Maps & Publications

Interactive Visitors Map

Interactive Visitor Map shows recreation areas and roads on all national forests. The map is now available for mobile download, look for "Visitor Map: Map of Forest Service Lands". Interactive Visitor Map

Hiawatha National Forest Visitors Map

Digital copies of the current Forest Visitor map can be purchased through Avenza for $4.99:

East Zone

West Zone

Michigan Department of Transportation

Michigan Department of Transportation interactive map.

Motor Vehicle Use Maps (MVUM)

• Hiawatha NF Munising (Navigating away from USFS website)
• Hiawatha NF Rapid River (Navigating away from USFS website)
• Hiawatha NF St Ignace (Navigating away from USFS website)
• Hiawatha NF Sault Ste Marie (Navigating away from USFS website)

National Forests and National Grasslands

Guide to your National Forests and Grasslands shows all National Forests and Grasslands across the country. Forest Service District Maps

Forest and Vicinity Map

Hiawatha National Forest vicinity map for reference.

Wilderness Maps

• Big Island Lake Wilderness map ( pdf)

Hiawatha National Forest Visitors Map

Hardcopies of the Forest Recreation map cost $14 per map. To order hardcopy maps on-line:

USGS Online Store U.S. Geological Survey Store/ Forest Service Maps

Digital pdf files of the current Hiawatha NF MVUM maps are available for free download here: https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/hiawatha/maps-pubs/?cid=FSEM_033530

Avenza Maps® is a mobile map app that allows you to download maps for offline use on iOS or Android smartphone or tablet, use your device’s built-in GPS to track your location on any map, plot locations and photos, measure distance and area, and more. If you have the Avenza App on your digital device, you can downlad the Hiawatha's MVUM maps for use on Avenza.

• Hiawatha NF Munising (Navigating away from USFS website)
• Hiawatha NF Rapid River (Navigating away from USFS website)
• Hiawatha NF St Ignace (Navigating away from USFS website)
• Hiawatha NF Sault Ste Marie (Navigating away from USFS website)

For more information about motor vehicle maps of the Hiawatha National Forest, visit our MVUM page. 

• East Zone OHV Routes Map - available through Chippewa Sportsmen's Off Road Vehicle Association
• West Zone of the Hiawatha Off-Road Vehicle (ORV) Map - This map shows the Marquette – Manistique Trail/Route and a selection of Forest and County Roads open to ORV use on the West Zone of the Hiawatha National Forest. Available as a pdf.

• North Country National Scenic Trail - available through North Country Trail Association

Eastern Region national forests are making available GIS Data so that you may build your own specialty maps. To download data visit FSGeodataClearinghouse. Visit our GeoSpatial Data Page.

• Superior Wildlands Newsletter ( pdf)
• Accessible Day Use Brochure ( pdf)

• Common Wildflowers Brochure ( pdf)
• Invasive Plants in Wilderness Brochure ( pdf ) 
• Invasive Plants of Concern in the Central Upper Peninsula Cooperative Weed Management Area Brochure ( pdf)
• Native Garden Booklet ( pdf)

• Birding Locations in the Central UP ( pdf)
• Birding Checklist UP ( pdf)
• Fish Checklist for Central UP ( pdf)
• Monarch Butterflies Booklet ( pdf)
• Monarch Butterfly Strategy ( pdf)

• Hiawatha National Forest Field Guide for Common Stand Exam - April 2009

Depending on its age class, aspen stands provide habitat for a variety of species. Check out these maps to learn where aspen age classes exist on the ground.

• 2020 Manistique Aspen Age Classes (pdf)
• 2020 Munising Aspen Age Classes (pdf)
• 2020 Rapid River Aspen Age Classes (pdf)
• 2020 Sault Ste Marie Aspen Age Classes (pdf)
• 2020 St Ignace Aspen Age Classes (pdf)