traverse City | 17.2 mi | west |
| Cadillac | 40.6 mi | north-west |
| Baldwin | 54.7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Dubonnet State Forest Campground (fee) | boat launch | 30.0 | — |
| Veterans Memorial State Forest Campground (fee) | canoe launch | 17.0 | — |
| Platte River State Forest Campground (fee) | canoe launch | 14.4 | — |
0 walk-in, 3 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
- Traverse City Management Unit — Michigan DNR, 45,503 acres in all
- Manitou Passage Underwater Preserve — Michigan Department of Natural Resources, 36,886 acres in all
- Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore — National Park Service, 31,554 acres in all
- Pere Marquette State Forest - Traverse City Unit — Michigan Department of Natural Resources, 23,689 acres in all
- Sleeping Bear Dunes Wilderness — National Park Service, 12,928 acres in all
- Platte River Fish Hatchery — Michigan DNR, 1,523 acres in all
- Lake Dubonnet Flooding State Wildlife Management Area — State Dept. of Natural Resources, 1,038 acres in all
- Platte River — Michigan DNR, 590 acres in all
- Lake Dubonnet Forest Campground — Michigan DNR, 441 acres in all
- Public Water Access Site — Michigan DNR, 382 acres in all
- Little Platte Lake — Michigan DNR, 338 acres in all
- Lower Woodcock Lake Nature Preserve — Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy, 230 acres in all
- Platte River Park — Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy, 48 acres in all
- Mnrtf Parcel 11 — State Dept. of Natural Resources, 24 acres in all
- Lake Township Park — public, 2 acres in all
- El Dorado Park — National Park Service;Benzie County Road Commission, 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 Platte River
Platte River — live water temperature, regulations and access
- Is the Platte River good for brown trout?
- Is the Platte River good for rainbow trout?
- When to fish the Platte River, Michigan
- Platte River fishing report
- Platte River fishing regulations