List of rivers of Michigan
This list of Michigan rivers includes all streams designated rivers although some may be smaller than those streams designated creeks, runs, brooks, swales, cuts, bayous, outlets, inlets, drains and ditches. These terms are all in use in Michigan. Other waterways are listed when they have articles.
The state has over 300 named rivers. Several names are shared by different rivers; for example, there are eight Pine Rivers and seven Black Rivers. In four cases there are two rivers of the same name in one county. In these cases extra information such as alternate name or body of water they flow into has been added.
In alphabetical order
A–C
- Anna River
- Au Gres River
- Au Sable River
- Au Train River
- Bad River
- Baldwin River
- Baltimore River
- Bark River
- Bass River
- Battle Creek River
- Bean Creek
- Bear River
- Bell River
- Belle River
- Betsie River
- Big Betsy River
- Big Garlic River
- Big Iron River
- Big River
- Big Sable River
- Big Siskiwit River
- Birch Creek
- Black Mallard River
- Black River
- Black River
- Black River
- Black River
- Black River
- Black River
- Black River
- Blind Sucker River
- Boardman River
- Boyne River
- Brevoort River
- Brule River
- Buck Creek
- Canada Creek
- Carp Lake River
- Carp River
- Carp River, sections also called Big Carp River and Upper Carp River or Carp River Inlet or Inlet Creek
- Carp River, not on USGS maps
- Carp River
- Cass River
- Cataract River
- Cedar Creek
- Cedar River
- Cedar River
- Cedar River
- Charlotte River
- Cheboygan River
- Chippewa River
- Choate Creek
- Chocolay River
- Clam River
- Cliff River
- Clinton River
- Coldbrook Creek
- Coldwater River
- Coldwater River
- Coldwater River
- Cranberry River
- Creighton River
- Crooked River
- Crow River
- Crystal River
- Cut River
- Cut River
D–K
- Days River
- Dead River
- Dead Sucker River
- Deer River
- Detroit River
- Devils River
- Dingman River
- Dowagiac River
- Driggs River
- Duck River, also called Duck Creek
- Eagle River
- East Branch St. Joseph River
- East Sleeping River
- Ecorse River
- Elk River
- Elm River
- Escanaba River
- Falls River
- Fawn River
- Fence River
- Firesteel River
- Fishdam River
- Flat River
- Flint River
- Flintsteel River
- Floodwood River
- Ford River
- Fox River
- Galena River
- Galien River
- Gogomain River
- Gook Creek
- Goose Creek
- Grand River
- Grass River
- Gratiot River
- Graveraet River
- Green River, flows into Jordan River
- Green River, part of Intermediate River system
- Gun River
- Hemlock River
- Hendrie River
- Hersey River
- Huron River
- Huron River
- Hurricane River
- Indian River
- Indian River
- Intermediate River
- Iron River
- Iron River
- Joe Maddy River
- Jordan River
- Jordan River of Beaver Island
- Jumbo River
- Kalamazoo River
- Kawkawlin River
- Kelso River
L–M
- Laughing Whitefish River
- Leland River, also called the Carp River
- Lincoln River
- Little Betsie River
- Little Betsy River
- Little Black River
- Little Black River
- Little Brevoort River
- Little Carp River
- Little Carp River, also called Carp River and Carp Creek
- Little Carp River
- Little Cedar River
- Little Cedar River
- Little Cranberry River
- Little Dead River
- Little Elm River
- Little Fawn River
- Little Fishdam River
- Little Fox River
- Little Garlic River
- Little Gratiot River
- Little Hemlock River
- Little Huron River
- Little Indian River
- Little Iron River
- Little Manistee River
- Little Maple River
- Little Misery River
- Little Molasses River
- Little Munuscong River
- Little Muskegon River
- Little Ocqueoc River
- Little Otter River
- Little Pigeon River, empties into Mullett Lake
- Little Pigeon River, empties into Pigeon River
- Little Pigeon River
- Little Presque Isle River
- Little Rabbit River
- Little Rainy River
- Little Rapid River
- Little River
- Little River
