Established Camping
Bay Furnace Campground
About
National Forest
Hiawatha National Forest
Bay Furnace Campground is located on the south shores of Lake Superior, near Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. Favorite to many, the campground is centered to various waterfalls, as well as other sightseeing attractions, including boat tours and visits to Grand Island. Recreation Fishing in Lake…
Fee Info
Standard Non Electric Site Fee $20 - Federal Recreation Passes (Golden/America the Beautiful) are accepted. Dump station Fee $5.00 - Firewood for sale
Access
- Drive-InPark next to your site
- Walk-InPark in a lot, walk to your site.
Stay Connected
- WiFiGood
- VerizonGood
- AT&TAvailable
- T-MobileGood
Site Types
- Tent Sites
- RV Sites
- Standard (Tent/RV)
Features
For Campers
- ADA Access
- Trash
- Picnic Table
- Phone Service
- Reservable
- Drinking Water
- Electric Hookups
- Toilets
- Alcohol
- Pets
- Fires
For Vehicles
- Sanitary Dump
- Water Hookups
- Pull-Through Sites
- Big Rig Friendly

Fabulous USFS campground
Really nice USFS campground, one of our favorites. Some sites are reservable in advance and some are FCFS, but if the reservable ones are free when you arrive you can still take the spot.
The sites are nicely marked with incoming reservations, so we were able to get a spot and pay for two…
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Nice Clean Campground
Host here did a great job keeping everything tidy and clean. Great views with just a short walk to the bay. The Bay Furnace stone building was interesting feature of the park. You can hear highway in a distance but you can tune it out. Campsites are large and fairly private. Vault toilets were…
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Near the Shores of Gitche Gumi and Lots of Hungry Mosquitos!
Bay Furnace Campground is a pretty campground in the Hiawatha National Forest but it is filled with loads of voracious mosquitos. It was so bad that campers had to wear mosquito netting just to walk about. Other than that it is a very pretty campground.
For Astronomers this is a Bortle class 4…
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Location
Bay Furnace Campground is located in Michigan
Directions
Bay Furnace Campground is located in Alger County, about 3 miles west of Munising on Highway 28, at the village of Christmas, across from the Kewadin Casino.
Coordinates
46.43833329 N
86.70833355 W