Floatable rivers · Michigan

Michigan rivers you can float

6 rivers where the gauge sits on the water people actually run. Each page shows the year as a flow ribbon — typical highs, typical lows — with today's live reading pinned on top.

Pick your river

• Au Sable River

  Grayling to Mio canoe corridor

  Fullest: Mar–May Leanest: Jul–Sep canoekayak

• Manistee River

  Smithville landing through Sherman

  Fullest: Mar–May Leanest: Jul–Sep canoekayak

• Pere Marquette River

  Baldwin to Custer on the undammed lower river

  Fullest: Mar–May Leanest: Jul–Sep canoekayak

• Platte River

  Honor to the Lake Michigan mouth at Sleeping Bear Dunes

  Fullest: Mar–May Leanest: Jul–Sep tubingkayak

• Rifle River

  Sterling to Omer

  Fullest: Mar–May Leanest: Jul–Sep tubingcanoe

• Sturgeon River

  Wolverine to Indian River at Burt Lake

  Fullest: Mar–May Leanest: Jul–Sep kayakcanoe

Flow seasonality is context, not a safety rating — every river page opens with the safety notes that actually matter. Checking dates? Try the trip-window checker.