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🤝 CFA Open Timberland — Whitewater, Grand Traverse County
Private Land — Open Access · MI
💵 Free — public hunting & fishing on foot (state license required)

372 acres of private Commercial Forest Act timberland across 7 enrolled parcels. Owners receive a property-tax reduction; in exchange the land is open to the public for hunting and fishing on foot — no vehicles, no camping, no permission needed. Exact parcel boundaries: MI DNR CFA viewer.

🤝 CFA Open Timberland — Wilcox, Newaygo County
Private Land — Open Access · MI
💵 Free — public hunting & fishing on foot (state license required)

80 acres of private Commercial Forest Act timberland across 1 enrolled parcels. Owners receive a property-tax reduction; in exchange the land is open to the public for hunting and fishing on foot — no vehicles, no camping, no permission needed. Exact parcel boundaries: MI DNR CFA viewer.

🤝 CFA Open Timberland — Wilson, Charlevoix County
Private Land — Open Access · MI
💵 Free — public hunting & fishing on foot (state license required)

360 acres of private Commercial Forest Act timberland across 6 enrolled parcels. Owners receive a property-tax reduction; in exchange the land is open to the public for hunting and fishing on foot — no vehicles, no camping, no permission needed. Exact parcel boundaries: MI DNR CFA viewer.

🦆 Cannonsburg State Game Area
Wildlife Mgmt Area · MI
💵 Unknown — check official site
🦆 Cass City State Game Area
Wildlife Mgmt Area · MI
💵 Unknown — check official site
🦆 Chelsea State Game Area
Wildlife Mgmt Area · MI
💵 Unknown — check official site
🦆 Columbia Township State Game Area
Wildlife Mgmt Area · MI
💵 Unknown — check official site
🦆 Crane Pond State Game Area
Wildlife Mgmt Area · MI
💵 Unknown — check official site
🦆 Crow Island State Game Area
Wildlife Mgmt Area · MI
💵 Unknown — check official site
🦆 Dansville State Game Area
Wildlife Mgmt Area · MI
💵 Unknown — check official site
🦆 Deford State Game Area
Wildlife Mgmt Area · MI
💵 Unknown — check official site
🦆 Denmark Township State Game Area
Wildlife Mgmt Area · MI
💵 Unknown — check official site
🦆 Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge
Wildlife Mgmt Area · MI
💵 Unknown — check official site
🦆 East of the Wildlife Sanctuary
Wildlife Mgmt Area · MI
💵 Unknown — check official site
🦆 Edmore State Game Area
Wildlife Mgmt Area · MI
💵 Unknown — check official site
🦆 Elmwood Township State Game Area
Wildlife Mgmt Area · MI
💵 Unknown — check official site
🦆 Fabius State Game Area
Wildlife Mgmt Area · MI
💵 Unknown — check official site
🦆 Fish Point State Wildlife Area
Wildlife Mgmt Area · MI
💵 Unknown — check official site
🦆 Flat River State Game Area
Wildlife Mgmt Area · MI
💵 Unknown — check official site
🦆 Flynn State Game Area
Wildlife Mgmt Area · MI
💵 Unknown — check official site
🦆 Gagetown State Game Area
Wildlife Mgmt Area · MI
💵 Unknown — check official site
🦆 Gladwin State Game Area
Wildlife Mgmt Area · MI
💵 Unknown — check official site
🦆 Gourdneck State Game Area
Wildlife Mgmt Area · MI
💵 Unknown — check official site
🦆 Grand River State Game Area
Wildlife Mgmt Area · MI
💵 Unknown — check official site
🦆 Gratiot - Saginaw State Game Area
Wildlife Mgmt Area · MI
💵 Unknown — check official site
🦆 Gregory State Game Area
Wildlife Mgmt Area · MI
💵 Unknown — check official site
🦆 Harbor Island National Wildlife Refuge
Wildlife Mgmt Area · MI
💵 Unknown — check official site
🦆 Haymarsh Lake State Game Area
Wildlife Mgmt Area · MI
💵 Unknown — check official site
🌲 Hiawatha National Forest
National Forest · MI
💵 Free

Nearly a million UP acres between three Great Lakes. Dispersed camping free.

