Mackinaw Mill Creek Campground

I checked in around 6pm and set up camp. This place is huge and hard to find your way around, especially at night. At 10pm I needed to use the rest room so I walked to the the nearest one. I located it during daylight so I had no trouble getting there. However, on the way back, I ran across a group of 6 boys (early teens) on their bmx bikes. They decided to make a game of who can get the closest to me at the fastest speed. They were coming inches from hitting me. I turned on my cell phone light so I could see the road and they accused me of video taping them and one stopped to take my phone from me. I ran into the trees and hid. When I came out, I must have turned around because I was more than an hour trying to find my way back to my site. Finally some campers came out to help me.

I am 66 years old and have never felt more unsafe. There is too little lighting over the street letters and it’s very easy to get lost. Quiet hours are after 10 but these boys were very loud way closer to midnight and no security officers were to be found. I was quite shaken but security didn’t seem to care since I “was now back to my site”. I was booked for 2 nights but left after the first one.

I would highly recommend Mackinaw Mill Creek. The camp ground is very we’ll maintained, clean with bike and walking trails. I loved the manicured lawn along the lakefront with benches, swings and fire pits available. Further, the trees lining the lakefront allowed for all to put up their Enos and enjoy the weather. I can’t wait to come back.

This was our 3rd time staying here. Every trip has been perfect!
The staff is always very friendly and helpful. There are beautiful views of the lake, bridge and island. They have a shuttle to the ferry and a bike rental so you do not have to deal with rental on the island. There were fireworks on the weekends and lots of things for the kids to do. There is a great trail that you can use to ride into the city!
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They promote that they have wifi both free and upgraded. While it is true that there is free wifi it is worthless. The upgrade I paid for made zero difference. Zero. When I complained they said “yeah the wifi here sucks”. Like duh!

Location great access to the lake great site clean folks friendly —but be warned. Your offline the whole time

We averaged $60 / night for 3 nights for W/E50/S/I. Our dirt site was spacious, somewhat shady and the roads within the campground were smooth, wide and easy to travel. This is a huge campground and a unique thing was that the directions to our site was printed on the tag for our car. The free internet service was very good. Our sites was very unlevel. It sloped 6 to 8 inches between our rear and front tires so leveling was a challenge. For $60 / night, I expect a more level site.

This campground is only 3 miles from Mackinaw City where a ferry can take visitors to Mackinaw Island. We had done that on a previous trip so we visited the Mackinaw Bridge Museum and the Headlands International Dark Sky Park.

Campground was fairly quiet as it’s still the off season. We had a nice spot with views of the lake. It’s still cold this time of year (5/19-5/25) but we can live with that. What was bad were the midges. They are horrible this time of year and made it unbearable to be outside. If you had a site more inland then it wasn’t too bad. The other reason why I’m not giving it 5 stars is the site maintenance. Would have been nice to mow the grass and not walk around in 6” high grass.

This is one of my new favorite campgrounds. It has a great family-friendly feel to it. Lots of kids and families enjoying spending time together which I love to see. We had an extra-large RV site. It was not near the lake, but it was an easy walk to the lake. The lake area is beautiful with lots of nice porch swings, and plenty of trees where you can hang up a hammock and relax. On Tuesday and Friday nights we could watch the Mackinaw City fireworks from the beach. The staff were all nice and friendly and I appreciated that they allowed me to have a package delivered there. Since I travel fulltime I sometimes need to find a hair salon. I found a good one in Cheboygan called Lavish Salon (about 15 minutes away). It was nice to have a shuttle to the ferry on the day we wanted to visit Mackinac Island. We also visited Whitefish Point, Tahquamenon Falls and Soo Locks from here. I work remotely so cell coverage is important to me. If that matters to you, here are the details: AT&T 11.5 dl/11.0 ul; T-Mobile 35.2 dl/2.10 ul; Verizon 21.8 dl/4.10 ul. Park WiFi worked okay depending on where you are in the park, and the park is very large. We loved this park and hope to come back again someday.

This is the best campground we visited in MI. Our spot was pretty private, surrounded by wildflowers. The lake view spots look crowded, but we were in the 50-amp, full hookup sites that are just a short walk to the lakeshore. The kids had TONS of fun - they played mini-golf, enjoyed the playground, and they played wiffle ball in the big open lawn that was behind our campsite. Staff was so friendly. Our site was level and hook-ups were easy to reach. We were NOT eating dinner beside our neighbors’s sewer line like at so many places. Fire pits made the cool nights perfect for outdoor family time. Camp store was great and well supplied. We were lucky enough to see fireworks from the city on Tuesday night! Love this place and hope to comeback.

This campground is very nice with spotless bathrooms. The only downside would be the size. It’s massive but well managed. We will be bacck

This place is huge, with lots of sites and lots of open spaces. It's located right on the shores of Lake Huron, with a quick shuttle ride to the Mackinac island ferry. We had an extra large site that we couldn't really take advantage of due to the weather. Other sites appeared to be pretty small, especially those with lake views. Staff here was super friendly and helpful. Showers and bathroom facilities were clean. We were here in late September, so the campground was only about 30% full.