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Offering the accommodations you need for all the ways you camp; in a destination that delivers: Sleeping Bear Dunes, Lake Michigan beaches, miles of hiking/biking trails, Traverse City, and more. A place where food, art, and events are abundant in everyday life. Whether you’re looking for an enjoyable weekend, a family vacation, or planning your entire season, this is the place. Families have spent a century vacationing and building memories here; we created a place that allows you to do the same with your family and friends.
Indigo was named after the shades of blue that dominate the surrounding landscape. Leelanau, the peninsula we are located on, is a Native American name meaning “Land of Delight”. That's all the inspiration we needed to create one of the country’s most distinctive outdoor lifestyle resorts.
We loved the location of this park, close to Sleeping Bear Dunes (a must see), Glen Arbor, and Traverse City (20-30 min drive) as well as the Leelanau peninsula. Check in was super easy, the staff was very friendly. Our pull through site was roomy and we loved the woodsy feel. We didn't check out many amenities but the kids loved the playground. There is plenty of equipment for kids to spend time on - swings, climbing structure, slide, merry go round, exercise equipment and even toy construction trucks for digging in the sand. We loved that the equipment for activities like shuffleboard was readily accessible without having to check it out. The staff around the park seemed to be really on top of things, even doing curbside trash pickup.
When I first made the reservation they were nice enough to tell me about the fall promo, which I didn't know about and allowed us to stay an extra night. They were very nice about accommodating our late check out request (12pm) and even offered us a discount if we wanted to stay an extra night as there was no one booked in our site! I wish we didn't have reservations elsewhere or we definitely would have stayed. We were super impressed with this campground.
Great location if your wanting to visit Sleeping Bear Dunes, Lake Michigan beaches, and other surrounding attractions. This park has a really nice separate luxury RV section but the regular RV section is definitely lacking. Most sites are full dirt so if it rains, it’s a mud mess. Even without rain, it's very messy. Sites are close together as well so if you're looking for some peace & quiet, this isn't the place. Most campers are gone during the afternoons but mornings & evenings, it's very noisy. They do have some spots with a concrete patio but good luck getting those. You'll need to book those far, far in advance. Bathrooms were kept clean but there weren't enough showers to adequately accommodate the numbers of campers. In the end, it felt like we were camping in a very crowded state park. We tried changing sites but the office folks were not very helpful. We traveled here from Texas and it was our first visit so we're chalking up our experience here as a live & learn situation. For the rates they charge, we expected a little more.
Indigo Bluffs is an okay place overall but forcing you to pay to use the showers when you’ve already paid to stay here is flat out crazy. On a cold morning this really, really sucked. I doubt my family will return to this campground. Avoid this campground if you don’t want to feel like you are at the laundromat. The sites are packed together I can’t imagine how busy and noisy it is during the busier months. It is very sandy here as you probably could have guessed it so if you don’t want to be dirty bring mats for the camper or some sort of rug. There are plenty of others around where like the rest of the 99.9999% of campgrounds in the world you can turn hot water on at your command which is better suited for a guy like me.
This place was awesome. Everything was clean and updated, big spacious sites and beautiful campground. Lots of shade and never felt too crowded. Only a few minutes from empire beach which was also awesome. A great getaway. Wish we booked a whole week
This is a really nice park. It has two very distinct campgrounds. #1 is all paved, full concrete sites with grass, trees and lots of space. #2 has gravel streets and sites, with a very few 12x20 (approx) concrete pads. Price is appropriate. While #2 is roomy, for some reason they don't seem to spread out the occupied sites. It is well maintained and constantly cleaned. We would return as it is well placed for local side trips.
