Campgrounds

Pretty Lake Rustic Campground is one of the state's favorites. A sand beach circles the 47-acre, 60-foot-deep clear lake. The well-protected 18 campsites are nestled among mature white pines and hardwoods. And 5 sites are even more secluded, requiring a short hike. Paddlers can portage to 4 other nearby pristine lakes.

Below are the U.P. campgrounds we have surveyed, listed by region. Click on one and you'll get information which should help you decide whether it's a campground you may enjoy. To see our U.P. Map of topnotch U.P. campgrounds click here. For an alphabetical list of campgrounds we recommend, click here.

CAMPGROUNDS BY REGION
1. Keweenaw Peninsula
• BARAGA STATE PARK in or near Baraga
• Beaufort Lake Campground in or near Three Lakes
• BIG ERIC'S BRIDGE CAMPGROUND in or near Skanee
• CITY of HOUGHTON RV PARK in or near Houghton
• FORT WILKINS STATE PARK in or near Copper Harbor
• HANCOCK CITY CAMPGROUND in or near Hancock
• L'ANSE TOWNSHIP PARK & CAMPGROUND in or near L'Anse
• McLAIN STATE PARK in or near Hancock
• Norway Lake Campground in or near Sidnaw
• Sturgeon River Campground in or near Sidnaw
• SUNSET BAY RV RESORT & CAMPGROUND in or near Eagle River
• TWIN LAKES STATE PARK in or near Twin Lakes
• WITZ'S MARINA and CAMPGROUND in or near Skanee

3. Porcupine Mountains and Ontonagon
• BACKCOUNTRY CAMPING/PORCUPINE MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS STATE PARK in or near Porcupine Mountains State Park
• COURTNEY LAKE CAMPGROUND in or near Mass City
• Ontonagon Township Park in or near Ontonagon
• OUTPOST CAMPGROUNDS/PORCUPINE MOUNTAINS STATE PARK in or near Porcupine Mountains State Park
• Presque Isle River Campground in or near Porcupine Mountains State Park
• RIVER PINES RV PARK & CAMPGROUND in or near Ontonagon
• UNION BAY CAMPGROUND/ PORCUPINE MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS STATE PARK in or near Porcupine Mountains State Park
• WILDERNESS CABINS/PORCUPINE MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS STATE PARK in or near Porcupine Mountains State Park

4. Ironwood & the Gogebic Range
• ALPINE TRAILER PARK CAMPGROUND in or near Bessemer
• BERGLAND TOWNSHIP PARK in or near Bergland and Lake Gogebic
• BLACK RIVER CAMPING in or near Black River Harbor
• EDDY PARK CAMPGROUND in or near Wakefield
• HOOP 'N HOLLER in or near Bergland and Lake Gogebic
• LAKE GOGEBIC COUNTY PARK in or near Bergland and Lake Gogebic
• LAKE GOGEBIC STATE PARK in or near Bergland and Lake Gogebic
• LITTLE GIRL'S POINT COUNTY PARK in or near Ironwood
• ONTONAGON COUNTY PARK in or near Bergland and Lake Gogebic
• OTTAWA NATIONAL FOREST CAMPGROUNDS in or near Marenisco
• SAXON HARBOR COUNTY PARK in or near Ironwood
• SAXON HARBOR COUNTY PARK in or near Hurley Area

5. Watersmeet area
• BOND LAKE COUNTY PARK/ Ontonagon County in or near Paulding
• BORDERLINE RV PARK in or near Land O'Lakes
• BURNED DAM CAMPGROUND / Ottawa National Forest in or near Watersmeet
• Clark Lake Campground in or near Watersmeet
• IMP LAKE CAMPGROUND/Ottawa National Forest in or near Watersmeet
• LAC VIEUX DESERT CAMPGROUND/Chequamegon/Nicolet National Forest in or near Land O'Lakes
• MARION LAKE CAMPGROUND/Ottawa National Forest in or near Watersmeet
• ROBBINS POND CAMPGROUND/ Ottawa National Forest in or near Paulding
• SYLVANIA WILDERNESS AREA/Ottawa National Forest. in or near Watersmeet

