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Fly fishing near Elk Rapids, Michigan

The shallow, clear Boardman River flowing between spruce and pine near Traverse City
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The Boardman River in the Brown Bridge Quiet Area, near Traverse City. Photo: Phoenix-Five, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

5 waters with a page lie within 25 miles of Elk Rapids, Michigan, in a straight line; the nearest are Cedar River (14 mi), North Branch Boardman River (16 mi) and Boardman River (17 mi).

More about Elk Rapids

1 fly shop is in Elk Rapids or within 15 miles, unclaimed unless marked on their page. The nearest destination hub is Grayling & the Au Sable, 38 miles away.

Updated · Sources: USGS GNIS (town point)

5 waters near Elk Rapids

About this

Straight-line miles from the town's point in the USGS Geographic Names Information System to the nearest mapped point or gauge on each water; the road is longer. Each page has the live flow where a gauge reports, the agency's rules and access map, and who guides it.

Within 25 miles, straight line

  1. Cedar RiverFreestone river · 14 mi · Blue Ribbon
  2. North Branch Boardman RiverFreestone river · 16 mi · Blue Ribbon
  3. Boardman RiverFreestone river · 17 mi · Blue Ribbon · live USGS flow
  4. South Branch Boardman RiverFreestone river · 17 mi · Blue Ribbon
  5. Jordan RiverFreestone river · 21 mi · Blue Ribbon · live USGS flow

Fly shops nearby

About this

Shops that name Elk Rapids as their town or publish a location within 15 miles. Facts come from each shop's own website; listings are unclaimed unless their page says claimed.

Nearest destination hub

Grayling & the Au Sable · 38 mi

Where this comes from

Sources

Town point: USGS Geographic Names Information System (town points) (U.S. Geological Survey, public domain), feature 625459, Antrim County. Water positions, gauges, designations and species: the sources listed on each water page. Guides and shops: their own websites, as listed on each page. Nothing here grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.

Nothing here grants access. Check maps, signs and landowners.