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Petes Lake Campground, located in the center of Michigan's Hiawatha National Forest, is surrounded by several lakes and offers excellent hiking, biking, fishing, boating and more.
Snuggled amongst mixed hardwood trees, the campground offers a swimming beach and day-use picnic area away from the hustle and bustle of city life.
Visitors enjoy a variety of water-related recreation opportunities. The campground also has fishing pier next to the day-use area. Anglers can expect healthy populations of northern pike, bass, walleye and perch in the lake.
The nine-mile Bruno's Run Trail, which winds its way past a host of small lakes in the area, passes directly through the campground and is a popular trail for hiking and biking, as well as snowshoeing and cross-country skiing in the winter.
The campground offers multiple spacious and forested private campsites for tent and RV camping. A few sites overlook the lake.
Each site is equipped with tables and campfire rings and about half of the sites have access to a grill. Accessible vault toilets and drinking water are provided.
A shaded day-use picnic area at the campground offers multiple tables and benches right on the lake shore. Accessible vault toilets and drinking water are also provided in the picnic area, as well as a fairly large parking area.
The campground is situated on the upper peninsula of Michigan, on the shores of the 190-acre Petes Lake. It sits amid rolling hills that are forested with a variety of deciduous and conifer trees. Many of the campsites are shaded and private.
Big Island, Fish and Straits lakes are all within 25 miles of the campground.
From Munising, Michigan, go approximately 3 miles east on State Route 28 to Highway 13 at Wetmore. Travel south on Highway 13 about 10 miles to Forest Service Road 2173. Turn left and drive about a half-mile to the road to Petes Lake Campground.
The hosts this year were friendly and pleasant. We camp here every year. Great place for families, a nice swimming area and the fishing is good. We caught some really nice blue gill and bass. The lake is great for kayaking and boating. Now that our children are grown, we are looking forward to bringing our grandchildren here.
This lake is amazing my kids loved going swimming there.
We spent some hours fishing and didn't get anything. Beautiful clear water and there were only 2 other families there.
We stayed a few days. It was so relaxing. Campsites were cleaned of debris ready for the next camper. The toilets were spotless. Host, Sara was extremely friendly and knowledgeable. We will return.
Sarah and Derek our hosts were awesome most beautiful people, the out houses were the cleanest I have ever seen, camp sites are beautiful no mater where you are. We are looking forward to going back and hated leaving.(Gods best)
This place is heaven! Just beautiful. The sites are large and spacious. Lots to do, hiking, biking, water sports.
We were in a class C no amenities ran our generator each day for a hour here or there, we did not hear any generators at night.
