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Michigan Recreation Passport is required for vehicle entry into state parks and recreation areas, state boat launches, state forest campgrounds and state trail parking lots. The Michigan Recreation Passport does not cover local, county, municipal, or metropolitan parks or recreation areas. Learn more: https://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,4570,7-350-79134_79210---,00.html
The park needs some work on the park road, big mud holes, fire pits need cleaning out, some trash cans had maggots in them, roots in road caused part of muffler on truck
Although I know the state parks are short handed and they can't manage their parks at the moment, I still love this park!!! Perfect for little swimmers and your beloved fisherman. Caught tons of walleye. Bring your own toilet paper just incase they havent had a chance to refill it.
Visited Big Lake State Campground in May of 2023. Beautiful location. We were one of 2 RV's in this campground on a Sunday night. There were picnic tables and fire pit for each site, clean pit toilets, and plenty of garbage cans but no other amenities (no water or electricity) $20/night. Sites were fairly level and most of them were on the water with some scrub brush blocking most of the view. The North Country Trail connects to this campground. From Google Maps view the lake level was down considerably but still very beautiful and a peaceful stay besides the mosquitos- biggest I've seen in my life. Bring a screen porch and head netting- you'll thank yourself for both of them.
Beautiful setting, great location that's close to L'Anse, and to Hardwood Steakhouse. But be prepared for bugs, lots of bugs. Mostly immature mosquitoes, but also robberflies, yellowjackets, and hornets. Also the DNR doesn't seem to pump the vault toilets very often, so be prepared to dig your own latrine. It does feature a well, a beach, and a boat launch. Not as much privacy as big Eric's bridge, but still good if you need a place to sleep.