6. Iron River, Iron Mountain & the Menominee Range
• Bewabic State Park in or near Crystal Falls
• BLOCKHOUSE AND PAINT RIVER FORKS CAMPGROUNDS in or near Iron River
• GENE'S POND CAMPGROUND/COPPER COUNTRY STATE FOREST in or near Felch
• GLIDDEN LAKE CAMPGROUND/COPPER COUNTRY STATE FOREST in or near Crystal Falls
• GOLDEN LAKE CAMPGROUND in or near Iron River
• IRON RIVER R.V. PARK in or near Iron River
• LAKE ANTOINE COUNTY PARK in or near Iron Mountain
• LAKE OTTAWA CAMPGROUND in or near Iron River
• PAINT RIVER HILLS CAMPGROUND in or near Crystal Falls
• PENTOGA PARK in or near Iron River
• Primitive camping at
PEAVY POND and the MICHIGAMME RESERVOIR/ in or near Crystal Falls
• RUNKLE PARK AND CAMPGROUND in or near Crystal Falls

7. Escanaba, Menominee & the Green Bay Shore
• CEDAR RIVER STATE FOREST CAMPGROUND in or near Cedar River
• FOX PARK in or near Cedar River
• FULLER PARK in or near Cedar River
• Gladstone Bay Campground in or near Gladstone
• HAYMEADOW CREEK CAMPGROUND in or near Rapid River
• KLEINKE COUNTY PARK in or near Cedar River
• LITTLE BAY DE NOC RECREATION AREA in or near Stonington Peninsula
• PIONEER TRAIL PARK in or near Escanaba
• RIVER PARK CAMPGROUND in or near Menominee and Marinette
• VAGABOND CAMPGROUND & RESORT in or near Stonington Peninsula
• WELLS STATE PARK in or near Cedar River

8. Manistique and the Garden Peninsula
• CAMP 7 LAKE RECREATION AREA/ HIAWATHA NATIONAL FOREST in or near Thompson
• FAYETTE STATE PARK in or near Garden Peninsula
• FLOWING WELL CAMPGROUND/ Hiawatha National Forest in or near Nahma Peninsula
• INDIAN LAKE STATE PARK in or near Thompson
• NO-NAH-MA RESORT in or near Nahma Peninsula
• PORTAGE BAY CAMPGROUND/Lake Superior State Forest in or near Garden Peninsula
• PRIMITIVE DISPERSED CAMPSITES/ HIAWATHA NATIONAL FOREST in or near Manistique
• WOODSTAR BEACH CAMPGROUND in or near Thompson

9. Marquette Range
• Farquar-Metsa Tourist Park in or near Gwinn
• HARLOW LAKE CABINS in or near On the Way to Big Bay
• MARQUETTE TOURIST PARK in or near Marquette
• MOOSE RAPIDS TOWNSHIP CAMPGROUND in or near Republic
• PERKINS COUNTY PARK CAMPGROUND in or near Big Bay
• VAN RIPER STATE PARK in or near Champion

10. Pictured Rocks/Munising/Au Train
• AU TRAIN LAKE CAMPGROUND/Hiawatha National Forest in or near Au Train
• BACKCOUNTRY CAMPING ALONG PICTURED ROCKS' NORTH COUNTRY TRAIL in or near Munising
• BAY FURNACE CAMPGROUND/Hiawatha National Forest in or near Christmas
• COLWELL LAKE CAMPGROUND in or near Hiawatha National Forest Lakes
• DISPERSED CAMPSITES in or near Hiawatha National Forest Lakes
• INDIAN RIVER CAMPGROUND in or near Hiawatha National Forest Lakes
• LITTLE BASS LAKE CAMPGROUND in or near Hiawatha National Forest Lakes
• PICTURED ROCKS NATIONAL LAKESHORE CAMPGROUNDS in or near Munising
• TOURIST PARK CAMPGROUND in or near Munising
• WANDERING WHEELS CAMPGROUND in or near Munising

