Chippewa Branch

Chippewa Branch: 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 fort: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Chippewa Branch

Season: October to February; carry water in summer.

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 Chippewa Branch — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 43.71239, -85.31155. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Chippewa Branch

• Townline Lake · lake · Mecosta · ~13 km · Must-see
• Jim Crow Museum of Racist Imagery · museum · Mecosta · ~17 km · Must-see
• Rogers Dam · lake · Mecosta · ~22 km · Must-see
• Weidman Millpond · lake · Isabella · ~35 km · Must-see
• Lost Lake · lake · Clare · ~39 km · Must-see
• Hardy Dam · lake · Newaygo · ~45 km · Must-see
• Cowden Lake · lake · Montcalm · ~50 km · Must-see
• Lake Thirteen · lake · Clare · ~50 km · Must-see
• Croton Dam · lake · Newaygo · ~52 km · Must-see
• Shrine of the Pines · museum · Lake · ~58 km · Must-see
• Hess Lake · lake · Newaygo · ~65 km · Must-see
• Rollway Lake · lake · Newaygo · ~66 km · Must-see
• Wilson State Park · park · Clare · ~67 km · Must-see
• Budd Lake · lake · Clare · ~67 km · Must-see
• Little Long Lake · lake · Clare · ~68 km · Must-see
• Lake Cadillac · lake · Wexford · ~75 km · Must-see
• William Mitchell State Park · park · Wexford · ~75 km · Must-see
• Colby Lake · lake · Mecosta · ~3 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Chippewa Branch

Other forts & heritage near Chippewa Branch

• Notipekago · fort · Mason · ~96 km · Must-see
• North Breakwater Light · fort · Michigan · ~121 km · Must-see
• Little Sable Point Lighthouse · fort · Oceana · ~124 km · Must-see
• Hardy Hydroelectric Plant · fort · Newaygo · ~45 km
• Croton Dam Mound Group · fort · Newaygo · ~52 km
• Croton Hydroelectric Plant · fort · Newaygo · ~52 km
• Toft Lake Village Site · fort · Newaygo · ~53 km
• Mount Pleasant Indian Industial Boarding School · fort · Isabella · ~54 km
• Conservation Park Site · fort · Gratiot · ~80 km
• White Pine Trail · fort · Kent · ~80 km

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