Platte River Campground

This campground is now 100% reservation only, which we hadn’t realized. They were fully booked when we arrived Sunday afternoon in August, but fortunately they’d had a cancellation and so we were able to get a site for the 2 nights we wanted. We lucked out getting site 106, it’s a bit of a nightmare to back into with the camper but it’s at back of park and so there’s no one behind you. You only have one real neighbor at 105. Most of the sites looked quite cramped with not much privacy. Facilities were modern and clean. Be prepared to be read the loonng list of campground rules at check in. They have bear, raccoons and other critters so everything has to be stored in camper or car overnight. The mosquitos are terrible. They drove us inside after early dinner and we couldn’t have breakfast outside. Campground is a jumping off point to Sleeping Bear Dunes but be warned, it’s a drive to get there. You’ll spend half a day driving to points of interest. DH Day campground is better located but doesn’t have electric.

We were very happy staying here. It was easy to find and all the roads are nicely paved. The spot has plenty of space from our neighbors and the pad is almost perfectly level. The fire ring and picnic table are just above the pad and were clean and well maintained.

There is a really nice, short hike at the end of the campground loop that takes you to the water and a small sandy beach. The rest of the dunes are within driving distance along with a few small towns for any supplies.

After spending the past few weeks in tightly packed state parks, we were thrilled to stay in our spacious site at Platte River Campground for 5 nights. There is a lot of room between most sites and the trees provide privacy. The campground is huge and was full during most of our stay, though it never felt crowded.

There is a nice mile long trail you can access from the campground loops that leads to the beach. We only went on it once because it's also a breeding ground for mosquitos.

The are individual shower rooms with hot water (yay!) and decent water pressure. I saw a tick on the wall during one of my showers, at least it was my only encounter with a tick during our stay.

Be sure to keep all 4 wheels on the pavement, we had 1 tire partially on the gravel and the camp host came by to ask us to move.

We drove through D.H. Day Campground and this is the better option out of the 2 campgrounds in the National Lakeshore for bigger rigs.

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