Best Dog-Friendly Camping near Clare, MI

W.O.W. This is the CLEANEST campground I have ever been to. Seriously not 1 cigarette but or candy wrapper on my site when I arrived. Picnic tables are freshly washed. Sites around#40 are spacious and shaded all day which was awesome. No mats allowed but it was great as the grass is green and lush. Store has apparel, camping tools, and ice cream. Kids ran there every day and it is affordable and friendly. Pool is super clean as well as the bathrooms. Loved the online check in process so there was no delays and we just pulled right into our site. If you have pets there is a fenced in dog park with pick up bags and mowed trails for daily walking or biking. We will be back!!!  WIFI too!

Was a decent place to camp- lots are very close though! Luckily in the fall it wasn’t very busy. