Free and paid camping in Michigan

323 camps in Michigan: 100 free, 223 charge a fee. Every camp that charges is marked fee in the list below — or press Free only to hide them.

Every camp we have found 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 →

Michigan DNR141 camps

• 4 Mile Trail Camp1,221 ft · fee · notes
• Ambrose Lake State Forest Campground1,276 ft · fee · notes
• Anderson Lake West State Forest Campground1,124 ft · fee · notes
• Andrus Lake State Forest Campground633 ft · fee · notes
• Arbutus Lake State Forest Campground877 ft · fee · notes
• AuSable River State Forest Campground and Canoe Camp1,139 ft · fee · notes
• Avery Lake State Forest Campground905 ft · fee · notes
• Bass Lake State Forest Campground (Luce)916 ft · fee · notes
• Bass Lake State Forest Campground (Marquette)1,210 ft · fee · notes
• Baxter Bridge State Forest Campground900 ft · fee · notes
• Beaufort Lake State Forest Campground1,616 ft · fee · notes
• Big Bear Lake State Forest Campground1,249 ft · fee · notes
• Big Bear Pointe State Forest Campground1,241 ft · fee · notes
• Big Eric's Bridge State Forest Campground734 ft · fee · notes
• Big Knob State Forest Campground587 ft · fee · notes
• Big Lake State Forest Campground1,269 ft · fee · notes
• Big Oaks Equestrian State Forest Campground937 ft · fee · notes
• Black Creek State Forest Campground649 ft · fee · notes
• Black Lake State Forest Campground686 ft · fee · notes
• Black Lake State Forest Campground-Lower619 ft · fee · notes
• Black Lake Trail Camp728 ft · fee · notes
• Black River State Forest Campground658 ft · fee · notes
• Blind Sucker No. 2 State Forest Campground634 ft · fee · notes
• Blind Sucker No.1 State Forest Campground633 ft · fee · notes
• Bodi Lake State Forest Campground648 ft · fee · notes
• Bray Creek State Forest Campground848 ft · fee · notes
• Burton's Landing State Forest Campground1,110 ft · fee · notes
• Canoe Harbor State Forest Campground and Canoe Camp1,114 ft · fee · notes
• Canoe Lake State Forest Campground891 ft · fee · notes
• Carney Lake State Forest Campground1,124 ft · fee · notes
• Carrieville State Forest Campground952 ft · fee · notes
• CCC Bridge State Forest Campground1,077 ft · fee · notes
• Cedar River North State Forest Campground and Trail Camp638 ft · fee · notes
• Culhane Lake State Forest Campground636 ft · fee · notes
• Cusino Lake State Forest Campground883 ft · fee · notes
• Deer Lake State Forest Campground1,579 ft · fee · notes
• DeTour State Forest Campground589 ft · fee · notes
• East Branch of Fox River State Forest Campground845 ft · fee · notes
• Elk Hill Equestrian River Trail Campground890 ft · fee · notes
• Elk Hill Group Equestrian Campground926 ft · fee · notes
• Emily Lake State Forest Campground1,229 ft · fee · notes
• Ess Lake State Forest Campground826 ft · fee · notes
• Forks State Forest Campground852 ft · fee · notes
• Fox River State Forest Campground780 ft · fee · notes
• Garey Lake State Forest Campground854 ft · fee · notes
• Garey Lake Trail Camp937 ft · fee · notes
• Garnet Lake State Forest Campground834 ft · fee · notes
• Gene's Pond State Forest Campground1,162 ft · fee · notes
• Glidden Lake State Forest Campground1,359 ft · fee · notes
• Goose Creek State Forest Campground1,146 ft · fee · notes
• Goose Creek Trail Camp1,165 ft · fee · notes
• Goose Lake State Forest Campground1,266 ft · fee · notes
• Grass Lake State Forest Campground830 ft · fee · notes
• Graves Crossing State Forest Campground661 ft · fee · notes
• Guernsey Lake State Forest Campground971 ft · fee · notes
• Haakwood State Forest Campground744 ft · fee · notes
• Headquarters Lake State Forest Campground and Trail Camp731 ft · fee · notes
• Healy Lake State Forest Campground773 ft · fee · notes
• High Bridge State Forest Campground714 ft · fee · notes
• Hog Island Point State Forest Campground584 ft · fee · notes
• Holland Lake State Forest Campground756 ft · fee · notes
• Hopkins Creek Equestrian State Forest Campground and Trail Camp1,031 ft · fee · notes
• Hopkins Creek State Forest Campground1,011 ft · fee · notes
• Houghton Lake State Forest Campground1,140 ft · fee · notes
• House Lake State Forest Campground1,072 ft · fee · notes
• Jackson Lake State Forest Campground904 ft · fee · notes
• Johnson's Crossing Trail Camp1,055 ft · fee · notes
• Jones Lake State Forest Campground1,206 ft · fee · notes
• Keystone Landing State Forest Campground1,114 ft · fee · notes
