THE WHITNEY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Tawas Lake Plain setting.
Whitney township has 30.7 square miles of land in Arenac County. Its Census reference point is in Tawas Lake Plain, within Northern Lakes and Forests.
Glacial hills, till plains, sandy outwash and old lake basins create a varied northern landscape. Conifer and hardwood forests surround many lakes across these glacially shaped uplands.
Regional context: Northern Lakes and Forests ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Whitney and Arenac County
Whitney is associated with Arenac County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Whitney by land and water
The Census records 13.9 square miles of water within Whitney, or 31.1% of its total area. It is 15.5 percentage points lower than the 46.6% recorded for Arenac County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Whitney township has 2.7 times the land area of nearby Sims township (11.5 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

