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Hungerford Trail Camp
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · MI · 43.70168, -85.62223
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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 Hungerford Trail Camp
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 1,124 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Hungerford Trail CampNIFC · 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 Hungerford Trail Camp · Huron-Manistee National Forest · MI
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel4 mi
- GGrocery4 mi
- HHardware5 mi
- EVEV fast charger5 mi
- MMechanic7 mi
- @Mail7 mi
- WWater7 mi
- RxPharmacy7 mi
- LLaundry7 mi
- DDump8 mi
- ShShower8 mi
- +Urgent care18 mi
- OOutfitter21 mi
- AAir-up37 mi
- PPropane46 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, 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 — Hungerford Trail Camp
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
1,124 ft
State
MI
Coordinates
43.70168, -85.62223
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Hungerford Trail Camp · Huron-Manistee National Forest · MI (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townBig Rapids · ~7.0 mi
- Drinking waterWater · ~6.9 mi
- FuelFuel · ~3.8 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~8.4 mi
- GroceriesWoodville Country Store · ~3.8 mi
- PharmacyWalgreens · ~6.9 mi
- Hospital / clinicBaldwin Family Health Care Clinic · ~18.1 mi
- HardwareMenards · ~5.4 mi
EV charging — from Hungerford Trail Camp · Huron-Manistee National Forest · MI — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger5.4 mi straight-line E — Big Rapids, MI - Tesla Supercharger (at a grocery store) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 10 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-06-18 · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas only. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach7 within 25 mi · 63 within 50 · 205 within 100 · 556 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS5.6 mi — JOHNNY'S MARKET BIG RAPIDS DC1, Big Rapids
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO5.6 mi — JOHNNY'S MARKET BIG RAPIDS DC1, Big Rapids
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)7.0 mi — BRCHARGE BRCHARGE, Big Rapids, MI · ChargePoint Network · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily
- 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 102224 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Hungerford Trail Camp · Huron-Manistee National Forest · MI — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletHungerford Lake Recreation Area Campground · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletHungerford Trail Camp · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletHungerford Lake Recreation Area Horse Trailhead · ~0.5 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBrush Lake Recreation Area Boat Launch · ~5.4 mi SW · USFS
Open Hungerford Trail Camp elsewhere
Other camps near Hungerford Trail Camp
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Brush Lake Campground~5.5 mi
- Shelley Lake Recreation Area~9.6 mi · fee
- Indian Lake Recreation Area~10.2 mi · fee
- Benton Lake Recreation Area~13.6 mi · fee
The unit that manages Hungerford Trail Camp
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Hungerford Trail Camp are set by Huron-Manistee National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Hungerford Trail Camp
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 2026-08-24: $75 per night for the group site, booked as a whole. This pin is the GROUP horse camp at Hungerford: the Forest Service files our record as a group campground whose only fee tier is a $75 group site, and it points at recreation.gov listing 234678, which sells it as Hungerford Equestrian Group Campsite at $75 for the 2026 season (May 1 - Oct 31). Do not confuse it with the ordinary Hungerford Horse Camp about 0.2 mi away, whose single sites are $15 per night. Source: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r09/huron-manistee/recreation/hungerford-group-horse-camp and https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/234678, and for the neighbouring single-site camp https://www.fs.usda.gov/r09/huron-manistee/recreation/hungerford-horse-camp.
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 Hungerford Trail Camp
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 — Hungerford Trail Camp
What “dispersed” means here →Cold-weather camping →Fire rules & restrictions →Picking a spot →All field notes →
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