• King Lake State Forest Campground1,663 ft · fee · notes
• Kingston Lake State Forest Campground838 ft · fee · notes
• Lake Ann State Forest Campground840 ft · fee · notes
• Lake Dubonnet State Forest Campground864 ft · fee · notes
• Lake Dubonnet Trail Camp867 ft · fee · notes
• Lake Margrethe State Forest Campground1,137 ft · fee · notes
• Lake Marjory State Forest Campground1,270 ft · fee · notes
• Lake Superior State Forest Campground623 ft · fee · notes
• Leverentz Lake State Forest Campground847 ft · fee · notes
• Lincoln Bridge State Forest Campground941 ft · fee · notes
• Little Brevort Lake-North State Forest Campground641 ft · fee · notes
• Little Lake State Forest Campground1,116 ft · fee · notes
• Little Wolf Lake State Forest Campground1,232 ft · fee · notes
• Long Lake (Missaukee) State Forest Campground1,253 ft · fee · notes
• Long Lake (Wexford) State Forest Campground1,269 ft · fee · notes
• Manistee River Bridge State Forest Campground1,139 ft · fee · notes
• Maple Bay State Forest Campground598 ft · fee · notes
• McCollum Lake State Forest Campground930 ft · fee · notes
• Mead Creek State Forest Campground671 ft · fee · notes
• Merwin Creek State Forest Campground622 ft · fee · notes
• Milakokia Lake State Forest Campground736 ft · fee · notes
• Mio Pond State Forest Campground and Group Camp968 ft · fee · notes
• Mouth of Two Hearted River State Forest Campground611 ft · fee · notes
• Mud Lake State Forest Campground1,050 ft · fee · notes
• Munuscong River State Forest Campground594 ft · fee · notes
• Muskrat Lake State Forest Campground1,194 ft · fee · notes
• Natalie State Forest Campground713 ft · fee · notes
• North Gemini Lake State Forest Campground915 ft · fee · notes
• Ocqueoc Falls State Forest Campground704 ft · fee · notes
• Old US- 131 State Forest Campground934 ft · fee · notes
• Ossineke State Forest Campground584 ft · fee · notes
• Parmalee Bridge State Forest Campground and Canoe Camp1,007 ft · fee · notes
• Perch Lake State Forest Campground740 ft · fee · notes
• Pickerel Lake (Kalkaska) State Forest Campground1,229 ft · fee · notes
• Pickerel Lake (Otsego) State Forest Campground936 ft · fee · notes
• Pigeon Bridge State Forest Campground926 ft · fee · notes
• Pigeon River State Forest Campground888 ft · fee · notes
• Pike Lake State Forest Campground-Luce692 ft · fee · notes
• Pine Grove State Forest Campground821 ft · fee · notes
• Pinney Bridge State Forest Campground756 ft · fee · notes
• Platte River State Forest Campground654 ft · fee · notes
• Portage Bay State Forest Campground595 ft · fee · notes
• Pretty Lake State Forest Campground758 ft · fee · notes
• Rainbow Bend State Forest Campground and Canoe Camp1,039 ft · fee · notes
• Rapid River Trail Camp1,026 ft · fee · notes
• Reed & Green Bridge State Forest Campground660 ft · fee · notes
• Reedsburg Dam State Forest Campground1,144 ft · fee · notes
• Ross Lake State Forest Campground908 ft · fee · notes
• Round Lake State Forest Campground954 ft · fee · notes
• Scheck's Place State Forest Campground816 ft · fee · notes
• Scheck's Place Trail Camp822 ft · fee · notes
• Shoepac Lake State Forest Campground840 ft · fee · notes
• Shupac Lake State Forest Campground1,171 ft · fee · notes
• Silver Creek State Forest Campground933 ft · fee · notes
• Ski-kwe zaag'igan State Forest Campground1,520 ft · fee · notes
• South Gemini Lake State Forest Campground913 ft · fee · notes
• South Manistique Lake State Forest Campground703 ft · fee · notes
• Spring Lake State Forest Campground1,033 ft · fee · notes
• Stoney Creek Trail Camp771 ft · fee · notes
• Sunrise Lake State Forest Campground1,281 ft · fee · notes
• Thunder Bay River State Forest Campground689 ft · fee · notes
• Tomahawk Creek Flooding State Forest Campground861 ft · fee · notes
• Tomahawk Lake State Forest Campground835 ft · fee · notes
• Town Corner Lake State Forest Campground927 ft · fee · notes
• Trout Lake State Forest Campground1,084 ft · fee · notes
• Twin Lakes State Forest Campground703 ft · fee · notes
• Upper Manistee River State Forest Campground and Canoe Camp1,143 ft · fee · notes
• Van Etten Lake State Forest Campground620 ft · fee · notes
• Veterans Memorial State Forest Campground694 ft · fee · notes
• Walsh Road Equestrian State Forest Campground and Trail Camp1,175 ft · fee · notes
• Weber Lake State Forest Campground900 ft · fee · notes
• White Pine Canoe Camp1,041 ft · fee · notes

