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Gleason'S Landing Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · MI · 43.87084, -85.92042
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Ask about this camp →U.S. Forest Service lists this as a developed campground. Expect marked sites, a fee station or a reservation, and the usual campground rules. The dispersed-camping freedom of the surrounding forest does not apply inside it. What changes is conditions — roads, gates, closures, fire rules. Check those with the unit before you commit to the drive.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Gleason'S Landing Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 739 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Gleason'S Landing CampgroundNIFC · AirNow
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Active wildfires from NIFC (within ~50 mi); air quality from AirNow. Always confirm current fire restrictions with the managing office before you go.
Everything you need — measured from Gleason'S Landing Campground · Huron-Manistee National Forest · MI
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- HHardware4 mi
- FFuel4 mi
- GGrocery4 mi
- @Mail4 mi
- RxPharmacy4 mi
- +Urgent care4 mi
- MMechanic16 mi
- AAir-up18 mi
- DDump18 mi
- ShShower19 mi
- EVEV fast charger19 mi
- LLaundry20 mi
- WWater24 mi
- OOutfitter30 mi
- PPropane60 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 24-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 4 mi out.
One dot per need — the nearest of each kind, straight-line from camp. Places from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors); the EV fast charger from the US DOE station locator. Open in Google Maps ↗
The site — Gleason'S Landing Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
739 ft
State
MI
Coordinates
43.87084, -85.92042
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Gleason'S Landing Campground · Huron-Manistee National Forest · MI (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townBaldwin · ~3.8 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelBP · ~3.7 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~18.5 mi
- GroceriesEZ Mart · ~3.7 mi
- PharmacyPattie Drug of Baldwin · ~3.9 mi
- Hospital / clinicBaldwin Family Health Care Clinic · ~4.1 mi
- HardwareAce Hardware · ~3.6 mi
EV charging — from Gleason'S Landing Campground · Huron-Manistee National Forest · MI — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger18.8 mi straight-line W — Wesco Scottville MI (at a public site) · RED_E · CCS · 2 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: not listed · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach11 within 25 mi · 31 within 50 · 166 within 100 · 450 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)20.6 mi — Wevo Energy - Reed City Ace Hardware, Reed City
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO19.4 mi — GLE STATION 3, Scottville
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)3.6 mi — Red Moose Lodge - Tesla Destination, Baldwin, MI · Tesla Destination · J1772, NACS (Tesla) · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-08-27 · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to all vehicles.
- Pricing at the fast chargernot listed
- Power (kW)not listed by AFDC — “DC fast” spans roughly 24 to 350 kW, so ask the network.
- Read this honestlyStraight-line miles, like every distance on this site. Roads run longer than this, and you have to get back. We know where a charger is listed. We don’t know if it works today, how fast it is, or the road miles. Check the network before you commit.
Snapshot 2026-09-16 · AFDC record 351312 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Gleason'S Landing Campground · Huron-Manistee National Forest · MI — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletGleason'S Landing Campground · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletGleason'S Landing River Access · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBowman Bridge Campground · ~1.3 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBowman Bridge River Access · ~1.6 mi NW · USFS
Open Gleason'S Landing Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Gleason'S Landing Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Bowman Bridge Campground~1.3 mi · fee
- Bowman Bridge Campground~1.7 mi
- Claybanks Campground~1.9 mi
- Bowman Lake Campground~2.8 mi
The unit that manages Gleason'S Landing Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Gleason'S Landing Campground are set by Huron-Manistee National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Gleason'S Landing Campground
Source
U.S. Forest Service recreation data
Confidence
Likely — The record is good enough to put a pin on, but thin in places. Treat the details as a starting point, not gospel.
How it was placed
Developed FEE campground (not free) - review | auto:usfs-fee 2026-08-20: US Forest Service developed campground, agency coordinates, agency states a fee. No dollar amount in the agency record -- expect a charge and confirm the current rate before you go. Not field-verified. | Fee 2026-08-26: $30 per night for a single site and $90 per night for the group site, plus $10 per additional vehicle per day. recreation.gov publishes the same $30 and $90 for the 2026 season (May 2 - Oct 12). Interagency Senior and Access passes take 50% off single campsites only. Source: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r09/huron-manistee/recreation/gleasons-landing-campground and https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/233769.
EV chargers
US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center station locator, snapshot 2026-09-16. Straight-line miles to the nearest public, open, unrestricted station; restricted and planned units are shown but never counted.
Field check
On the agency's books. The land manager inventoried this site, so its existence is not in question — current conditions are. Nobody from here has camped it recently.
What we don’t know about Gleason'S Landing Campground
A land record can put you within a few meters of a spot. It cannot tell you any of this — so check it yourself, and treat anything below as the open question it is.
- Road surface & last-mile access
- How many rigs actually fit
- Cell coverage by carrier
- Seasonal & winter access
- Current fire restrictions
- Whether any water here is drinkable
- Shade & wind exposure
- Noise and who else shows up
- Whether a listed EV charger works today, or the road miles to it
Before you go — Gleason'S Landing Campground
Water on public land →What “dispersed” means here →Cold-weather camping →Reading the aerial →All field notes →
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