- Little River Raisin
- Little Silver River
- Little Siskiwit River
- Little Sturgeon River
- Little Thornapple River, tributary of the Coldwater River in Barry County
- Little Thornapple River, tributary of the Thornapple River in Eaton County
- Little Tobacco River
- Little Trout River
- Little Two Hearted River
- Little Union River
- Looking Glass River
- Lower Millecoquins River
- Macatawa River
- Malletts Creek
- Manistee River
- Manistique River
- Maple Leaf Creek
- Maple River
- Maple River
- Maple River
- McCoy Creek
- Medora River
- Menominee River
- Michigamme River
- Middle Branch River
- Milakokia River
- Milk River
- Mineral River
- Miners River
- Misery River
- Misteguay Creek
- Mitchigan River
- Molasses River
- Montreal River
- Montreal River
- Moran River
- Mosquito River
- Munuscong River
- Murphy River
- Muskegon River
N–R
- Net River
- New River
- North River
- Nottawa Creek
- Ocqueoc River
- Ogontz River
- Ontonagon River
- Ore Creek
- Ottawa River, usually called North Tenmile Creek
- Otter River
- Paint Creek
- Paint Creek
- Paint River
- Partridge Creek
- Paw Paw River
- Pelton River, also called Pelton Creek
- Pentwater River
- Perch River
- Pere Marquette River
- Peshekee River
- Pigeon River, empties into Mullett Lake
- Pigeon River, empties into Saginaw Bay of Lake Huron
- Pigeon River, empties into Lake Michigan
- Pigeon River, empties into the St. Joseph River
- Pike River
- Pilgrim River
- Pinconning River
- Pine Creek
- Pine River
- Pine River
- Pine River
- Pine River
- Pine River, also called South Branch of Manistee River
- Pine River
- Pine River
- Pine River
- Pinnebog River
- Plaster Creek
- Platte River
- Pointe aux Chenes River
- Portage River, the southern end of the Keweenaw Waterway
- Portage River, a tributary of the Grand River
- Portage River, a tributary of the St. Joseph River
- Portage River, a tributary of the Huron River
- Potagannissing River
- Potato River
- Prairie River
- Presque Isle River
- Quanicassee River
- Rabbit River
- Rainy River
- Rapid River
- Rapid River
- Rapid River
- Ravine River
- Red Cedar River
- Rifle River
- River Raisin
- River Rouge or Rouge River
- River Styx
- River Styx
- Rock River
- Rock River
- Rock River
- Rocky River
- Rogue River
- Ruby Creek
S–Z
- Saganing River
- Sage River
- Saginaw River
- Saint Clair River
- St. Joseph River
- St. Marys River
- Saline River
- Salmon Trout River
- Salmon Trout River
- Salt River
- Salt River
- Sand River
- Sandy Creek
- Sante River
- Sauk River
- Sebewaing River
- Second River
- Shakey River
- Shelldrake River
- Shiawassee River
- Shoepac River
- Silver River, drains to Lake Superior
- Silver River, drains to Sturgeon River
- Silver River, drains to Lake Superior
- Siskiwit River
- Slate River
- Slate River
- Snake River
- South Branch Little Sugar River
- Spruce River
- Spurr River
- Stout Creek
- Sturgeon River
- Sturgeon River
- Sturgeon River
- Sturgeon River
- Sucker River
- Sugar River
- Swan River
- Swartz Creek
- Sycamore Creek
- Tacoosh River
- Tahquamenon River
- Talmadge Creek
- Tamarack River
- Tawas River
- Thornapple River
- Thunder Bay River
- Tioga River
- Tittabawassee River
- Tobacco River
- Tobacco River
- Torch River
- Trap Rock River
- Traverse River
- Trout Creek
- Trout River
- Two Hearted River
- Union River
- Upper Millecoquins River
- Vermilac River
- Waiska River
- Walker Creek
- Walton River
- West Branch St. Joseph River
- West Sleeping River
- White River
- White River
- Whitefish River
- Yellow Dog River
By watershed
[Lake Erie] basin
- Maumee River
- * Tiffin River
- ** Bean Creek
- * St. Joseph River
- ** East Branch Saint Joseph River
- ** West Branch Saint Joseph River
- Ottawa River
- Little Lake Creek
- * Flat Creek
- ** North River
- River Raisin
- * Saline River
- * Little River Raisin
- * Goose Creek
- Sandy Creek
- Huron River
