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Mack Lake Orv Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · MI · 44.57890, -84.06473
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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 Mack Lake Orv Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 1,182 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Mack Lake Orv 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 Mack Lake Orv Campground · Huron-Manistee National Forest · MI
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel5 mi
- LLaundry6 mi
- MMechanic6 mi
- GGrocery6 mi
- @Mail6 mi
- HHardware6 mi
- RxPharmacy10 mi
- +Urgent care10 mi
- ShShower11 mi
- DDump12 mi
- WWater12 mi
- PPropane16 mi
- EVEV fast charger17 mi
- OOutfitter26 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 5 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 — Mack Lake Orv Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
1,182 ft
State
MI
Coordinates
44.57890, -84.06473
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Mack Lake Orv Campground · Huron-Manistee National Forest · MI (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townMio · ~7.0 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~5.0 mi
- Propane / LPGPropane · ~16.2 mi
- Dump station~11.5 mi
- GroceriesSunrise Convenience Store · ~5.9 mi
- PharmacyFairview Pharmacy · ~10.1 mi
- Hospital / clinicAu Sable Valley Health Center · ~10.1 mi
- HardwareAce Hardware · ~6.0 mi
EV charging — from Mack Lake Orv Campground · Huron-Manistee National Forest · MI — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger16.8 mi straight-line E — Rogers Family Foods Glennie 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 reach2 within 25 mi · 21 within 50 · 118 within 100 · 318 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)32.1 mi — Grayling, MI, Grayling
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO34.5 mi — Bay Inn Tawas MI, Tawas City
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)18.8 mi — Washington St Hale MI (at a public site) · RED_E · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: not listed
- 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 351315 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Mack Lake Orv Campground · Huron-Manistee National Forest · MI — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletMack Lake Orv Campground · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBull Gap Hill Climb Ohv Trailhead · ~3.2 mi NE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletLoud Creek Cc Ski Trailhead · ~4.1 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletWagner Lake Recreation Area · ~4.4 mi W · USFS
Open Mack Lake Orv Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Mack Lake Orv Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Wagner Lake Recreation Area~4.4 mi · fee
- River Dune Backcounty Group Campsite~5.1 mi
- River Dune Campground~5.1 mi
- Meadow Springs Campground~5.3 mi
The unit that manages Mack Lake Orv Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Mack Lake Orv Campground are set by Huron-Manistee National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Mack Lake Orv 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: $15 per night, single site. recreation.gov publishes the same $15 in every one of its 2026 rate windows, which run May 15 through November 30 -- past the May 1 - September 30 season the forest page states. Interagency Senior and Access passes take 50% off single campsites only. Source: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r09/huron-manistee/recreation/mack-lake-orv-campground and https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/10297720.
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 Mack Lake Orv 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 — Mack Lake Orv Campground
Camping near a reservoir →Water on public land →What “dispersed” means here →Reading the aerial →All field notes →
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