11. Tahquamenon & Seney, Grand Marais & Whitefish Point
• ANDRUS LAKE CAMPGROUND/LAKE SUPERIOR STATE FOREST in or near Paradise
• BACKCOUNTRY CAMPSITES ON THE NORTH COUNTRY TRAIL/ PICTURED ROCKS NATIONAL LAKESHORE in or near Grand Marais
• BIG CEDAR CAMPGROUND in or near Germfask
• BLIND SUCKER #2 CAMPGROUND in or near Deer Park
• CULHANE LAKE CAMPGROUND AND BODI LAKE CAMPGROUND in or near Two Hearted River Mouth Area
• EAST BRANCH OF FOX RIVER CAMPGROUND/ LAKE SUPERIOR STATE FOREST in or near Grand Marais
• Fox River Campground in or near Seney
• HURRICANE RIVER CAMPGROUND/ PICTURED ROCKS NATIONAL LAKESHORE in or near Grand Marais
• KINGSTON LAKE CAMPGROUND/LAKE SUPERIOR STATE FOREST in or near Grand Marais
• Lake Superior Campground in or near Deer Park
• MEAD CREEK CAMPGROUND/LAKE SUPERIOR STATE FOREST in or near Germfask
• Mouth of the Two-Hearted River in or near Two Hearted River Mouth Area
• MUSKALLONGE LAKE STATE PARK in or near Deer Park
• NEWBERRY KOA CAMPGROUND in or near Newberry
• NORTHLAND OUTFITTERS in or near Germfask
• OVERLOOK CAMPGROUND in or near Tahquamenon Falls State Park
• PERCH LAKE CAMPGROUND in or near Deer Park
• Pretty Lake Campground in or near Deer Park
• RAINBOW LODGE in or near Two Hearted River Mouth Area
• RIVERBEND CAMPGROUND in or near Tahquamenon Falls State Park
• RIVERMOUTH CAMPGROUND in or near Paradise
• SENEY TOWNSHIP CAMPGROUND in or near Seney
• SOUTH MANISTIQUE LAKE CAMPGROUND/ Lake Superior State Forest in or near Curtis
• Twelvemile Beach Campground in or near Grand Marais
• WOODLAND PARK in or near Grand Marais

12. Sault Ste. Marie
• AUNE-OSBORN CAMPGROUND in or near Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
• BAY VIEW CAMPGROUNDS in or near Brimley
• BRIMLEY STATE PARK in or near Brimley
• MONOCLE LAKE CAMPGROUND in or near Brimley
• SHERMAN PARK CAMPGROUND in or near Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
• SOLDIER LAKE CAMPGROUND in or near Raco
• THREE LAKES CAMPGROUND in or near Raco

13. St. Ignace & U.S. 2 to Naubinway
• BIG KNOB CAMPGROUND/Lake Superior State Forest in or near Naubinway
• BREVOORT LAKE CAMPGROUND/Hiawatha National Forest in or near Brevort
• CARP RIVER CAMPGROUND/Hiawatha National Forest in or near St. Ignace
• CASTLE ROCK MACKINAC TRAIL CAMPGROUND in or near St. Ignace
• DISPERSED CAMPING/Hiawatha National Forest in or near Brevort
• FOLEY CREEK CAMPGROUND/Hiawatha National Forest in or near St. Ignace
• Garnet Lake State Forest Campground in or near Epoufette
• HOG ISLAND POINT CAMPGROUND/Lake Superior State Forest in or near Epoufette
• KOA KAMPGROUND in or near U.S. 2 from the Bridge
• LAKE MICHIGAN CAMPGROUND/ Hiawatha National Forest in or near Brevort
• LITTLE BREVOORT LAKE CAMPGROUNDS/ Lake Superior State Forest in or near Brevort
• STRAITS STATE PARK in or near St. Ignace

13. Les Cheneaux Islands, Drummond Island & the St. Mary's River
• DeTour Campground in or near De Tour Village
• DRUMMOND TOWNSHIP PARK in or near Drummond Island
• Les Cheneaux camping in or near Les Cheneaux Islands
• LIME ISLAND Camping/ Lake Superior State Forest in or near Raber and Lime Island
• National Forest camping around Hessel in or near Hessel

Lake Superior State Forest Campground is the most in demand of the U.P.'s rustic campgrounds. It lies right along Lake Superior shoreline, and each of the 18 sites has its own path through the tall oaks and pines to the agate beach. This family has been coming here for the past 25 years.