Review: Orchard Beach State Park

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William Baker

1 year ago
3/5

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!

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