U.S. Forest Service85 camps

• Au Sable River Backcountry Campsites823 ft · fee
• Autrain Lake Campground619 ft · fee
• Bass Lake Camping Areafee
• Bay View - Cg615 ft · fee
• Bear Lake Camping Area696 ft · fee
• Benton Lake Recreation Area812 ft · fee
• Black River Harbor Camp723 ft · fee
• Blacksmith Bayou Access639 ft · fee
• Bob Lake Camp1,192 ft · fee
• Bobcat Lake Camp1,571 ft · fee
• Bowman Bridge Campground727 ft · fee
• Brevoort Lake - Cg629 ft · fee
• Camp Cook Camping Area764 ft · fee
• Camp Seven Lake Recreation Area767 ft · fee
• Carp River - Cg629 ft · fee
• Carr Lake Camping Area705 ft · fee
• Chicago Lake Camping Area761 ft · fee
• Clark Lake - Sylvania Camp1,828 ft · fee
• Colwell Lake Recreation Area753 ft · fee
• Cookson Lake Camping Area767 ft · fee
• Council Lake Camping Area810 ft · fee
• Courtney Lake Camp1,173 ft · fee
• Crooked Lake Camping Area749 ft · fee
• East Lake Camping Area712 ft · fee
• Ewing Point Camping Area784 ft · fee
• Flowing Well Recreation Area633 ft · fee
• Gabions Campground863 ft · fee
• Gleason'S Landing Campground739 ft · fee
• Golden Lake Camp1,645 ft · fee
• Gooseneck Lake Camping Area770 ft · fee
• Government Island589 ft
• Hemlock Recreation Area1,291 ft · fee
• Henry Lake Camp1,594 ft · fee
• Hiawatha National Forest585 ft · notes
• Highbanks Campground876 ft · fee
• Hungerford Trail Camp1,124 ft · fee
• Imp Lake Camp1,712 ft · fee
• Indian Lake Recreation Area918 ft · fee
• Indian River Recreation Area708 ft · fee
• Indian River Steuben Camping Area712 ft
• Ironjaw Lake Camping Area794 ft · fee
• Island Lake Campground852 ft · fee
• Island Lake Recreation Area1,299 ft · fee
• Jackpine Lake Camping Area758 ft · fee
• Kneff Lake Recreation Area1,203 ft · fee
• Lake Michigan Campground & Day Use Area605 ft · fee
• Lake Michigan Recreation Area621 ft · fee
• Lake Nineteen Camping Area789 ft · fee
• Lake Ottawa Camp1,565 ft · fee
• Lake Ste. Kathryn Camp1,573 ft · fee
• Leg Lake Camping Area706 ft · fee
• Little Bass Lake Camping Area778 ft · fee
• Little Bay De Noc Recreation Area605 ft · fee
• Lyman Lake Camping Area773 ft · fee
• Mack Lake Orv Campground1,182 ft · fee
• Marion Lake Camp1,652 ft · fee
• Marion Lake Group Camp1,630 ft · fee
• Meadows Orv Campground1,140 ft · fee
• Minerva Lake Camping Area725 ft · fee
• Minnie Pond Recreation Area804 ft · fee
• Monocle Lake Recreation Area641 ft · fee
• Monument Campground822 ft · fee
• Moosehead Lake Camp1,691 ft · fee
• Mowe Lake Camping Area803 ft · fee
• Nichols Lake Campground843 ft · fee
• Noquet Bay Camping Area592 ft
• Norway Lake Camp1,536 ft · fee
• Perch Lake Camp1,553 ft · fee
• Peterson Bridge Campground815 ft · fee
• Petes Lake Recreation Area809 ft · fee
• Pines Point Recreation Area654 ft · fee
• Pomeroy Lake Camp1,643 ft · fee
• Ranger1,020 ft
• Rollways Recreation Area Campground865 ft · fee
• Round Lake Recreation Area Campground791 ft · fee
• Sand Lake Recreation Area847 ft · fee
• Seaton Creek Recreation Area870 ft · fee
• Shelley Lake Recreation Area970 ft · fee
• Soldier Lake Recreation Area907 ft · fee
• Steuben Lake Camping Area738 ft · fee
• Swan Lake Camping Area791 ft · fee
• Three Lakes - Cg882 ft · fee
• Timber Creek Campground778 ft · fee
• Triangle Lake Camping Area764 ft · fee
• Wagner Lake Recreation Area1,129 ft · fee

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 · fee
• 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 · fee
• 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

Elsewhere in Michigan2 camps

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