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Escanaba, MI 49829

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Developed Campgrounds

AuTrain
This campground has 37 large, wooded, campsites with tables and fireplaces. Drinking water and toilets are conveniently spaced throughout the campground.

Bay Furnace
There are 50 campsites, each with a fire ring and table.  Toilets and drinking water are conveniently located throughout the campground. A sanitary dumping station and pressurized drinking water are available for self-contained vehicles.

Bay View
There are 24 campsites settled beneath red and white pine, oak, maple, and white birch trees, and just a few steps from the sandy beach. Tables and fire rings are at each site. Drinking water and toilets are conveniently spaced throughout the campground. Bay View Campground has a camp host during the summer months.

Brevoort Lake
Most of the camping area is located on the sandy peninsula that divides Boedne Bay and Brevoort Lake. Many sites have direct access to the water. The sites are large, forested, have tables and a fire ring. Water and flush toilets are conveniently spaced throughout the campground. A trailer dumping station is near the entrance.

Camp 7
There are 41 campsites set among large shade trees, each has a table and fire ring. There are seven specified sites available for handicapped people, as well as other facilities. Drinking water is conveniently located throughout the campground.

Carp River
There are 44 sites, all wooded and shaded from the hot summer sun. Each site has a table and a fire ring. Water pumps and vault toilets are conveniently spaced throughout the campground. There are no accessible facilities available at this campground.

Colwell Lake
The campground consists of 35 individual family sites, five have electric RV hook-ups, fire ring, lantern post and tent pad. Toilets and water hydrants are conveniently spaced throughout the campground.

Corner Lake
There are nine large camping sites, set among big trees with a table and fire ring at each site. Drinking water and toilets are available.

Flowing Well
There are 10 spacious sites, some situated along the bank overlooking the Sturgeon River. Tables and fire rings are at each site. Safe tested water is obtainable from the picnic area fountain, and toilet facilities are available in the campground.

Foley Creek
The Foley Creek Campground is located 6 miles north of St. Ignace, off H-63 (better known as the "Mackinac Trail)". There are 54 private campsites set among large shade trees. Each site has a table and fireplace or fire ring. There are vault toilets, and drinking water at convenient places throughout the campground.

Grand Island National Recreation Area
Currently there are 16 designated single campsites on Grand Island. At each designated site, campers must set up their tents within 15 feet of the site marker post.

Haymeadow Creek
There are 15 large campsites, all with tables and fire rings. Drinking water is available at a hand pump and there are toilet facilities. Please be sure to pack out what you pack in, as there are no trash receptacles.

Indian River
The Indian River Campground offers 5 large, wooded, private sites in quiet surroundings. This campground is excellent for the traveler because of its close proximity to M-94, and yet it is still able to retain a secluded, quiet atmosphere. Drinking water is available, as well as toilets.

Island Lake
Canoeing and boating are favorite pass-times at Island Lake. At this time, boThere are 45 campsites in a nicely wooded quiet area. Many sites overlook the lake. Facilities include fire pits, tables, toilets, and drinking water.

Lake Michigan
There are 35 campsites, cold running water and some flush toilets as well as vault toilets. Many sites are excellent tent sites, located between dunes 20 to 30 feet high. Other sites are suitable for trailers and other recreational vehicles. Two spaces are specially located for the handicapped.

Little Bass Lake
The campground has 12 large sites, wooded, and conveniently spaced for privacy. Drinking water and toilets are available.

Little Bay de Noc
Each campsite is on the shore of Little Bay de Noc, on the north end of Lake Michigan, and has a trail to the sandy shore and waters edge. The North Maywood, Oaks, and Group Campsites are separated with oak, hemlock and hardwood giving each camper privacy. The Twin Spring Loop is an open grassy area.

Monocle Lake
Monocle Lake Campground offers 39 campsites in a northern hardwood, aspen, red maple, and white birch setting. Campsites are available on a first-come first-serve basis.  No reservations are acceptedAll sites have hardened surfaces and tent pads to accommodate accessibility needs. Accessible tables, fire rings, and lantern posts are available at each site. Accessible pressurized water and pit toilets are conveniently spaced throughout the recreation area.

Petes Lake
The campground has 41 sites. All are spacious, forested, and private. Each site is equipped with a picnic table and grill. Vault toilets and drinking water sources are conveniently located throughout the campground. The campground will accommodate the handicapped.

Soldier Lake
There are 44 sites among red pine, aspen, and maple trees. No reservations are accepted. Campsites are available on a first-come first-serve basis. Each site has a table and fire ring. There is drinking water and vault toilets, as well as easy access to the lake throughout the recreation area.

Three Lakes
There are 28 camping sites, all easily accessible to the lake. No reservations are accepted. Campsites are available on a first-come first-serve basis. Tables and fire rings are at each site. Drinking water and toilets are conveniently located.

Widewaters
There are 34 large forested, well-spaced sites affording privacy and seclusion at each camping unit. Approved drinking water pumps and vault toilets are conveniently placed throughout the campground. Tables and grills are at each site.

 

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