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Maple River access points and trip distances, Michigan

12 access points (12 public) along 47.0 river miles of the Maple 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)
0.0Paddle put-in (north ramp)
Mapped in OpenStreetMap, check access locally.
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43.05552, -84.44633 4.5
4.5Paddle put-in near Baker Creek
Mapped in OpenStreetMap, check access locally.
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43.08936, -84.40630 12.5
17.0Maple River State Game Area Blair Road East
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43.14479, -84.50333 0.1
17.1Maple River State Game Area Blair Road West
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43.14525, -84.50543 3.1
20.2Wilson Road
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43.13773, -84.55636 1.4
21.6Maple River State Game Area Unit A
About 0.25 mi from the mapped river line.
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43.14482, -84.58268 4.5
26.2Maple Road
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43.12342, -84.65039 3.8
30.0Maple Rapids Road
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43.10733, -84.71058 3.7
33.7Tallman Road
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43.08921, -84.75967 4.8
38.5French Road
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43.06257, -84.82807 0.1
38.6Boat ramp near Fish Creek
Mapped in OpenStreetMap, check access locally.
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43.06135, -84.83034 8.4
47.0Muir
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42.99943, -84.92534 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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