Established Camping
Deep Lake Rustic Campground — Yankee Springs Recreation Area - TEMPORARILY CLOSED IN 2024
About
State Park
Due to park enhancements (to update electrical, road, fishing pier and sewer), the beach house, picnic shelters and Gun Lake campground will close in 2024. The day-use area and boating access site will remain open except when construction work prohibits safe access, A proposed $5.5 million in federal relief funding from Gov. Whitmer's Building Michigan Together Plan made these renovations possible.
78 sites at Deep Lake Rustic Campground are now site-standard reservable.
Michigan Recreation Passport is required for vehicle entry into state parks and recreation areas, state boat launches, state forest campgrounds and state trail parking lots. The Michigan Recreation Passport does not cover local, county, municipal, or metropolitan parks or recreation areas. Learn more: https://www.michigan.gov/dnr/buy-and-apply/rec-pp
Access
- Drive-InPark next to your site
- Walk-InPark in a lot, walk to your site.
Stay Connected
- WiFiUnknown
- VerizonGood
- AT&TGood
- T-MobileUnknown
Site Types
- Tent Sites
- RV Sites
- Standard (Tent/RV)
- Group
Features
For Campers
- ADA Access
- Trash
- Picnic Table
- Firewood Available
- Phone Service
- Reservable
- Drinking Water
- Electric Hookups
- Toilets
- Pets
- Fires
For Vehicles
- Sanitary Dump
No privacy
This site was lovely, had a trail up to deep lake (steep stairs), close access to clean water and put toilets. Unfortunately there is no privacy at all. I felt like I was camping with everyone else there! I also couldn’t find a good spot to hammock in this spot/area.
Also, firewood is more expensive around here. You cannot buy wood at the grounds, but during the day you can buy wood at the convenience store on gun lake, or support Tom’s Market and buy the wood there. There are wood stands occasionally stocked on the road to town and some gas stations had wood in town.
Nice spot
Loved the weekend here. Pit toilets. Nice, large campsites. Sites were sandy, but level. Overall quiet.
Crowded with no privacy.
Other than having a flat place to set up the tent, this site was horrible.
If I wanted to camp in the open with a bunch of RV’s I would have chosen a campground with water, electricity, flush toilets and shower houses.
This campground offered the worst of both worlds. No creature comforts and absolutely no privacy or connection to nature.
It felt like camping in a parking lot!
Location
Deep Lake Rustic Campground — Yankee Springs Recreation Area - TEMPORARILY CLOSED IN 2024 is located in Michigan
Directions
Located half way between Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo. From US 131 take Exit 61. Go east on M179 approximately 7 miles. Follow the signs 1 mile south to the Gun Lake Unit.
Address
2104 S Briggs Rd
Middleville, MI 49333
Coordinates
42.61709029 N
85.45323767 W