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The park is located on M-110 (Lakeshore Rd.) 1 1/2 miles north of US 31. Approximately 40 miles south of Traverse City, 35 miles north of Ludington, 45 miles west of Cadillac.
The majority of sites in this campground are Fairly Small and Cramped. There are a lot of mature oaks and maples that provide shade but also tend to make the campsites more difficult to navigate when backing in a larger camper/trailer. We arrived early and were able to pull through the campsite behind us that was still unoccupied in order to get into our campsite without having to jockey around trees to back into it instead, as we have a 42' Solitude which tends to push the capacity limits of most State Park Campsites anyway. However, this Park does have a small number of pull through sites that have 50 amp service as well, but they book up very quickly. As a result of Lake Levels being high and the resulting lake erosion, there is no longer any Beach left, or access to even the Shoreline, on Lake Michigan. The park is on top of a 200' bluff and the stairs to the beach and shoreline were washed away at the end and are now blocked at the end by huge Boulders that were brought in to slow down the wave erosion. The Park still offers Beautiful Sunsets to behold over Lake Michigan that are 2nd to None! As usual, this State Park has a Great and Welcoming Park Staff!
Great place to camp , close to the city of Manistee MI, and lake Michigan is a stones through away. Burger King is up the road on US31 N....full capacity most days from memorial day to labor day, so "reserve to persevere "as I say....
It is a nice campground with large sites, although not private by any means. They have nice shower buildings in at least two locatoins and a variety of trails to walk.
4.7/5 Stars
Let me start by saying I didn't camp here but I came for the day to check it out and explore and it was amazing! From the moment I got there the lady at the check in stand was super friendly and welcoming to us. Everything at that whole camp site was well maintained and super clean. The views are amazing also.. the only downside was is there's no beach access at all. So that was disappointing. But over all amazing place.
