Camping near Kalkaska, MI

20 camps: 20 fee

Within 25 straight-line miles of Kalkaska, MI there are 20 camps: 20 fee. The closest is Rapid River Trail Camp, 1.6 miles north of town. Not one of them is audited free, so this page does not call it free camping — 20 carry a fee and 0 have no price we could confirm.

Who manages them: 20 on Michigan DNR.

All 20, closest first.
Camp	Miles	Cost	Water	Nearest town	Season today
Rapid River Trail Camp	1.6	Fee	—	1.6 mi to Kalkaska	—
Guernsey Lake State Forest Campground	6.9	Fee	—	5.8 mi to South Boardman	—
Pickerel Lake (Kalkaska) State Forest Campground	11	Fee	—	11 mi to Kalkaska	—
Forks State Forest Campground	11	Fee	—	6.2 mi to South Boardman	—
CCC Bridge State Forest Campground	13	Fee	—	13 mi to Kalkaska	—
Scheck's Place Trail Camp	14	Fee	—	5.8 mi to Kingsley	—
Scheck's Place State Forest Campground	14	Fee	—	5.5 mi to Kingsley	—
Spring Lake State Forest Campground	15	Fee	—	1.1 mi to Fife Lake	—
Manistee River Bridge State Forest Campground	17	Fee	—	7.2 mi to Grayling	—
Upper Manistee River State Forest Campground and Canoe Camp	17	Fee	—	9.0 mi to Grayling	—
Goose Creek State Forest Campground	17	Fee	—	9.4 mi to Grayling	—
Arbutus Lake State Forest Campground	17	Fee	—	6.2 mi to Kingsley	—
Goose Creek Trail Camp	17	Fee	—	9.6 mi to Grayling	—
Hopkins Creek Equestrian State Forest Campground and Trail Camp	18	Fee	—	6.5 mi to Manton	—
Hopkins Creek State Forest Campground	19	Fee	—	6.3 mi to Manton	—
Lake Margrethe State Forest Campground	19	Fee	Portage Creek (stream)	0.7 mi to McIntyre Landing	—
Old US- 131 State Forest Campground	20	Fee	—	5.6 mi to Manton	—
Pinney Bridge State Forest Campground	21	Fee	—	—	—
Graves Crossing State Forest Campground	22	Fee	—	—	—
Baxter Bridge State Forest Campground	23	Fee	—	6.6 mi to Kingsley	—

Every distance on this page is a straight line from Kalkaska, MI, not a driving distance — a camp four miles out across a canyon can be an hour of road. Cost is the audited three-state verdict on each camp's own record: free, fee, or unpriced where we could not confirm a price. A blank column is a gap in the record, not a statement that the thing is absent. Camps come from state and federal agency records, not from a visit, except the ones marked. Seasons, permits and fire rules change: confirm with the managing office before you go. Found a fee where we show free? Tell us on the contact page.