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Camping near Augusta, MI
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Camping near Augusta, Michigan encompasses a mix of state recreation areas, county parks, and private campgrounds within a 30-mile radius. Fort Custer Recreation Area, located directly in Augusta, serves as the area's primary camping destination with year-round availability for tents, RVs, cabins, and even yurts. The recreation area features three lakes, extensive trail systems, and both electric and non-electric sites. Yankee Springs Recreation Area, approximately 25 miles north, offers additional camping options with both Gun Lake and Deep Lake campgrounds, though Deep Lake is temporarily closed for 2024.
Most campgrounds in the Augusta area operate seasonally, with peak availability from April through October. Fort Custer Recreation Area remains open year-round, while others like Cold Brook County Park (15 miles south) and Markin Glen County Park (20 miles west near Kalamazoo) operate from mid-April to mid-October. Winter camping options are limited but available at select locations. Reservations are recommended, particularly for summer weekends and holidays when sites fill quickly. Many campgrounds require advance booking through the Michigan DNR reservation system or county websites.
The camping experience varies significantly between locations. Fort Custer offers what one camper described as "deep sites, electric if you so desire, firepit and tables" with "three lakes, hiking, biking and horse trails." The area is particularly well-suited for water recreation, with paddleboard, kayak, and canoe rentals available at several locations. Family-friendly amenities include beaches, playgrounds, and fishing opportunities. RV campers will find full hookup options at several campgrounds, with big-rig friendly sites available at Fort Custer, Markin Glen, and private campgrounds like Camp Turkeyville RV Resort in nearby Marshall. Cell service is generally reliable throughout the region, though coverage may be spotty in more remote camping areas.
Best Campgrounds near Augusta (161)
1. Fort Custer Recreation Area
"Three lakes, hiking, biking and horse trails, showers, camp host and super quiet this past week while there. Not many campers, but everyone there seemed pleasant and were quiet."
"Fort Custer is a hidden gem in Michigan. Nobody thinks to go camping near Battle Creek, but they really should reconsider!"
2. Deep Lake Rustic Campground — Yankee Springs Recreation Area
"First time in central Michigan and it was absolutely beautiful. The campground has a great location and lots of mountain bike and hiking trails."
"This is a campground in Yankee Spring Recreational Area in Mid-Michigan. This is a nice rustic campground near the NCT(North Country Trail)."
3. Cold Brook County Park
"29 campsites pretty close together with old growth trees interspersed around the campground. Fishing pier and boating, playground area, and beach. No longer has primitive camping."
"Lots of neat free and inexpensive things for kids and families nearby. Check out Kzookids.com to see what’s available if you want to. A nice disk golf course, lots of fishing."
4. Markin Glen County Park
"Despite having lived near Kalamazoo for seven years, we had never visited this park previously. The site are large level concrete pads with grass dividing the sites. All full hookups."
"There are three roads in the campground and the two roads on the outside have no one behind them which adds privacy. "
from $35 - $40 / night
Check Availability5. Michawana Campground
"We put our tent up on the hill tucked back up in the woods. Shade from the start!"
"The lake nearby is clean and they have a swimming spot for kids and adults. Boats and kayaks are free to use if the lifeguard is on duty. There is also fishing rods to use for free."
from $32 - $80 / night
Check Availability6. Gun Lake Campground — Yankee Springs Recreation Area
"This is also a short drive away from tons of beautiful walking paths."
"You can walk the trail to the state park beach and store. Bathrooms are clean."
7. Sharp Park Campground
"Stayed at 113 on the small lake. Narrow spot but behind is a fire pit and small dock to drop in a canoe/kayak. Bathrooms and shower was spotless."
"property, recently renovated. ( one still finishing renovations as of 4/16/22) Beach area for swimming
Two playgrounds
Field for play, basketball net, volleyball court, and state park trailers near by"
from $34 - $115 / night
Check Availability8. Kalamazoo County Expo Center
"It’s not as big as some of the expo centers in Michigan, but it does the job. If you plan to camp here they offer 220 campsites over 5 small campgrounds."
9. Camp Turkeyville RV Resort
10. Brookside City Park
"The camping spots are in a park right off the main road, however they are tucked all the way around back offering surprisingly private camping."
