BirdTroutOpen the map How to get to the South Branch Boardman River, Michigan
No site in MDNR's access file falls on the South Branch Boardman River, so the way in is public ground and road crossings rather than a marked landing. 5 blocks of public land touch the river, which is where you can stand without asking — 83,924 acres between them, counting each unit whole rather than the part beside the water. The nearest town we map is Traverse City, 16.6 miles from the river's midpoint in a straight line, with the water south-east of the town.
Nearest towns
| Town | Distance | Direction to the river |
|---|---|---|
| Traverse City | 16.6 mi | south-east |
| Cadillac | 26.6 mi | north |
| Grayling | 30.5 mi | west |
| Roscommon | 37.7 mi | 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, 64,085 acres in all
- Pere Marquette State Forest - Traverse City Unit — Michigan Department of Natural Resources, 19,590 acres in all
- South Boardman Preserve — Boardman Township, 109 acres in all
- Boardman Township Park — public, 92 acres in all
- South Branch Nature Preserve — Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy, 49 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 South Branch Boardman River
South Branch Boardman River — live water temperature, regulations and access
- When to fish the South Branch Boardman River, Michigan
- South Branch Boardman River fishing report
- South Branch Boardman River fishing regulations