Lake Gogebic State Park

Nice clean park with many shoreside sites, all others have a lake view as well. No pads, all grass and elec. pedestals could end up being some distance from the trailer outlet. Seems like plenty of room between sites and I bet it's needed on weekends and openers.

We were there once at the fall bear season opener and it seems it takes an army of p/u trucks, guys with beards and Oshkosh overalls and lots of bear hounds. Noisy, but interesting at first. It seems to take lots of beer to bag a bear!

A little later during the week it was a delightful spot with just a few campers there. They told us it was a busy place on summer weekends. Where isn't it like that in a good recreation area?

I feel this place may get crowded at times, though we did book this because Porcupine Mtn was booked. Its kind of random the way the power access is to different sites, so having a power extension will save you unless you have a class C that you can nose or back in. The park also has a boat ramp, large flat green space, grass volleyball court, a little beach, dump station, and kayak launches at most waterfront sites. Site 30 was great for us, but may not be for everyone. It butts up to the playground which was pretty popular, but made the closest neighbor outside our main windows (Drivers side when backed in) about 200' away, had a kayak launch cove, and trees on the shore line to hang the hammock. It does require 50' of power cable. The shower/bathrooms are on par with the other Michigan state parks, and has superb shower heads... We're talking real streams of water, not pins and needles that make you think twice about washing your face.

If you are exploring the Porcupine Mtn Wilderness it's about 40 mins to the main entrance (Near the ski area) and closer to the south west side of the park (known for the waterfall hikes).

Got one of the 3 pull throughs. Need a long electric cord 50'. No water hook up. Very nice and clean. Right next to lake. We did not have reservations and got there at 4 on a Saturday while the office was still open. ThIs is Michigan so if you are out of state they charge you a $9/day fee. Or you can buy a season pass for $31. Pays for itself if you stay more than 3 nights. Also if you have a Motorhome Michigan charges you for you toad

Overall a very nice park. Nice beach. Level sites. But sites not paved Some have gravel.

Sites might be close in some areas, however the overall experience was great. Very clean facilities. Bathrooms very clean and friendly staff especially the younger part time staff. Our lot was a lakeside site with a buffer zone of trees. Wind was coming off the lake every evening which was nice during a hot day, cool at night but we like the breeze. Campground was never full the full time we were here, first week of August, in fact some sites looked like they were never used during the season as there was weeds growing in the fire pits. Could not get TV reception but we are camping eh? Ice and firewood available 5 bucks for wood 2 for ice pretty reasonable. Lake is known for Walleye fishing we did not bring the boat this time but probably will next time as a lot of walleye were being caught. We were sight seeing this time and there was plenty of waterfalls close by. Most all of the business establishments we went to were nice and the staff friendly. If you are using Goggle maps to navigate they seem to have missed the mark for the campground and most of the waterfalls. We believe this is the most under used state park in Michigan. Reservations are the best way to insure lakeside sites. Views are absolutely beautiful.Every night we were here was quiet and peaceful most every one was inside at 10 pm.

Nice campground with sites along the shoreline of Lake Gogebic. The park was clean and well kept. The campground has water, dump station, showers and electrical hook ups. The hiking trail around the park could use some brushing out. The staff was nice and helpful. The rate does not include the MI state parks pass. This was the nicest of the three campgrounds around Lake Gogebic.

Was driving by on a beautiful day and couldn't resist. Huge lakefront site in a spotless State Park. Well done MI.

- Just 30amp hookups
- Water and dump on site

Campground was beautiful. Very clean bathrooms and showers. Park ranger has no personality, not friendly at all. I would stay again but won’t be my first choice.

We remarked after finally parking that we had never worked so hard to get parked. Local knowledge of what sites are better than others is key. The 4 drive thru sites are nice, we had to ask for another site as ours was soggy and had a tree right in the way. The other issue was electric hook up, 4 camp sites share one box so you may need 2 cables to reach. No TV either.

Our site was mostly level and was somewhat shaded. Site neighbor 60 had good space between ours but site 64 was a lot closer. Dump station was near entrance with fill water. We had good cell service. There is a highway bordering the campground but we found it to be just white noise. Might be louder if you are tent camping, we were camping in a motorhome.

We hiked the trail and it was pretty nice. Needed some trail maintenance at the beginning of the hike. Grass and weeds were crowding the trail making it narrow. It was pretty bad for a while at the beginning but for the most part it was okay. We came in June and the mosquitos were pretty bad on the trail.

Parks is clean. Sites are very spacious, shaded, and not too canted. There are 20 right on the water. There is a kayak and boat launch. A beach is between the campground and the launch. No water at the sites (4 stars.) Dumpsite with potable water has easy access. We had decent ATT cell service but the cell tower was in EDT time (and so were our phones) and the campground was in CDT. This wouldn't have been a problem except our running watches were bi-polar and kept going back and forth. :-) Exercisers: We could not run on the nature trail. So we ran our 5 miles in the park 3 laps and a little made 5 miles. Kayaking can be on the lake, or on either of the great lakes which were about 40 minutes north or south. The hiking in Porcupine State Park is quite varied. We saw bikers on some of the roads. The roads are wide, but the speed limit is 65 so be careful. The ranger and camp host were quite helpful in helping us determine what to do. The camp while were there was very quiet.