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Big Fork River access points and trip distances, Minnesota

17 access points (17 public) along 155.5 river miles of the Big Fork River in Minnesota. 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)
0.0Big Fork River, Harrison Public Water Access Site
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47.76199, -93.90624 10.7
10.7Big Fork River, Hwy 14 Public Water Access Site
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47.74876, -93.77746 9.1
19.8Big Fork River, Big Fork Public Water Access Site
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47.74557, -93.65560 13.8
33.6Big Fork River, State Hwy 1 Public Water Access Site
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47.84044, -93.50349 18.1
51.8Big Fork River, Co Rd 5 Public Water Access Site
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47.92057, -93.62022 13.1
64.8Big Fork River, State Hwy 6 Bridge Public Water Access Site
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47.95302, -93.75499 15.7
80.5Big Fork River, Bill Counter Landing Public Water Access Site
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48.03469, -93.74156 8.4
88.9Big Fork River, Johnson Public Water Access Site
About 0.12 mi from the mapped river line.
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48.08863, -93.68169 6.4
95.3Grunwald Access Public Water Access Site
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48.13499, -93.72248 8.2
103.5Big Fork River, Big Falls (E) Public Water Access Site
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48.19503, -93.79585 0.5
104.0Big Fork River, Cody Landing Public Water Access Site
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48.19741, -93.80496 5.0
109.0Big Fork River, Sturgeon Public Water Access Site
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48.21188, -93.88342 4.5
113.5Big Fork River, Ben Linn Public Water Access Site
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48.25007, -93.88611 8.6
122.0Big Fork River, Gowdy Public Water Access Site
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48.29914, -93.82038 3.7
125.8Big Fork River, Kueffners Public Water Access Site
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48.33874, -93.81704 21.4
147.1Big Fork River, Ivan Crawford Public Water Access Site
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48.45526, -93.71955 8.4
155.5Big Fork River, Reedy Flats Public Water Access Site
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48.51221, -93.71278 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 Minnesota DNR Water Access. 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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