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Sites available on a first-come, first-serve basis. No reservations. There are 32 sites for tent and small trailer use. Located on the Manistee River offering excellent canoeing opportunity and good trout fishing.

• Designated Watchable Wildlife Site
  Deward Tract is undeveloped land along the Upper Manistee River. Look for frogs, turtles, trout, deer, raccoons, kingfishers, wild turkey, and songbirds along this meandering waterway (18 miles NE).
   
• Fishing
  Manistee River (on site): Trout.
  Cranberry Lake (5 miles NE): Bluegill and Bass.
  East Lake (9.5 miles NW): Bluegill, Bass and Perch.
  
   
• Canoeing
  Excellent canoe access along the Manistee River.
  
   
• Other
  Kalkaska (access and parking, 7 miles North): 90 miles of cycle/ATV trails and 39 miles of full-sized ORV routes.