Bond Falls West Campground

This is a decent campground on a lake in the Northwoods. There are no actual guidance at the camp on how to get a site. As the earlier review mentioned, grab an empty site. During the pandemic, the "ranger" comes around in the afternoon. Apparently pre-pandemic you go to the shed labeled "park office" next to the general store at the main dam near Bond Falls. There you sign your name to a list with the campsite number. Then the ranger visits you later. Either way, get your campsite first.

You get what you pay for with the campground. Vault toilets and a water pump. Bonus points that there were many garbage cans close to campsites. There is no beach, no playground. Overall not much for kids to do except ride around the camp road on their bikes. There is a boat ramp right by the campground but no real mooring spots except for a few campsites. We entertained ourselves by walking (and biking) on the forest roads along the lake. We even found a spot where we could get out into the water for a swim. It's about a mile and a half walk through forest roads to get to Bond Falls, We found it best to go in the morning when it was less crowded.

The sites at this campground vary in size. Some are quite small while others will fit any size rig. Similarly, the privacy of the sites varies. There are maybe 10 sites or so that are on the water. These were very popular and some of them were quite close together. All of the sites are nestled in the trees, so choose wisely if you are relying on solar. Because of this you can expect to hear generators running during the day. Par for the course with a campground like this, but still can be annoying when they aren't used sparingly.

This campground is part of the Upper Peninsula power company (UPCO). It's boondocking in the best possible way. You have to go to the park service building next to the outpost to sign up for your site. Go to the campground first and pick the site, set up, then head to the falls but instead of turning left into the falls continue straight and you will get to the outpost and park service building. They allow a maximum 14 day stay at no cost. There are picnic tables and fire rings at most sites. I noticed handicap accessible sites as well. Beautiful place to relax and wind down after many days of traveling and sightseeing.