Kalkaska RV Park & Campground

Older campground in a central location but far enough away from the traffic and congestion.
Clean but the bathrooms could use some work and updates.
Owners and managers were friendly.
Place was nearly empty during the week but filled in nicely on the weekend.

This is a nicely shaded private campground with slightly larger than average sites. Sites are mostly unlevel and we had to use our boards. This place has the "feel" of a state park.

The staff was friendly and gave us a choice of several sites upon arrival.

Due tree cover, satellite TV is all but impossible here. Some sites have cable TV available for an additional $2.00 per day. Over the air TV was good and all three major networks are available in HD as well as PBS and some of the other networks.

Satellite radio (our newest toy) worked perfectly despite the tree cover.

New owners have taken over the campground. This was their first month. It started life as a KOA campground in the 70’s. They were super friendly.

It was hard to find a flat site. It was also a bit too shady, felt like trimming out a few trees would add more light. It looks like there has been some deferred maintenance that the new owners are working on.

The bathrooms are old but they were clean. Looks like they clean at night and again in the morning. Shower was a little short for me, have to duck to wash my hair, but the water was hot. Sink faucets a bit of a challenge.

Pool area was nice and had garden space around it.

Started out in a tent site but it would not work. Too tight to get van in. Bathrooms a big hike to get to. Doesn’t ever make sense to me that the sites furthest from bathhouse are tent sites! They usually don’t carry their own bathrooms.

Could here traffic from US 131 and M 72 but it died down as the night wore on.

There are actual sites with trees! The layout is a bit odd; the "permanent" residents strewn throughout, and depending on your spot, a bit of road noise. Overall though, it is easy to get into the grounds, the sites are wooded, and for the most part, it is quiet. There are a few trails through the campgrounds and tons nearby. If you are more into the semi-rustic feel, you will love this place, but if you are looking for the well-groomed field of concrete pads, you will not like this at all.

They just added Wi-Fi as of 13 June. It is 1 USD a day. I didn't have a chance to try it so can't speak to the quality. On this same day they cut and buried all of the cable lines. Apparently they do not work and they got tired of the questions.

NOTE: Bring leveling blocks. Many of the sites are all over the place. We needed the full stack for the airstream in B1.

This is a decent, quiet campground. The lots are very shady, not a lot of grass. The lots and driveway are all gravel. We are on C2, which is a pull through site, but with the location of trees, we will have to back out. It's a little over a half hour drive to Traverse City. The pool is nice and heated. The layout of the campground is a little funky. The WiFi is $2/day, $12/week or $30/month through a third party provider. The WiFi speeds are around 5 Mbps down and 1 Mbps up.

Nice place to stay, but shared electricity between our site and the next, which meant needing an extended 30 amp cord for hookup. The owner loaned us one. The owners were fantastic and the parks bathhouse was very clean, and nice laundry room. Nothing fancy about this park but it was nice quiet and a great place to stay.

Heading to the UP we had planned to stay in a State area but our rig was too big. Jessica said she had room for us here. This is a small quiet campground with very clean facilities. Thanks for a great visit!

We couldn't get reservations closer to Traverse City and stayed here. It was a bit of a drive but doable. Nice town with a great restaurant called Moose and Stella and a wonderful farmer's market. The campground is wooded, very tree covered. You had to purchase wifi for $2/day, and it was worth it. We had E/W and the dump station is good. We don't use the facilities, but they had a decent pool. While there are some workers that live here, there were lots of families staying here. The campsite were gravel/dirt, water drained well. We had deer tracks on our site. It's hilly but the area near the office is flat so you can unhook your tow vehicle. We'd stay here again.