The North Branch Cedar Creek rises as the outflow of a series of small ponds in northeastern Baltimore Township and flows easterly into the Cedar Creek about a mile before its outflow into the Thornapple River.
The Cedar Creek is a short tributary of the Cedar River, rising in northwestern Mentor Township. It flows northerly into Pickerel Lake in southeastern Emmet County, Michigan.
The Cedar Creek is a short stream flowing mostly northerly within Bates Township into the Olson Creek, which flows into the Chicagon Slough, and then to the Paint River.