Public Access

Public Access: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this park: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Public Access

Season: Year-round, evenings.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Public Access — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 45.30797, -83.48597. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Public Access

• Grand Lake · lake · Presque Isle · ~3 km · Must-see
• Old Presque Isle Light · beach · Presque Isle · ~5 km · Must-see
• New Presque Isle Light · beach · Presque Isle · ~7 km · Must-see
• Thompson's Harbor State Park · sanctuary · Presque Isle · ~11 km · Must-see
• Long Lake · lake · Alpena · ~15 km · Must-see
• Middle Island Light · beach · Alpena · ~23 km · Must-see
• Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary · sanctuary · Michigan · ~24 km · Must-see
• Besser Museum · museum · Alpena · ~32 km · Must-see
• Alpena Light · fort · Michigan · ~35 km · Must-see
• P.H. Hoeft State Park · park · Presque Isle · ~44 km · Must-see
• Thunder Bay Island Light · beach · Alpena · ~47 km · Must-see
• Forty Mile Point Light · viewpoint · Presque Isle · ~49 km · Must-see
• Long Lake · lake · Montmorency · ~54 km · Must-see
• Fletcher's Floodwater · lake · Alpena · ~57 km · Must-see
• Ocqueoc Falls · waterfall · Presque Isle · ~57 km · Must-see
• Negwegon State Park · sanctuary · Alpena · ~63 km · Must-see
• Hubbard Lake · lake · Alcona · ~70 km · Must-see
• Clear Lake State Park · lake · Montmorency · ~73 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Public Access

Other parks near Public Access

• P.H. Hoeft State Park · park · Presque Isle · ~44 km · Must-see
• Onaway State Park · park · Presque Isle · ~75 km · Must-see
• Aloha State Park · park · Cheboygan · ~100 km · Must-see
• Cheboygan State Park · park · Cheboygan · ~103 km · Must-see
• Marquette park · park · Mackinac · ~133 km · Must-see
• Petoskey State Park · park · Emmet · ~140 km · Must-see
• The Headlands · park · Emmet · ~143 km · Must-see
• Mineral Well Park · park · Emmet · ~144 km · Must-see
• Maple Ridge Township Park · park · Alpena · ~24 km
• Arthur E. Sytek Park · park · Alpena · ~34 km

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