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Michigan City Park Campground (Michigan)
Drive-up · public land · ND · 48.02568, -98.12878
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Michigan is a small town in Nelson County just off US-2, and its city park campground is free -- the city's own website asks for a free-will offering in the donation box at the campground rather than charging a rate. There are four 30-amp electrical hookups and a separate tenting area with 120-volt power. Be clear on what is NOT there: no sewer hookups and no showers. Sites are first come, first served. The city describes the campground as seasonal. The deal these towns offer is simple: camp free, and they hope you buy fuel, groceries or dinner in town. Drop something real in the donation box -- that is what keeps it free for the next traveler. No stay limit is published, so if you want more than a night or two, call (701) 247-3347 and ask. Town rules change often and we have not visited -- confirm current rules with the city before you go.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Michigan City Park Campground (Michigan)
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 1,517 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Michigan City Park Campground (Michigan)NIFC · 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 Michigan City Park Campground (Michigan) · public land · ND
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- GGrocery0 mi
- @Mail0 mi
- FFuel0 mi
- +Urgent care0 mi
- HHardware10 mi
- MMechanic10 mi
- EVEV fast charger34 mi
- RxPharmacy51 mi
- WWater51 mi
- OOutfitter52 mi
- DDump55 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 51-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 0 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 34-mi run (and back).
Not within 60 mi: Propane. Plan those before you head up.
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 — Michigan City Park Campground (Michigan)
Access
Drive-up
Land
public land
Elevation
1,517 ft
Ground slope
0.9% · flat
Nearest rail line
~0.2 mi · main line
State
ND
Coordinates
48.02568, -98.12878
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Michigan City Park Campground (Michigan) · public land · ND (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureWater · mapped within 1.6 mi
- USGS NHDno named surface water within 1 mi
- Nearest townMichigan City · ~0.3 mi
- Nearest rail line~0.2 mi · main line
- Nearest highwayno interstate or US route within 10 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~27.5 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesMichigan Home Town Foods · ~0.3 mi
- Hospital / clinicMichigan Community Health Clinic · ~0.4 mi
EV charging — from Michigan City Park Campground (Michigan) · public land · ND — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger34.5 mi straight-line W — Lake Chevrolet Buick GMC, Devils Lake, ND · Blink Network · CCS · 2 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · 5 within 50 · 20 within 100 · 40 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)49.4 mi — Grand Forks, ND - Tesla Supercharger, Grand Forks
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO48.9 mi — Northdale Oil, Grand Forks
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)34.3 mi — FIRESIDECHARGE1 FIRESIDE INN, Devils Lake, ND · 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 309644 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Michigan City Park Campground (Michigan) · public land · ND — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- No mapped restroom within 30 miles — plan to pack it out.
Coming out here — Michigan City Park Campground (Michigan) · public land · ND
- Surface water mapped nearby: Water. That is wash water at best, and nobody has checked it for you — a creek can be dry and a tank can be mud. Filter or boil anything you drink. USGS maps no named surface water within 1 mi of the pin (National Hydrography Dataset, data refreshed October 2022).
- Ground slope around the pin: about 0.9% — flat. Measured on USGS's 3DEP elevation model (1 m data here), sampled every 10 metres around the point. That is the hillside, not the ground under your wheels — a graded pullout or a bench a few metres across is too small to show up at that spacing, and nobody has checked this one for you.
- Rail line mapped ~0.2 mi from the pin — the national rail atlas classes it as a main line. The atlas also records Amtrak service on it. That is the FRA/BTS North American Rail Network (data updated Jul 21, 2026), which records that a line is there and what class of track it is. Whether anything runs on it, how often, and at what hour, it does not say, and nobody has checked this one for you.
- No interstate or US route is mapped within 10 mi of the pin in the Census's TIGER/Line primary roads (TIGER/Line 2025, released Oct 2025). That file holds the divided, limited-access highways only — a state expressway or a two-lane US route near this camp would not be in it.
- Power: Dave carries his own — batteries or solar. A generator will run your rig and it is also the thing everybody camped near you can hear.
- Getting online: Dave recommends Starlink. He has had it since SpaceX introduced it, used it for four years living on the road, and it delivers as promised — several hundred nights out, and he can count on one hand the places he could not connect. The cable on his unit runs 150 feet, which is usually all it takes to find enough sky. Starlink → Referral link — Starlink pays Dave $100 in cash if you sign up through it, and that money funds this site and the next trip. It costs you nothing and does not change the recommendation.
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How we know this — Michigan City Park Campground (Michigan)
Source
municipal park records
Confidence
Researched — The record is detailed and internally consistent, and the coordinates land where the managing agency says this site is.
How it was placed
FREE confirmed by the TOWN'S OWN site: michigannd.com RV & Camping page -- 'Free Will Offering is appreciated and the box for donations is located at the campground', '(4) 30-amp electrical hookups', 'Tenting area with 120 Volt Power', 'first come first serve', '(No Sewer Hookups or showers available)'. Corroborated by ndtourism.com (Michigan City Parks Campground): 'free camping', '4 RV sites with electric', 3rd St & Park Ave, (701) 247-3347. Coordinates: OSM caravan_site node/6337021876, 0.03 mi from OSM way/676719405 'Michigan City Park'. Verified 2026-07-20.
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 Michigan City Park Campground (Michigan)
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 — Michigan City Park Campground (Michigan)
Finding water out here →Dumping grey & black →Cold-weather camping →Reading your camp page →All field notes →