Thornapple River
The Thornapple River is an 88.1-mile-long tributary of Michigan's longest river, the Grand River. The Thornapple rises in Eaton County, Michigan and drains a primarily rural farming area in Central Michigan.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Michigan, United States
- Also known as: “Big Thornapple Drain” and “Thorn Apple River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ada Covered Bridge and Ada Township Park.
Ada Covered Bridge
The Ada Covered Bridge is a 125-foot span Brown truss covered bridge erected in 1867 in Ada, Michigan, United States. Carrying Bronson Street across the Thornapple River, it is located just south of where the Thornapple enters the Grand River, in turn just south of M-21.
Chief Hazy Cloud County Park
Park
Photo: Gpwitteveen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chief Hazy Cloud County Park is situated 2 miles northwest of Thornapple River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ada and Cascade Township.
Ada
Ada is a town in West Michigan, east of Grand Rapids. It is best known – and most visited – as the world headquarters of "multi-level marketing" giant Amway.Cascade Township
Suburb
Cascade Charter Township is a charter township of Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 19,667 at the 2020 census. The township is part of the Grand Rapids metropolitan area and is located just east of the city of Grand Rapids. Cascade Township is situated 3 miles southwest of Thornapple River.
Thornapple River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Kent, Michigan, Midwest, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Welsh—“Thornapple River” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Thornapple”
- Cebuano: “Thornapple River (suba sa Tinipong Bansa, Michigan)”
- Cebuano: “Thornapple River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر ثورناپل”
- Irish: “Abhainn Thornapple”
- Slovenian: “reka Thornapple”
- Slovenian: “Thornapple River”
- Slovenian: “Thornapple”
- Venetian: “Thornapple”
- Welsh: “Afon Thornapple”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lion Park and Somerville Airport.
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