Offering essential details and easy-to-read maps, Best Tent Camping: Michigan presents 50 of the state's best campgrounds for car campers.

As a native of Michigan, Matt Forster has camped all over the Great Lake State. He's carried his gear in backpacks, Duluth packs, saddlebags, and car trunks and slept in tents, pop-ups, camper vans, and RVs. He and his wife live in Michigan with their two young children, who are both just experiencing camping for the first time. These days, camping trips often come down to tossing the tent in the back of the car, loading up way too much equipment, and praying for good weather (a necessity with two kids in tow). As a freelance writer, Matt is the author of Backroads & Byways of Michigan (The Countryman Press), Backroads & Byways of Ohio (The Countryman Press), Colorado: An Explorer's Guide (The Countryman Press), Best Hikes Near Detroit and Ann Arbor (FalconGuides), and a travel app for Michigan's Grand Traverse region called Up North! Grand Traverse (available on iOS and Android devices).

Michigan Campground Locator Map

Map Legend

Acknowledgments

Preface

Best Campgrounds

Introduction

Southeast Michigan

• Holly Recreation Area: McGinnis Lake Campground


• Lake Hudson Recreation Area


• Pinckney Recreation Area: Crooked Lake and Blind Lake Campgrounds


• Port Crescent State Park Campground


• Waterloo Recreation Area: Green Lake Campground

Southwest Michigan

• Fort Custer State Recreation Area


• Highbank Lake National Forest Campground


• Muskegon State Park


• Pines Point National Forest Campground


• P. J. Hoffmaster State Park


• Tubbs Lake State Forest Campgrounds


• Warren Dunes State Park: Rustic Campground


• Yankee Springs State Recreation Area: Deep Lake Rustic Campground

Northwest Michigan

• Arbutus Lake No. 4 State Forest Campground


• CCC Bridge State Forest Campground


• Fisherman's Island State Park Campground


• Graves Crossing State Forest Campground


• Lake Dubonnet State Forest Campground


• Ludington State Park: Jack Pine Walk-In Campground


• Nordhouse Dunes Wilderness Area: Dispersed Campground


• Peterson Bridge South National Forest Campground


• Silver Creek State Forest Campground


• Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore: D. H. Day Campground


• Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore: South Manitou Island, Weather Station Campground


• Wilderness State Park: Lakeshore Campground

Northeast Michigan

• Canoe Harbor State Forest Campground


• Jones Lake State Forest Campground


• Ocqueoc Falls State Forest Campground


• Ossineke State Forest Campground


• Pigeon River State Forest Campground


• Rifle River State Recreation Area: Spruce Campground


• Sawmill Point Primitive Campsites


• Tomahawk Creek Flooding State Forest Campground

Upper Peninsula

• Bay View National Forest Campground


• Bewabic State Park Campground


• Big Knob State Forest Campground


• Black River Harbor National Forest Campground


• Bond Falls Flowage Campground


• Brevoort Lake National Forest Campground


• Carney Lake State Forest Campground


• Courtney Lake National Forest Campground


• Henry Lake National Forest Campground


• Monocle Lake National Forest Campground


• Petes Lake National Forest Campground


• Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore: Twelvemile Beach Campground


• Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park: Presque Isle Campground


• Portage Bay State Forest Campground


• Pretty Lake State Forest Campground


• Sylvania Wilderness and Recreation Area: Clark Lake Campground


• Tahquamenon Falls State Park: Rivermouth Pines Campground

Appendixes and Index

• Appendix A: Camping-Equipment Checklist


• Appendix B: Sources of Information


• Index

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