"The campsites are located past the playground and shelter. Just keep driving down the road that looks like an alley. There is a wonderful place set up for just a few campers. "
from $5 - $10 / night
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Drive Time
- 8 min from Battle Creek, MI
- 21 min from Kalamazoo, MI
- 54 min from Grand Rapids, MI
- 1 hr from Lansing, MI
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Recent Reviews near Augusta, MI
586 Reviews of 161 Augusta Campgrounds
Gary G.GuideOutdoor Adventures Kalamazoo Resort
Membership? No thanks
Roads are seem to be dirt/gravel here (but most is really just crumbling asphalt), so even though most vehicles respect the 5mph speed limit (which is nice), you can still expect some dust everywhere. Oh, and some golf carts often seem to think 5mph doesn't apply to them.
Kalamazoo Speedway is only 2.5 miles away, so if there's racing at night, you're going to hear it. It's not terrible, but...
Many golf carts here, some with thumping music or ooh-gah horns going by in the evening. While before official "quiet time", it's still really annoying at 9 or 10pm. Be nice if they adopted a "your noise/music should stay on your site" idea like other places. ESPECIALLY the loud, music-blasting golf carts.
Calling this a "resort" is kind of a stretch. The "lakes" (more like ponds) are in need of weed control. Sites along the main lake are often muddy, sinking campers into it. There's one playground there. A small beach, pool (was freezing on the Mem Day weekend), a mini-golf that needs some TLC and a somewhat pricey camp store. Not much different than your average, most basic KOA, except KOA doesn't require a $17K lifetime membership.
They say there's trails you can walk, but I didn't see a single sign or map indicating where these were. Pointless without that.
Stayed Memorial Day weekend. Roads could really, really use a grading or repaving. Lots of bumps, holes and dips. Makes it somewhat dangerous for evening bike rides. The idiots staying in site 158 with their kids singing (bad) karaoke was super annoying. Staffsecurity should have told them to turn it down no matter the time. (two nights, from about 8:30pm until 10:45pm.). I thought they had a rule about this? Their security car went by at least twice during this unwanted show, so why didn't they say something? I tried to call about it, but got no answer.
The mini golf is a nice touch... it'd just be nice to see it maintained a lot better. It's pretty rough.
This is a membership-only place. We had a promotional stay, but I have to say, I really didn't see enough value to want to buy in. Even if it was just a regular campground, we weren't all that impressed enough that we'd make a special trip just to stay here. I'd rate it as "ok", but there was no real "wow factor" here for us.
I have to say the woman they assigned to us for the tour and sales meeting was very nice, pleasant, and no annoying hard sell. But then they send in the closer, and there's where the flurries of offers and discounts start, but once you get the discounts, you lose other options that you'd probably want. Is Outdoor Adventures worth it? Not to us, sorry to say. We like to camp all over, not just at a handful of specific campgrounds under the Outdoor Adventures umbrella.
To Outdoor Adventures... you should really arrange it so campers can try out two or three of your campgrounds FIRST before trying to sell them. No way we'd join after only seeing/staying in one. Especially just Kalamazoo.
BTW, their rental cabins (especially the largest ones) were really nice. I'll give them that.
That's my honest review of the place as we found it.
Kaley A.GuidePokagon State Park Campground
Nice park from what I could see
This is the second time I’ve been to this park. Neither time was I able to really see the park (kids), so that is the only reason I have it a 4.
I really liked our campsite. We were in the middle of a circle drive and had the whole inner circle to ourselves, which was nice for the kids to play. It was a HUGE campsite with a fairly long back in driveway. The site was slopped, especially close to the power source. It was a bit annoying for us as tent campers but not so much that I wouldn’t rent this site again.
We weren’t all that far from water, the bathhouse, and trash services as well as a natural water spring and a trail to hike.
Mike J.
TravelerSteamboat Park Campground
Great spot!
A hidden gem with a lot of history. A paddle wheel boat on the Grand river?! Nice and secluded yet close to town and easy access to the highway
Gerard E.
RangerPokagon State Park Campground
Camp 26
May 1-5, 2026 site 322, 48 degrees and light drizzle at setup.
Site is level, but drops down in the mud and grass, pad is barely wide enough to set up table without being on an angle. Site barely fits 21’ trailer and RAM 1500
Cellular T-Mobile 5g, 3bars Electric, 20, 30 and 50 amp.
