Betsie River

Betsie River
Mouth of the Betsie River at Lake Michigan, in Frankfort
Betsie River is located in Michigan
Betsie River
Location of mouth
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationGreen Lake near Interlochen
 • coordinates44°35′31″N 85°47′40″W / 44.5919459°N 85.794522°W / 44.5919459; -85.794522[1]
Mouth 
 • location
Lake Michigan at Frankfort
 • coordinates
44°37′45″N 86°14′45″W / 44.6291652°N 86.2459287°W / 44.6291652; -86.2459287[1]
Length54 mi (87 km)

The Betsie River (/bɛtsiː/ BET-see) is a 54.0-mile-long (86.9 km)[2] river in the U.S. state of Michigan. The river is located in the northwestern Lower Peninsula of the state, flowing into Lake Michigan at Frankfort. The river's course is mostly within Benzie County, (which takes its name from a variant pronunciation of the river), although the river rises in western Grand Traverse County and flows briefly through northern Manistee County.

The river widens to form Betsie Lake before emptying into Lake Michigan between Frankfort and Elberta. The Betsie River is a part of Michigan's Natural Rivers Program.[3]

Betsie River Wetland Delta near Elberta
  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference gnis1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  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 21, 2011
  3. ^ Betsie River, Michigan Department of Natural Resources