Rapid River (Delta County, Michigan)

This article is about the river in Delta County. For other places and streams in Michigan named Rapid River, see Rapid River (Michigan).
Rapid River
Map
Location
CountryUSA
StateMichigan
RegionUpper Peninsula
CountyMarquette County, Delta County
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationnear McFarland, southeast Marquette County, Michigan
 • coordinates46°09′38″N 87°14′13″W / 46.16056°N 87.23694°W / 46.16056; -87.23694
MouthLittle Bay de Noc[1]
 • location
Rapid River, Delta County, Michigan
 • coordinates
45°54′57″N 86°57′46″W / 45.91583°N 86.96278°W / 45.91583; -86.96278

The Rapid River is a 35.9-mile-long (57.8 km)[2] river on the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. It rises in southeast Marquette County and flows into Little Bay de Noc on Lake Michigan near the community of Rapid River.

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rapid River (Delta County, Michigan)
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed December 19, 2011