For Public Land Locations or Possible Public Opportunities:

• State Forest Lands:
  • State forest lands are in the Grayling Forest Management Unit.
  • 4 Mile Trail Camp - in southern area of county.
  • AuSable River State Forest Campground and Canoe Camp - near cengter of county.
  • Burton's Landing State Forest Campground - near center of county.
  • Canoe Harbor State Forest Campground and Canoe Camp - in southeastern area of county.
  • Goose Creek State Forest Campground - in western area of county.
  • Goose Creek Trail Camp - in western area of county.
  • Jones Lake State Forest Campground - near center of county.
  • Keystone Landing State Forest Campground - near center of county.
  • Lake Margrethe State Forest Campground - in southwestern area of county.
  • Manistee River Bridge State Forest Campground - in southwestern area of county.
  • Rainbow Bend State Forest Campground and Canoe Camp - on east side of county.
  • Shupac Lake State Forest Campground - in northestern area of county.
  • Upper Manistee River State Forest Campground and Canoe Camp - in western area of county.
  • Walsh Road Equestrian State Forest Campground - in northestern area of county.
  • White Pine Canoe Camp - in southeastern area of county.
  • Review the State Forest Lands Rules relating to your desired activities.
  • Review Crawford County for nearby DNR Campsites and Trails Locations.
• State Game and Wildlife Areas: (none; may be wildlife areas inside other State lands).
• State Parks and Recreation Areas:
  • Hartwick Pines State Park - in northern area of the county.
  • North Higgins Lake State Park - on the southern edge of the county.
  • Review the State Lands Rules relating to your desired activities.
  • Review Crawford County for nearby DNR Campsites and Trails Locations.
• Crawford County Offices: Crawford County Field Office Map
  
• Shooting Ranges: Crawford County Shooting Ranges
  
• Federal Lands:
  • Huron National Forest - contact the area office for details.
  • Grayling Outwash Plain Nature Preserve (alt.info.) - contact the area office for details.
  • Camp Grayling / Hanson Military Reserve (Michigan's National Guard Training Facility,
    Military Maneuvers Area and Artillery Range) - contact the area office for details.
• For County or Local public areas: contact the appropriate county or local offices for details.
      These offices are listed in area phone books; the county center is zip-code 49738.
• Select Private Land Opportunities:
      There may be special hunting options on select private lands in these programs:
  • Commercial Forest (CF) Program - mostly in northern Michigan; where there are
    CF Program Maps and Legal Descriptions with County CF parcel locations.
  • Hunter Access Program (HAP) - mostly in southern Michigan,
    however, currently there are no HAP areas in this county.

For Purchasing Licenses: either use DNR E-license online or county license locations.
For Official Hunting Hours: Add +06 Minutes to the Time Zone "A" table; specific times are
  "one half-hour before sunrise to one half-hour after sunset" adjusted for daylight-savings & time zone.
    A detailed "current local weather" forecast usually includes sunrise and sunset times for that area.
For More Detailed Information: regarding Michigan's public lands, hunting/trapping, and more
    see the sections "Where Can I Hunt", Hunting & Trapping, and Online Forms, Publications & Maps.
For the static "Lands Open to Public Hunting" map: Crawford County PDF (3 by 4 foot page).
    The DNR Mi-Hunt online, interactive mapping tool is more up-todate versus the county PDFs.
For the Current Weather or a Forecast: the county center is zip-code 49738.