- * Portage River
- Detroit River
- * Ecorse River
- * River Rouge or Rouge River
Lake St. Clair">Lake Saint Clair (North America)">Lake St. Clair basin
- Milk River
- Clinton River
- * Paint Creek
- ** Trout Creek
- Salt River
- Saint Clair River
- * Belle River
- * Pine River
- * Black River
[Lake Huron] basin
[The Thumb]
- White River
- New River
- Pinnebog River
- Pigeon River
- * Little Pigeon River
[Saginaw Bay]
- Sebewaing River
- Quanicassee River
- Saginaw River
- * Shiawassee River
- ** Cass River
- ** Flint River
- *** Misteguay Creek
- *** Swartz Creek
- ** Bad River
- * Tittabawassee River
- ** Chippewa River
- *** Pine River
- *** Coldwater River
- **** Walker Creek
- ** Salt River
- ** Tobacco River
- *** Little Cedar River
- *** Cedar River
- ** Molasses River
- *** Little Molasses River
- ** Little Tobacco River
- ** Sugar River
- *** South Branch Little Sugar River
- Kawkawlin River
- Pinconning River
- Saganing River
- Pine River
- Rifle River
- Au Gres River
- Tawas River
Northeast [Lower Peninsula of Michigan]
- Au Sable River
- * Pine River
- Black River
- Devils River
- Thunder Bay River
- Bell River
- Little Trout River
- Swan River
- Trout River
- Ocqueoc River
- * Little Ocqueoc River
- Black Mallard River
- Cheboygan River, mouth at Cheboygan in Cheboygan County
- * Black River
- ** Rainy River
- *** Little Rainy River
- **Canada Creek
- * Mullett Lake
- ** Little Pigeon River, empties directly into Mullett Lake
- ** Pigeon River
- *** Little Pigeon River
- ** Indian River
- *** Little Sturgeon River
- *** Burt Lake
- **** Sturgeon River
- **** Crooked River
- **** Maple River
- **** Little Carp River
- Little Black River
[Upper Peninsula of Michigan]
- Carp River
- Pine River
- Potagannissing River
- Saint Mary's River
- * Gogomain River
- * Munuscong River
- * Little Munuscong River
- * Charlotte River
- * Waiska River
[Lake Michigan] basin
[Lower Peninsula of Michigan]
[Northern Michigan]
- Carp Lake River
- Bear River
- Pine River
- * Lake Charlevoix
- ** Jordan River
- *** Green River
- ** Boyne River
- Grand Traverse Bay
- *Elk River
- ** Elk Lake
- *** Torch River
- **** Rapid River
- ***** Little Rapid River
- **** Torch Lake
- ***** Clam Lake
- ****** Grass River
- ******* Lake Bellaire
- ******** Intermediate River
- ********* Cedar River
- ********* Intermediate Lake
- ********** Green River
- *********** Sixmile Lake and other lakes
- ************ Dingman River
- ************* Intermediate River
- * Boardman River
- **Boardman Lake
- Leland River, also called the Carp River
- Crystal River
- Platte River
- Betsie River
- * Little Betsie River
- Manistee River
- * Manistee Lake
- ** Little Manistee River
- * Pine River, also called South Branch of Manistee River
- Big Sable River
- Lincoln River
- Pere Marquette River
- * Big South Branch Pere Marquette River
- ** Ruby Creek
- * Baldwin River
- Pentwater River
[West Michigan]
- White River
- Muskegon River
- * Maple River
- * Little Muskegon River
- * Hersey River
- * Middle Branch River
- * Clam River
- Grand River
- * Bass River
- * Buck Creek
- * Plaster Creek
- * Coldbrook Creek
- * Rogue River
- * Thornapple River
- ** Coldwater River
- *** Little Thornapple River, in Barry County
- ** Little Thornapple River
- * Flat River
- * Maple River
- ** Pine Creek, some portions called Newark and Arcadia Drain
- *** River Styx
- ** Little Maple River
- * Looking Glass River
- * Red Cedar River
- ** Sycamore Creek
- * Portage River
- Pigeon River
- Lake Macatawa
- * Macatawa River
- Kalamazoo River
- * Rabbit River
- ** Little Rabbit River
- * Gun River
- * Battle Creek River
- Black River
- St. Joseph River
- * Paw Paw River
- * Dowagiac River
- * Pigeon River
- * Fawn River
- ** Little Fawn River
- * Prairie River
- * Rocky River
- * Portage River
- * Nottawa Creek
- * Coldwater River