Bathroom is separate from showers, older but decent. A nice grassy area close to site 322 and 324. Shade and sun Fire pit sits in low area, do expect puddles if raining.
Firewood was$8, dry, burned well. Close to bike/walking trail and a few hundred feet from store. Easy check in, Pokagon is a favorite park of ours as it offers miles of hiking trails.
- Gerard E.Ranger
Pokagon State Park Campground
Camp 26
May 1-5, 2026
site 322, 48 degrees and light drizzle at setup. Site is level, but drops down in the mud and grass, pad is barely wide enough to set up table without being on an angle.
Site barely fits 21’ trailer and RAM 1500
Cellular T-Mobile 5g, 3bars Electric, 20, 30 and 50 amp.
Bathroom is separate from showers, older but decent. A nice grassy area close to site 322 and 324. Shade and sun Fire pit sits in low area, do expect puddles if raining. Firewood was$8, dry, burned well.
Close to bike/walking trail and a few hundred feet from store. Easy check in, Pokagon is a favorite park of ours as it offers miles of hiking trails.
- Gerard E.Ranger
Pokagon State Park Campground
One of the Best
10-2-24 thru 10-7-24 Site 370 C
Cellular, TMOBILE 5G, 3 bars. 21’ Apex Nano w truck. Gravel pad, fire pit and grass is about 12” lower than pad. Keep in mind if expecting rain.
Showers are old, warm with 2 hooks, 2 toilets and 2 urnials.
Fire pit needs to be reset in the ground, it sit too high. Awesome trails to hike. Maintenance was awesome changing out a breaker on the box.
8-27-22, update on site 348 and 350. These are pull through sites on the edge of the road. 350 is longer and had a 5th Wheel on it. We put our 19’ Nano on 348. Full sun during the day, 348 is uneven once you walk off of the pad. This site could use some TLC and more gravel for parking.
10-1-16, nice state park with hiking trails. Lot 322 was partially sun and shade. Restroom and shower(open stall, no privacy) was outdated but functional. 2-5-22 hiked 4 miles on the snow packed trails. Cold and awesome powder conditions.
- DDaniel D.
ScoutDouble RR Ranch RV Resort
Plenty to do here
Kayak/canoe, tubing, horseback riding, golf. They have plenty do do here but they just seem to float along. This is not a camp ground that uplifts there game to make it better and be a rising star. No full hook up site other than seasonal. Campstore is very limited, but good for the kids. Alway enjoy staying here but just think they could be more. They do put on a good fireworks on July 4th
Adam and Suzanne B.GuideSteamboat Park Campground
Great in-town
Nice concrete pads and patios— FHU. Right on the Grand River. Close to Millennium Park and easy to get downtown. Best bathrooms—- clean, individual, large. Bathrooms cleaned 2x daily.
Guide to Augusta
Augusta's camping options extend across Michigan's lower peninsula between Kalamazoo and Battle Creek, with several recreation areas situated around lakes and woodlands at elevations ranging from 750-900 feet. The region experiences warm summers with occasional thunderstorms and mild spring and fall seasons ideal for outdoor activities. Camping conditions vary significantly between modern facilities with full hookups and more rustic options with limited amenities.
What to do
Hiking networks: accessible trails: Fort Custer Recreation Area offers extensive hiking opportunities with distinctive blue trails that loop around lakes. "We hiked on a multi-use trail that the ranger suggested. The blue trail goes around a couple lakes and was wonderful," notes one visitor at Fort Custer Recreation Area.
Mountain biking: dedicated trails: The region has excellent mountain biking terrain, particularly at Yankee Springs where riders find some of the best terrain in Michigan. "Some of the best riding in the state," mentions a reviewer about the trails near Gun Lake Campground, who noted there are both hiking and mountain bike trail options.
Water recreation: three activity options: Multiple lakes provide opportunities for fishing, kayaking, and swimming during summer months. At Michawana Campground, visitors appreciate the water amenities: "They have a lake/beach for swimming, kayaks, paddle boards, and canoes to use at the lake," highlighting the variety of water activities available.
What campers like
Secluded camping spots: natural separation: Some campsites offer more privacy than others, with vegetation creating natural buffers between sites. At Fort Custer, campers enjoy "secluded sites, but still opportunities to meet and party with fellow campers," according to one regular visitor, showing the balance between privacy and community.
