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How to get to the South Branch White River, Michigan

MDNR's access file puts 1 public site on the South Branch White River — 1 launch, spread over the counties it runs through. 13 blocks of public land touch the river, which is where you can stand without asking — 57,925 acres between them, counting each unit whole rather than the part beside the water. The nearest town we map is Newaygo, 13.7 miles from the river's midpoint in a straight line, with the water north-west of the town.

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Nearest towns

TownDistanceDirection to the river
Newaygo13.7 minorth-west
Baldwin22.6 misouth
Sparta31.6 minorth-west
Cedar Springs32.1 minorth-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 access sites

SiteTypeRiver mileCounty
Sengs (fee) canoe launch 14.6 —

0 walk-in, 1 launch, 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

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 White River

South Branch White River — live water temperature, regulations and access

Getting to nearby rivers