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This appears to be a fairly new RV park and seems to be well maintained. The sites are situated on a hill that provides a nice three-dimensional aspect, but our site, was not level and it took all of our "orange blocks" to get close.

Moreover, the sewer drain was uphill from our site and was so close to the level of our black tank connection I ended up having to disconnect our sewer hose from the trailer and "walk" the end over to the park drain to get the hose emptied. And this is despite using our Camco Sewer Hose Support along with a few large flat rocks.

As with most of the RV parks we've visited, there is very little space or privacy between sites. For many sites, though, there is a view of a sheltered picturesque bay on Lake Michigan. We were also surprised by the view from the park including a few of the huge utility windmills as well, but we're fine with those -- we just didn't expect to see them.

Access is good and I saw a number of large fifth wheels coming and going although the last mile or so is down a dirt road. I rated the noise as two stars due to the proximity of all the sites and lack of any meaningful trees or other barriers and for a time, someone quite a few sites from ours was "sharing their music" with everyone else. The bathrooms and other facilities were closed due to Covid but the onsite restaurant, which we did not visit, was open and apparently busy. We had little to no Verizon signal until we turned on our WeBoost cell booster but then despite having one or two bars of boosted Verizon LTE, the cellular signal was virtually useless for data, probably because Verizon's network in that area was swamped with traffic. The park does have WiFi, and once connected, it would occasionally work alright, especially in the morning when the other campers weren't all trying to stream Netflix.

Essentially just a large, level, hard packed gravel parking lot which makes backing in very easy. However, we stayed here for access to the Walmart, but the store has permanently closed!!

Paid $10 for electric only site, water would be $15, FHU $30. Sign says to pay with a check. Bathrooms were padlocked in late April.

This review is a case of high expectations meeting mediocre reality. We wanted to stay here a couple years ago but couldn't and the thought of staying here persisted. Site 21 is adjacent to Lake Superior, though it is clear that it's a very short distance from the lakeshore. The reality is the lake is barely visible through a thick growth of low underbrush and relatively young trees. And the lakeshore is actually 50' or more down a steep and eroded bank that isn't safely accessible by adult humans. A sign some feet back from the edge warns of dangerous erosion...and it's a righteous warning. There has been a recent landslide with a number of large trees toppled over and on their way into the lake far below.

The campground is reached via a very bumpy two-lane road that took us about 25 minutes to cover from the main highway. Once in the campground, the sites are accessed via a single-lane recently paved loop road that is nice, but narrow. We're towing a 27' overall trailer and it was a bit tight maneuvering into our site. The entire campground is on a slope and it appears most sites will need a bit of effort for a level setup. The non-paved portion of the campsite is a rough mixed-rock/gravel base that is not tent-friendly although small patches of grass might accommodate a tent in some sites. The water spigots are all turned off and bagged with signs saying, "Do not use for any purpose", they are being prepared for use -- but that was back in early July and it is now mid-September.

On the plus side, there are a few scenic waterfalls a short drive away with relatively short hikes to overlooks. But at least two of the overlook sites were closed and blocked off with planks in the steps/decking visibly missing.

The campsite cost shown is for a double-site, singles are $25. Sites have no hookups. Water was available from some spigots, but not yet turned on at the bathrooms/showers. Showers are older and show it; we preferred to use our own. Also, many sites are far too uneven or otherwise inaccessible for an RV. However, there are sites large enough as the website says, but there are no reservations so you're taking a chance in the busier time of the year. All the sites are wooded and the hills tend to naturally create views from camp for most sites.

We stayed mid-week in early spring and got a double-site at near the top of the campground. Sunrises were spectacular through the trees. Two worthwhile shortish hiking trails, Silvermine Arch and the Cliff trail both start very near the site we had. There are roads that naturally create a loop drive around the gorge with a number of scenic turnouts or short hikes to vistas. Lots of browns and grays in early spring, but no crowds or bugs.

There is no dump station at the campground, but there is an option about 15 minutes away at a private campground. The nearby Natural Bridge state "resort" park said their dump station is intended only for their campers.

We drove over here from a nearby RV park to see if we wanted to stay...and couldn't leave fast enough.

After a rather lengthy drive down a bumpy paved park road, the campground is just a grassy field of water and electrical hookups closely spaced with just enough trees to provide some shade but zero privacy between tightly packed grass sites.

If you like meeting people or want close access to your neighbors because you travel with other people, you might like this kind of park. But if your preference is for a quiet stay in a natural setting, look elsewhere.

Stayed here one night at the end of September, and took advantage of the location to resupply. Park is crowded with little to no distance or privacy between sites. Several other campers had dogs running loose, including one that nipped at somebody riding a bike. The Marquette PD made at least two patrols through the park that I saw; don't know if that's a regular occurrence or if something special was going on.

The water here, and farther up the peninsula has a subtle but unmistakable taste to it that we don't care for and ended up buying some bottled water for our coffee. Water pressure was good, though, as was the electricity.

The big benefit to this place is its location: Meijer, Target, Menards, Best Buy, and Walmart are all just over five minutes away. The best thing, though, is Vango's Pizza is also only about five minutes away.

Staying at this campground with anything larger than a popup is a crap shoot. The "road" is very narrow and single lane and mostly bordered on both sides with trees and a ditch. It rained for several days before we arrived and there's a lot of standing water -- that may or may not be due to the rain. Out of the 42 sites here, only a handful are large enough and accessible enough to maneuver anything larger than a popup.

But IF one of those few sites is available, this can be a great place if you like rustic boondock camping. The beach is gorgeous and a very easy walk from several campsites. It is generally quiet here, but there are streets and houses that border the north side of the campground and there was suburb-type noise from there in the afternoon.

In general, this is typical of a Michigan State Forest campground: small sites with poor accessibility but in a good location. The sites have picnic tables and a fire ring but nothing else. There are vault toilets but we didn't use them. The only water is from hand pumped wells. The sites are generally not level, but can be made to work with leveling blocks. We got fairly good throughput from two bars of service on both Verizon and AT&T.

We did not stay here, but we did drive the six or so miles down the essentially one-lane dirt "road", hoping the whole time we wouldn't run into anyone going the other way. The road was misleading; sometimes not too rough, then bam!, we'd hit a sharp bump. We have a 24' full-height trailer and it was too big for anything other than the first one or two sites, and even then, it would have been tight. Low-lying tree branches made the other sites inaccessible. What stopped us from staying here after we finally got there was a forecast for rain and the thought of trying to drive back out if the "road" had turned to mud.

Access challenges aside, if you have a small enough rig, this does look like a prime place for viewing wildlife and serious peace and quiet. The view from the first couple of campsites we inspected on foot do indeed look over prime moose habitat.

But overall, if you have anything other than a very small rig...don't bother.

We really like this place, but there are a couple of very tight spots for medium-sized rigs or larger when driving the full loop.

The water from the hand pump is very poor -- no way I'd put it in our rig's tank.

There's an excellent trail to Lake Superior.

AT&T service was acceptable, especially with our booster on.