We visited Lake Sch-Nepp-A-Ho Campground from August 4th to 6th. There was a lot of positives with our stay and a few negatives that made it a little tricky to enjoy.
The Positives:
The park is advertised as a family run campground. The owners and staff were all extremely helpful and friendly.
The park includes a large park,
A beach with a gradual incline, and a sandy bottom
A volleyball net, horseshoes and other game area
The tent campsites include a fire pit and a picnic table some even included water and electric.
The park has its own lake and some campsites are able to fish right from their site around the lake which was awesome for some relaxing times.
The owners also run activities for the families every saturday. When we were there they had tile painting in the morning and a huge beach party in the evening for families with a foam party. They gave children, rubber duckies, beach balls and flower lei's. They went above and beyond to make sure everyone felt welcome.
The negatives:
Our campsite, while we made it work, when we got there we were not sure how to make feasible. Our campsite was 3/4 hill and all dirt/sand. No grass at all. With a little maneuvering we used 1/4 of our site and had our tent directly next to our car and the picnic table directly next to that as well. Leaving very little room to move or spread out. However, it was not too bad. The dirt was a little much and we had hoped to have some grass.
This park does have some campsite with a lovely grass gradual slope. We just were not on one of those sites. We will choose better next time when booking.
When booking we had to fill out how many people would be there and had to agree to strict rules. We purchased our wood ahead of time and on our receipt it stated our wood would be waiting for us at our campsite. This did not happen. When we arrived for check in we were told to go collect our wood from a pile. We put it in our car and immediately at least 50 bugs and ants were knocked out of the piles into our car....Not a pleasant start. thank goodness we were able to brush them out with the handheld brush we brought.
The second negative is the washroom facilities. They have one brick and mortar facility so far away from the tent sites that it was not useable with a 4 year old at 4 in the morning. They also have a trailer restroom that was also too far away from the tent sites late in the evening. The campground does have port a johns around the park, which we thought was a plus until we tried to use them. They were full the entire time we were there and so dirty. The owners have replied that they check them several times a day, however they were never clean enough for a woman or child to actually use. The other bathrooms were spotless and I feel that the owners are doing there best to maintain and upgrade the park.
We did experience some unpleasantness with neighbors checking in well after the 9pm check in time. A group with 4 tents when it specifically says 2 tents per site, were setting up until well after midnight. They were respectful but it was just unpleasant, we reported to the owner the over crowding but at that point we were a little tired and really not happy about the restroom situation. We left the campground for the day to enjoy Michigan Adventures Amusement park, that was not on our original agenda. The group did move some of their tents to a nearby site in the evening right before bed but at that point it was saturday evening and we were leaving sunday morning, so really no point. However, the fact that the owners, responded to our concern is a real plus and made us feel heard.
Overall I gave the campground an updated 3 stars as I feel it is overcrowded with no nature and a very loud highway right behind the tent sites and I feel if they had one more trailer rest room with showers near the back row of campsites it would greatly improve the quality.
The owners and staff are great, they are working really hard to make sure all of their campers are having a great time and upgrading as they can.