Michigan campgrounds: how hard are they to book?
We track 16 reservable Michigan campgrounds on Recreation.gov. Across the 1 measured so far, an average of 68% of weekend (Friday and Saturday night) site-nights in the next 90 days are already reserved, and 0 rate Hard or Very hard. The toughest right now is Platte River Campground.
| Campground | Difficulty | Weekends booked | Open dates (30d) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platte River Campground Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore | Moderate | 68% | 21 |
| Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore Backcountry Camping Permit Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore | Not measured yet | n/a | n/a |
| D.h. Day Campground Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore | Not measured yet | n/a | n/a |
| Twelvemile Beach Campground and Cabin Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore | Not measured yet | n/a | n/a |
| Ausable River Camping Huron-Manistee National Forests | Not measured yet | n/a | n/a |
| Hurricane River Campground Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore | Not measured yet | n/a | n/a |
| Bay Furnace Campground Hiawatha National Forest | Not measured yet | n/a | n/a |
| Lake Michigan at Manistee Huron-Manistee National Forests | Not measured yet | n/a | n/a |
| Sylvania Wilderness Backcountry Camping Ottawa National Forest | Not measured yet | n/a | n/a |
| Brevoort Lake Campground Hiawatha National Forest | Not measured yet | n/a | n/a |
| Bay View (Hiawatha National Forest, Mi) Hiawatha National Forest | Not measured yet | n/a | n/a |
| Sylvania (Clark Lake) Campground Ottawa National Forest | Not measured yet | n/a | n/a |
| Little Beaver Campground Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore | Not measured yet | n/a | n/a |
| Au Train Lake Campground Hiawatha National Forest | Not measured yet | n/a | n/a |
| Lake Michigan at St. Ignace Hiawatha National Forest | Not measured yet | n/a | n/a |
| Colwell Lake Campground Hiawatha National Forest | Not measured yet | n/a | n/a |
Sorted by difficulty score. Snapshot data; history accumulates daily. Methodology.