Quiet atmospheres: night sky viewing: Light pollution restrictions at some parks create optimal stargazing conditions. One camper at Markin Glen County Park specifically mentioned "the lack of lights in the park at night making for a beautiful night sky" as a highlight of their experience.
Lake access: fishing opportunities: Multiple campgrounds provide lake access with fishing docks and boat launches. A visitor to Deep Lake Rustic Campground noted the campground "has a fishing dock and a boat landing," making it convenient for anglers who want to fish directly from shore or launch small watercraft.
What you should know
Seasonal openings: plan ahead: Most campgrounds in the area operate from April through October with limited winter options. "Deep Lake offers quite a bit to do in a nice family atmosphere. Most sites offer complete shade," writes a visitor, though it's important to note this campground is "TEMPORARILY CLOSED IN 2024" according to current information.
Site selection matters: flooding concerns: Some areas experience seasonal water issues that can affect camping comfort. A visitor to Gun Lake Campground warns to "be careful what campsite you get though because flooding was a problem last time I was there. We got 2-4" of rain overnight."
Insects: seasonal prevalence: Bug activity increases during warmer months, particularly in unmaintained areas. A camper at Cold Brook County Park shares that it's a "small county park. Lots of lake for small boating, kayaking. Fishing pier to fish off. Playground for the kids. Swimming beach with sand," but like many outdoor spaces, insect repellent is recommended during peak summer seasons.
Tips for camping with families
Playgrounds: multiple options: Several campgrounds feature dedicated play areas for children. Michawana Campground receives high marks from families: "This campsite is perfect for children! The workers are the nicest people I have encountered at a campsite. They have...a massive slip 'n slide, zip lining, and a rock climbing wall."
Swimming beaches: supervised areas: Designated swimming zones with sandy beaches are available at multiple locations. "Swimming beach with sand. Nice country setting yet close enough to towns if you need anything," notes a visitor to Cold Brook County Park, highlighting the balance of natural settings with convenience.
Special activities: scheduled events: Some campgrounds host regular family-friendly events throughout the camping season. At Sharp Park Campground, a visitor mentioned "there are events most weekends and several trails nearby for hiking," providing structured activities beyond the standard camping experience.
Tips from RVers
Full hookup options: site details: Several campgrounds offer complete RV services with concrete pads. "Sites have electrical service only. Must use the dump station," notes a camper at Fort Custer, providing crucial information for those needing to plan for water and waste management.
Site accessibility: size considerations: Most campgrounds can accommodate larger rigs, but some sites are more challenging. Camp Turkeyville RV Resort receives praise for its "spacious sites. Concrete patio at each site. Daily trash pickup at campsite," making it convenient for RVers with larger vehicles.
Dump station timing: plan accordingly: At busier campgrounds, dump stations can develop long lines during peak checkout times. "The two annoyances however aren't deal breakers and we will be back again to this campground," writes a camper about Gun Lake Campground, referring to finding the entrance and the time spent waiting at the dump station.
Frequently Asked Questions
What campgrounds are available in Augusta?
What campgrounds are available in Augusta?
Augusta and the surrounding area offer several excellent camping options. Fort Custer Recreation Area is a standout choice near Augusta featuring three lakes, extensive trail systems for hiking, biking and horseback riding, and peaceful campsites with electrical hookups. The recreation area offers deep, spacious sites with firepits and tables, making it ideal for tent camping. Another option in the region is Dutch Treat Camping & Recreation, a family-run campground that provides both full hookups and rustic camping opportunities, along with amenities like fishing, swimming pool, and a gagaball pit. The area also includes additional options like Camp Turkeyville RV Resort and Markin Glen County Park within driving distance.
What camping is available near Augusta, MI?
What camping is available near Augusta, MI?
According to TheDyrt.com, Augusta, MI offers a wide range of camping options, with 161 campgrounds and RV parks near Augusta, MI and 1 free dispersed camping spot.
Which is the most popular campground near Augusta, MI?
Which is the most popular campground near Augusta, MI?
According to TheDyrt.com, the most popular campground near Augusta, MI is Fort Custer Recreation Area with a 4.3-star rating from 44 reviews.
Where can I find free dispersed camping near Augusta, MI?
Where can I find free dispersed camping near Augusta, MI?
According to TheDyrt.com, there is 1 free dispersed camping spot near Augusta, MI.
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