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Betsie River access points and trip distances, Michigan

10 access points (10 public) along 41.1 river miles of the Betsie 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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Dark dots are public access points; brown dots are private, members-only or agency-land access. Tap a dot for its river mile and coordinates.

Access points in river order

River mileAccessLatitude, longitudeTo next (river mi)
0.0Grass Lake State Forest Campground
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44.59161, -85.84708 14.8
14.8Kurick Road
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44.50171, -85.97978 6.3
21.1County Line Bridge
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44.51397, -86.04400 7.3
28.4Boat ramp (west ramp)
Mapped in OpenStreetMap, check access locally.
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44.57878, -86.05246 2.1
30.5Homestead Dam
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44.59631, -86.07913 1.1
31.6Us-31 near Rice Creek
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44.60039, -86.09680 1.0
32.6Grace Road
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44.60566, -86.11287 1.0
33.7River Road near Beulah-Benzonia Sewage Disposal Ponds
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44.61739, -86.12254 3.2
36.8Lower River Road
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44.61894, -86.16839 4.3
41.1Boat ramp (west ramp)
Mapped in OpenStreetMap, check access locally.
About 0.17 mi from the mapped river line.
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44.61995, -86.22499 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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