We stayed overnight twice on our way to Petoskey, MI and enjoyed the easy access concrete sites. Nice pull through, with easy hookups and feeling of privacy. We already have our reservation for this year.
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📖 About This Campground
Manistique Lakeshore Campground in Manistique Michigan opened in 2017 with full hookup RV sites and partial hookup (electric) tent sites in a beautiful setting along the shores of Lake Michigan. The city run facility allows advanced reservations and provides access to the water, a playground and boardwalk (access for the boardwalk is on the other side of the bridge in to town, US 2). Restrooms with showers are available as is a large covered pavilion and small laundry room.
The park has all paved roads with concrete pads. The RV sites have excellent spacing and privacy from natural trees that were undisturbed during development. The parking pads are plenty long for even the largest RVs and each RV site has room for a second car. The tent sites are nicely spaced also and have a private feel tucked in to the trees; the tent sites have an electric pedestal at the site which is a special treat not normally found in these types of sites. All sites have picnic tables and fire rings. A small office is located near the entrance for checking in and information.
All of the facilities in Manistique Lakeshore Campground are top notch and the location is an excellent example of a municipality doing things right. Take advantage of availability before the public at large discovers the location; once that happens the park will booked all season long.
Located just off US 2 west of town the public park nightly rates range from $25 for tent sites up to $50 per night for the lake view pull thru sites.
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Manistique Lakeshore Campground Video
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Review originally posted to our Youtube channel by David Nelson Based on this video I stayed at Manastique shores campground 2 nights on the way to and from my destination. It's the nicest campground I've been in. Very nice. The shower building is great. Private lockable shower rooms. Very clean. The beach area is covered by drift wood chunks worn by the waves. Beautiful views. Free coffee in the morning and friendly staff. Thank you for posting this video
AMAZING. This is a community using their natural setting and smart planning to build something right. The RV park is absolutely perfect in every way. The only negative you could possible throw out there is the fact that the sewage treatment plant is across the street and occasionally you got a whiff of it. Even with that this place is amazing. Our site easily handled our large RV and vehicles. It was also perfectly level allowing us to stay hooked up. The site is bordered by natural trees and feels very private. The tent sites are amazing too. Verizon 4G was solid and fast. We did not use the laundry or restrooms but did look and they are all clean and new. The playground equipment is nice and new BUT I will point out that the playground is hazardous. The design utilizes a lot of rope course style play features. We witnessed two kids, thankfully not ours, take really nasty tumbles as a result. Use caution and common sense when letting your kids play. The main feature of the park is the immediate access to the Michigan lake shore. You can walk out to the water, hop up on a break water and take a nice stroll our to the mouth of the river. It is absolutely serene at sunset with the pretty red lighthouse forming an amazing backdrop. We saw some people fishing and they said the fish were good size. As for swimming in the lake off the beach... we passed. The aforementioned sewage treatment plant plus the dark dirty color of the water meant we were not super excited to jump in. Not saying it is bad just communicating our thoughts. What we did do is take the bikes over and ride their boardwalk. It is 2.5 miles and very pretty. they have signs saying "no bikes" but others were ignoring those signs too. We paid $40 per night and would gladly stay again. Book this one now for next season as it will fill up fast.
The brand new naturally beautiful campground that provides privacy between sites, offers water/sewer, WiFi, Cable, Electricity, Dump Stations, laundry facilities, showers and primitive sites. This beauty of a campground sits on the northernmost shores of Lake Michigan and is very well maintained by the City of Manistique. Prices are very competitive and are well worth the stay. Spend a week in Manistique and visit all your favorite U.P. destinations have a great place to stay! (Editor Note: This review was submitted by someone associated with the city that owns the park)
This campgroung is 10 out 10.. BEAUTIFUL, would definitely go back...also clean as it gets.