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Au Sable River access points and trip distances, Michigan

23 access points (23 public) along 112.2 river miles of the Au Sable River in Michigan. Distances are measured along the river on the NHDPlus V2 main-stem flowline, not straight-line. River mile 0 is the farthest-upstream access listed here.

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River conditions: Au Sable River At Mio, Mi
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Access points in river order

River mileAccessLatitude, longitudeTo next (river mi)
0.0Au Sable River SFCG
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44.66483, -84.65553 0.5
0.5Burtons Landing State Forest Campground
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44.66295, -84.64678 1.4
1.9Keystone Landing State Forest Campground
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44.66572, -84.62174 2.8
4.7Stephans Bridge
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44.67906, -84.57351 4.3
9.0Wakeley Bridge Landing
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44.65880, -84.50458 1.5
10.5Boat ramp near South Branch Au Sable River
Mapped in OpenStreetMap, check access locally.
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44.65559, -84.48704 3.1
13.6Connors Flats
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44.66850, -84.43891 2.6
16.2McMasters Bridge
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44.66483, -84.39691 8.6
24.8Parmalee Bridge State Forest Campground
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44.67545, -84.29319 4.2
29.0Whirlpool
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44.68208, -84.24082 4.9
33.9Camp Ten Bridge
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44.66919, -84.17819 2.7
36.6Mio Pond State Forest Campground
About 0.19 mi from the mapped river line.
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44.66199, -84.14809 0.5
37.2Mio Pond T-Dock
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44.66134, -84.13609 0.5
37.7M-33 Roadside Park
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44.66013, -84.12699 7.1
44.8Comins Flats
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44.65389, -84.04327 7.4
52.2Boat ramp near Ninemile Creek
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44.64222, -83.94161 7.6
59.8Boat ramp near Penoyer Creek
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44.61165, -83.83672 28.2
88.0Boat ramp (east ramp)
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44.45851, -83.60937 1.4
89.4Boat ramp (east ramp)
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44.46860, -83.59087 11.7
101.0Lower Foote Dam
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44.43663, -83.43430 4.6
105.7Whirlpool River Access
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44.43233, -83.39111 6.2
111.9Harbor Street Boat Ramp
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44.40850, -83.32810 0.3
112.2Au Sable River Mouth
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44.40635, -83.32248 end
Data notes: 1 access point is more than 0.1 mi from the mapped line; its river mile is where it meets the line.

Sources: river line and lengths from NHDPlus V2 via EPA WATERS (lengths scaled to each reach's published length); access points from Michigan DNR Boating Access Sites, OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Only access points in our launch data are shown, so there may be others. Check access, dams and conditions before you go.

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