Little Cedar River (Tobacco River tributary)

Little Cedar River
The river along Dale Road in Tobacco Township
Little Cedar River (Tobacco River tributary) is located in Michigan
Little Cedar River (Tobacco River tributary)
Location within the state of Michigan
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMichigan
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationBuckeye Township, Michigan
 • coordinates43°55′08″N 84°24′18″W / 43.91889°N 84.40500°W / 43.91889; -84.40500
Mouth 
 • location
Tobacco River
 • coordinates
43°50′30″N 84°23′17″W / 43.84167°N 84.38806°W / 43.84167; -84.38806
 • elevation
676 ft (206 m)[1]
Length8.1 miles (13.0 km)

Little Cedar River is an 8.1-mile-long (13.0 km)[2] river in Gladwin County in the U.S. state of Michigan.

The Little Cedar rises in Buckeye Township at 43°55′08″N 84°24′18″W / 43.91889°N 84.40500°W / 43.91889; -84.40500 (Little Cedar River (source)),[1] and flows primarily south into the Tobacco River at 43°50′30″N 84°23′17″W / 43.84167°N 84.38806°W / 43.84167; -84.38806 (Little Cedar River (mouth)).[1]

Pete Drain, which feeds into the Little Cedar, is also known as the Little Cedar River.[3]

  1. ^ a b c "Little Cedar River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed November 7, 2011
  3. ^ "Pete Drain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.