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How to get to the Shiawassee River, Michigan

No site in MDNR's access file falls on the Shiawassee River, so the way in is public ground and road crossings rather than a marked landing. 53 blocks of public land touch the river, which is where you can stand without asking — 21,390 acres between them, counting each unit whole rather than the part beside the water. The nearest town we map is Lansing, 42.1 miles from the river's midpoint in a straight line, with the water north-east of the town.

Map of Shiawassee River Open Shiawassee River on the map See Shiawassee River on the live map → Every reach coloured by water temperature, with the public land and access points along it.

Nearest towns

TownDistanceDirection to the river
Lansing42.1 minorth-east

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

Ownership from PAD-US as the state publishes it. Where a block has its own page, the name links to it.

More about Shiawassee River

Shiawassee River — live water temperature, regulations and access

Getting to nearby rivers