🦆 Highland State Recreation Area
Wildlife Mgmt Area · MI
💵 Unknown — check official site
🦆 Holly State Recreation Area
Wildlife Mgmt Area · MI
💵 Unknown — check official site
🦆 Houghton Lake Flats Flooding State Wildlife Management Area
Wildlife Mgmt Area · MI
💵 Unknown — check official site
🦆 Houghton Lake Wildlife Research Area
Wildlife Mgmt Area · MI
💵 Unknown — check official site
🦆 Huron National Wildlife Refuge
Wildlife Mgmt Area · MI
💵 Unknown — check official site
🌲 Huron-Manistee National Forests
National Forest · MI
💵 Free (river access sites $5)

Lower-peninsula forest with blue-ribbon trout water (Au Sable, Pere Marquette).

🦆 Ionia State Recreation Area
Wildlife Mgmt Area · MI
💵 Unknown — check official site
🦆 Island Lake State Recreation Area
Wildlife Mgmt Area · MI
💵 Unknown — check official site
🦆 Jinny Palms Wildlife Nature Preserve
Wildlife Mgmt Area · MI
💵 Unknown — check official site
🦆 Keeler State Game Area
Wildlife Mgmt Area · MI
💵 Unknown — check official site
🦆 Kirtlands Warbler Wildlife Management Area
Wildlife Mgmt Area · MI
💵 Unknown — check official site
🦆 Langston State Game Area
Wildlife Mgmt Area · MI
💵 Unknown — check official site
🦆 Lapeer State Game Area
Wildlife Mgmt Area · MI
💵 Unknown — check official site
🦆 Lime Island State Recreation Area
Wildlife Mgmt Area · MI
💵 Unknown — check official site
🦆 Manistee River State Game Area
Wildlife Mgmt Area · MI
💵 Unknown — check official site
🦆 Maple River / Gratiot-Saginaw Connector State Game Area
Wildlife Mgmt Area · MI
💵 Unknown — check official site
🦆 Maple River State Game Area
Wildlife Mgmt Area · MI
💵 Unknown — check official site
🦆 Michigan Islands National Wildlife Refuge
Wildlife Mgmt Area · MI
💵 Unknown — check official site
🗺️ Michigan State Forest Land
State / Public Land · MI
💵 Free (camping: $13/night rustic or free dispersed)

3.9 million acres — the largest state forest system east of the Mississippi. Open to foraging and dispersed camping.

🦆 Middleville State Game Area
Wildlife Mgmt Area · MI
💵 Unknown — check official site
🦆 Minden City State Game Area
Wildlife Mgmt Area · MI
💵 Unknown — check official site
🦆 Munuscong Wildlife Management Area
Wildlife Mgmt Area · MI
💵 Unknown — check official site
🦆 Murphy Lake State Game Area
Wildlife Mgmt Area · MI
💵 Unknown — check official site
🦆 Muskegon State Game Area
Wildlife Mgmt Area · MI
💵 Unknown — check official site
🦆 Nayanquing Point State Wildlife Area
Wildlife Mgmt Area · MI
💵 Unknown — check official site
🦆 Oliver Township State Game Area
Wildlife Mgmt Area · MI
💵 Unknown — check official site
🦆 Onsted State Game Area
Wildlife Mgmt Area · MI
💵 Unknown — check official site
🦆 Ortonville State Recreation Area
Wildlife Mgmt Area · MI
💵 Unknown — check official site
🦆 Osceola Missaukee Grasslands State Game Area
Wildlife Mgmt Area · MI
💵 Unknown — check official site
🌲 Ottawa National Forest
National Forest · MI
💵 Free

Western UP waterfalls country; ORV and snowmobile routes throughout.

🦆 Pentwater State Game Area
Wildlife Mgmt Area · MI
💵 Unknown — check official site
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