Free camping in Michigan

101 free and low-cost camps on public land in Michigan, grouped by the unit that manages them — that is who sets the stay limit and the fire rules. See them on the map →

Huron-Manistee National Forest52 camps

• Au Sable Loop Campground935 ft
• Bear Island Backcountry Campsites882 ft
• Bear Island Primitive Campsite884 ft
• Bear Track Campground738 ft
• Blacksmith Bayou Campground612 ft
• Bowman Bridge Campground754 ft
• Bowman Lake Backcountry Campsites
• Bowman Lake Campground817 ft
• Brush Lake Campground1,002 ft
• Buttercup Backcountry Campsites877 ft
• Buttercup Campground886 ft
• Cathedral Pines Backcountry Group Campsite898 ft
• Cathedral Pines Campground904 ft
• Claybanks Campground820 ft
• Condon Lakes West848 ft
• Diamond Point Campground618 ft
• Dispersed camp #2 — Manistee County, MI737 ft
• Dispersed camp — Manistee County, MI746 ft
• Elk Canoe Campground672 ft
• Government Landing729 ft
• Government Landing692 ft
• Government Landing691 ft
• Government Landing Site 21749 ft
• Government Landing Sites705 ft
• Hoist Lakes Backcountry Campsites1,008 ft
• Horseshoe Lake Campground945 ft
• Jewell Lake Campground843 ft
• Log Mark Rest Stop Canoe and Fishing Landing668 ft
• Logmark Rest Stop679 ft
• Luzerne Trail Camp1,277 ft
• Marzinski Horse Campground692 ft
• Mckinley Horse Trail Campground956 ft
• Meadow Springs Backcountry Campsites933 ft
• Meadow Springs Campground917 ft
• Minnie Pond Campground812 ft
• Old Grade Campground852 ft
• Pine Lake Recreation Area747 ft
• Pine River Campground764 ft
• Red Bridge Access695 ft
• Reid Lake Backcountry Campsites886 ft
• River Dune Backcounty Group Campsite919 ft
• River Dune Campground926 ft
• River Road Horse Trail Camp762 ft
• Sawdust Hole River Access717 ft
• Sawkaw Lake Campsites921 ft
• South Branch Trail Campground839 ft
• Sulak Campground776 ft
• Twinwood Lake767 ft
• USFS dispersed camp — Mason County, MI643 ft
• Walkup Lake Campground832 ft
• Whelan Lake Area Primitive Campground683 ft
• Whelan Lake Backcountry Campsites647 ft

Hiawatha National Forest36 camps

• Baldy Lake Camping Area799 ft
• Bay de Noc Trailhead Camping656 ft
• Bay Furnace Campground616 ft
• Blue Joe Lake Camping Area776 ft
• Brevoort Dam Dispersed Camping Area
• Clear Lake Camping Area774 ft
• Corner Lake Campground781 ft
• Fish Lake Portage To Carp Lake780 ft
• Halfmoon Lake Camping Area811 ft
• Haymeadow Creek Campground722 ft
• High Banks Lake744 ft
• Hike Lake Camping Area820 ft
• Hovey Lake Campground851 ft
• Indian River Bar Lake Camping Area779 ft
• Indian River Boulder Point
• Indian River Cedar Point Camping Area715 ft
• Indian River Deer Creek Camping Area749 ft
• Indian River Delias Camping Area706 ft
• Indian River Fish Lake Island Camping Area777 ft
• Indian River Four Pond Camping Area779 ft
• Indian River Little Indian Camping Area752 ft
• Indian River Pine Peak Camping Area754 ft
• Little Soldier Lake903 ft
• Mccomb Lake Camping Area790 ft
• Mcneil Lake Camping Area861 ft
• Murray Bay Group Site610 ft
• Pine River Campground
• Ramsey Lake Camping Area747 ft
• Rock Lake Camping Area
• Rock Rapids Dispersed Campsites753 ft
• Salt Lake Camping Area872 ft
• Sand Lake Campsite793 ft
• Search Bay Dispersed Camping Area591 ft
• Skeels Lake Camping Area761 ft
• Thornton Lake Camping Area826 ft
• Widewaters Campground797 ft

Ottawa National Forest7 camps

• Blockhouse Campground1,440 ft
• Burned Dam1,561 ft
• Langford Lake Camp1,680 ft
• Paint River Forks Campground1,472 ft
• Robbins Pond Campground1,311 ft
• Sparrow Rapids Campground1,159 ft
• Sturgeon River Campground1,029 ft

U.S. Forest Service4 camps

• Government Island589 ft
• Indian River Steuben Camping Area712 ft
• Noquet Bay Camping Area592 ft
• Ranger1,020 ft

Elsewhere in Michigan2 camps

• Dispersed camp — Wexford County, MI851 ft
• Stanley Lake Campsite856 ft