- ** Sauk River
- Galien River
- * South Branch Galien River
- ** Galena River
[Upper Peninsula of Michigan]
Green Bay">Green Bay (Lake Michigan)">Green Bay
- Menominee River
- * Little River
- * Little Cedar River
- * Shakey River
- * Sturgeon River
- * Brule River
- ** Paint River
- *** Hemlock River
- **** Little Hemlock River
- *** Net River
- ** Iron River
- * Michigamme River
- ** Kelso River
- ** Deer River
- ** Fence River
- *** Mitchigan River
- ** Spruce River
- ** Peshekee River
- ** Spurr River
- Cedar River
- * Walton River
- Bark River
- Ford River
- Escanaba River
- * Middle Branch Escanaba River
- ** Black River
- ** Second River
- * East Branch Escanaba River
- Days River
- Tacoosh River
- Rapid River
- Whitefish River
- Big River
- Little River
- Ogontz River
- Sturgeon River
- Fishdam River
- Little Fishdam River
Remainder of Lake Michigan/Upper Peninsula
- Manistique River
- * Indian River
- ** Little Indian River
- * West Branch Manistique River
- ** Creighton River
- * Driggs River
- * Fox River
- ** East Branch Fox River
- ** Little Fox River
- * Manistique Lake
- ** Shoepac River
- Milakokia River
- Cataract River
- Crow River
- Rock River
- Lower Millecoquins River
- * Upper Millecoquins River
- Black River
- Cut River
- Brevoort River
- * Brevoort Lake
- ** Little Brevoort River
- Pointe aux Chenes River
- Moran River
Beaver Island">Beaver Island (Lake Michigan)">Beaver Island
- Jordan River
[Lake Superior] basin
- Tahquamenon River
- * Hendrie River
- * Sage River
- Shelldrake River
- Carp River
- Little Two Hearted River
- Two Hearted River
- Blind Sucker River
- * Dead Sucker River
- Sucker River
- Hurricane River
- Mosquito River
- Miners River
- Anna River
- Au Train River
- Rock River
- Laughing Whitefish River
- Sand River
- Chocolay River
- Carp River
- Dead River
- * Little Dead River
- Little Garlic River
- Big Garlic River
- Iron River
- * Lake Independence
- ** Yellow Dog River
- Salmon Trout River
- Pine River
- * Pine Lake
- ** River Styx
- ** Mountain Stream
- *** Mountain Lake
- **** Cliff River
- Little Huron River
- Huron River
- Huron Bay
- * Ravine River
- * Slate River
- * Silver River
- Falls River
- Little Carp River
- Portage River, the southern end of the Keweenaw Waterway
- * Snake River
- * Portage Lake
- ** Sturgeon River
- *** Otter Lake
- **** Otter River
- ***** West Branch Otter River
- ***** North Branch Otter River
- ****** Sante River
- ****** Little Otter River
- *** Silver River
- *** Little Silver River
- *** Perch River
- *** Rock River
- **** Worm Lake
- ***** Vermilac River
- ***** Murphy River
- *** Tioga River
- ** Pike River
- ** Torch Lake
- *** Trap Rock River
- ** Pilgrim River
- Traverse River
- Tobacco River
- Big Betsy River
- Little Betsy River
- Lac La Belle
- * Little Gratiot River
- Montreal River
- * Medora River
- Silver River
- Eagle River
- Gratiot River
- Salmon Trout River
- Graveraet River
- Elm River
- Little Elm River
- Misery River
- * Little Misery River
- East Sleeping River
- West Sleeping River
- Firesteel River
- Flintsteel River
- Ontonagon River
- * West Branch Ontonagon River
- ** South Branch Ontonagon River
- ** Lake Gogebic
- *** Slate River
- **** Pelton River or Pelton Creek
- * Middle Branch Ontonagon River
- ** Baltimore River
- ** Tamarack River
- * East Branch Ontonagon River
- ** Jumbo River
- Potato River
- Floodwood River
- Cranberry River
- Little Cranberry River
- Duck River, also called Duck Creek
- Mineral River
- Big Iron River
- * Rapid River
- Little Iron River
- Union River
- * Little Union River
- Carp River, sections also called Big Carp River and Upper Carp River
- Little Carp River
- Presque Isle River
- * Little Presque Isle River
- Black River
- * Little Black River
- Montreal River
[Isle Royale]
- Big Siskiwit River
- Little Siskiwit River
- Siskiwit River