The Manistee River watershed is one of the largest watersheds in Michigan, draining a total of 1,780 square miles of land in 11 counties. The river meanders through seven counties on a course of about 250 miles in the northwest Lower Peninsula. It eventually drains into Manistee Lake, then into Lake Michigan.
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