Platte River Campground

The government campgrounds are the best and this one is no exception. We stayed in loop #1 with electricity. Spacious and private sites with fire rings and picnic tables. The only noise was from acorns falling on rv's. There is a walking trail (Dog friendly but no bikes) to the beach from the campground. Bicyclists can take a short path from loop 4 and jump on the little used Peterson Road for a ride to the beach. When we went to the beach we had the place to ourselves. Unbelievably gorgeous views. The campground is on the southern end of Sleeping Bear Dunes. Most of the trails and the scenic drive are about 10 miles to the north, 5 stars hands down.

National campgrounds can't be beat; no exception here. Second time here. We're in the woods, with privacy, clean toilets and showers, level site, dry firewood at the general store just down the road, power only hook up, and lots to do. In response to rainy weather, went with friends to Empire for a root beer and burger at Joe's then the national park visitor center. There is an abandoned RR trail in the CG that goes to Lake Michigan. There's a bike path going to the lake as well. Next time we'll get to Sleeping Bear National Park.

With a Senior Pass, it was only $18 for an electric only site. We had a nice flat, paved site. LOTS of space between campsites. Showers were nice and the bathhouse has an outdoor sink area. Great location, only 20 minutes to the "Big Dune" hike. Cell coverage on both AT&T and Verizon was slow; I was using a cell booster and couldn't upload photos, but was fine for email and reading news.

This may be the best place we have camped. The only thing could make it better are full hookups. However, fully understand why it is electric only.

No issues. Fill your fresh water tank at the dump station. The bath houses are clean and convenient. Men’s and Women's restrooms with 2 unisex individual showers and a camp sink room. If you don’t use the bath house and use your RV shower, you may have to dump your grey water on a several day stay. That would mean heading to the dump station. No grey water dumps located anywhere in the campground.

The sites are far and away the best we have seen. Very large living area. Plenty of room to have a tent or 2 if needed. The pads are all paved and deep. Lots of space between sites. Electrical hook up was spot on.

Fabulous experience due to spacing of sites between others, spacious area for picnic table, additional tents or other equipment. Site 309 is right next to the Shower House, but that was not a problem. No-one cutting through site due to spacing of sites. Sandy soils created excellent drainage after 12 hours of rain. Pad was level and long enough although we have a very short trailer. Add to the excellent campground and facilities, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore is SUPERB!

Awesome CG, clean, beautiful and very nice staff. Our site was #140, in loop one ( 1of4loops) . Level and spacious with what seemed to be a fairly new bath house that was super clean. Wooded through out , I didn’t see any site that I wouldn’t stay at. 15 minutes to the Sleeping bear dune ( so you have to drive that. CG has a 24 hour FIREWOOD VENDING MACHINE. Coolest thing I’ve ever seen

Our stay was in early July. It was crowded but plenty of space between sites. We had a sharp turn to back into our site but the pad was paved, and fairly level. Electric only and we initially had a error on our surge protector...so I called the Ranger Station and left a message asking for someone to come check it out (it was after 5pm) so I then went to the camp host - who basically said he couldn't help - and others were having the same issues "so just take off your surge protector" !! It was so hot we continued on with the power (surge protector plugged in) and had no issues and after a few hours the error message resolved. The Rangers never returned my call or came by the site....that was disappointing.
After this we didn't have any issues and loved the place. Nice hiking trails to the lake and great area to explore. We were close to the bathhouse - individual rooms and appeared very clean. There was a water spigot at the bathhouse to get drinking water. Would definitely return.

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.