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While the owners may seem nice in person and the campground pictures are nice, I can assure you that these people have absolutely no compassion whatsoever.
I had a site reserved. There was a dire medical emergency in my immediate family. I gave them 22 days notice after my relative was found unresponsive on the floor.
I am a FAMILY FIRST person and my family will always come before the almighty dollar. Emergencies are not planned and I expected to be refunded and not be told it was under their 30 day policy. I get that it's a business. I help run a small business and we have made exceptions for emergencies such as this. It's really a shame because I was very much looking forward to this trip.
Owership...you need a class in Compassion and Humanity.
Excellent campground. Really a unique experience. Its really nice to go to a campground where you have your own space. Its a refreshing getaway from the typical campground where they pack in every site as tightly as possible.
I went to a nice state park campground 3 weeks after visiting Joeida. I turned to my friend and told him that Joeida had ruined me on other campgrounds. The ability to feel like you almost have your own space in the wilderness is just incredible at Joeida. There will be a few other campers, but the sites are very well spaced and each is surrounded by gorgeous wilderness. The only time I've felt more like I was camping in the wilderness was on a backpacking trip. Highly recommended getaway.
Access to the campground is on a somewhat primitive road. Though we had no issue getting our front wheel drive Prius into the campground. Somebody else successfully brought their Tesla to the campground.
Amenities are top notch. The outhouse was excellent. Definitely nicest one I've ever been in and the comparison isn't even close. This is probably a 6 star outhouse. The water pump is quite new and nice.
Perfect! The kind of rustic campsite you always hope to find. Very spacious, secluded campsites in the midst of beautiful pines and very close to Pictured Rocks. Toilets and water pump are excellently maintained and a very close walk from site 8.
Warning!! If you’re reading this, you might take Google Maps, which will direct you innocently down the one-lane dirt road Bakers Grade at the end. Don’t do it! It’s a nearly abandoned logging road. Those 3-4 miles were harrowing! Just follow the directions on JoeIda’s website.
After camping for seven nights at JoeIda with my family of six in #7, I highly recommend it to others who don't mind a little "roughing it." Why? I'll list the pros and cons for our family below...
Cons
--no electricity
--no showers
--no flush toilets
--bumpy dirt road
Pros
--remote location with beautifully wooded, private sites (especially #7)
--clean restrooms over a pit toilet (not terribly smelly either)
--clean water available from a nearby hand-pump spigot
--centrally located along the pictured rocks, with a short drive to 12 Mile Beach
--back-country trails accessible from the campground, including an 11-mile round-trip hike to Lake Superior
--blueberry picking available around the campground
--firewood available in the forest (downed limbs only)
--quiet campground because only a few sites are available
Like others have said, I'd recommend camping here in tents or small recreational vehicles. In August, we had no difficulty pulling our large pop up camper into the campground with our minivan.
Great work, Don & Leslie!
Nice campground, but no so nice when people that camp there think that the rules don't apply to them. I cut my visit shorter than planned since some people treated it like it was a night club. Staying up until at least 1 a.m. Now I'll continue "Boon Docking and not waste my money on campgrounds in the U.P.
