Public Access Sites
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has Public Access Sites at the following locations in Cass County:
- Belas Lake (Crane Pond State Game Area)
- Big Fish Lake
- Bogart Lake (Crane Pond State Game Area)
- Chain Lake
- Corey Lake
- Dewey Lake
- Diamond Lake access requires boaters to purchase an annual $24 launch access permit or a $6 daily permit (available at the site).
- Donnell Lake
- Dowagiac Creek at the Arthur Dodd Memorial Park
- Driskels Lake
- Forked Lake - no fish (Crane Pond State Game Area)
- Fox Lake - no fish (Crane Pond State Game Area)
- Harwood Lake
- Hemlock Lake
- Juno Lake
- Kirk Lake (Crane Pond State Game Area)
- Long Lake
- Magician Lake
- Mill Pond at the Dowagiac Heddon Memorial
- Paradise Lake
- Stone Lake
Crane Pond State Game
The Crane Pond State Game area has no check-in and no access fees. It's DNR Field Office is at:
60887 M-40
Jones, MI 49061
Phone:269-244-5928.
Three of these public access sites comply with the accessibility requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act:
- Diamond Lake access requires boaters to purchase an annual $24 launch access permit or a $6 daily permit (available at the site).
- Juno Lake
- Magician Lake