Michigan Brook Road

We intended to sleep in our tent at this campground but it was raining so we ended up sleeping in our car. When you get to where the road is for the campgrounds, there is a parking lot situation set up (I’m assuming for when the road is closed in winter). We ended up parking our car in the parking lot area because the road looked a little to muddy for our comfort. Didn’t have any issues staying here. A few cars drove by in the morning and turned around in the parking lot.

The road is closed in winter but we had no trouble accessing these sites in July. No 4x4 needed, but I’d suggest high clearance and would not bring a trailer. Some sites are excellent, and those were taken, some are so small they’re maybe just for motos? We did find a great, secluded site down by the brook - this and the site across the street were huge with multiple fire rings, would be good for groups. Only drawback? A few campers are obviously dug in and living here, running gennies, etc. and past campers have left some sites a total mess. We even found two “toilets” set up at one site that had been left there. Great for a one-night stay but I wouldn’t necessarily be back.

Upper Michigan Road provides access to a handful of primitive campsites in the Green Mountains National Forest. It was easy to navigate from the highway (about 40 minutes from I-89), and while the campsites are not well-marked, you can easily identify the driveways off of the main forest road. I believe that most of the campsites are grassy spaces within the trees, but the third campsite is special as it is adjacent to Michigan Brook itself. We arrived at noon on a Saturday and were pleasantly surprised to find it available, and it's lucky we got there when we did because three different cars tried to pull in not long after we arrived. There was plenty of space for two cars and two tents, and we could've fit at least one more of each. There is a fire pit next to the brook and a makeshift bench. The spot was serene and the babbling brook in the background made for a peaceful night's rest.

There is no cell service in the forest, but we were able to get a signal about 15 minutes away in Pittsfield.

We were not pulling an RV, and the forest road is a bit rutted, so I'm not sure what if anything you could tow to this site. I did see a truck towing a pop-up camper past our site just fine. I think the concerns would be the clearance and the length of an RV, which might be tough to get around some turns in the road.

To find the third campsite, drive roughly 1.5 miles from the state forest entrance sign. You will be going a bit up hill, and then you will have a noticeable decent. At the bottom of that hill, there is a grassy opening on the left that will lead you to the site. If you go over a bridge, you've gone too far.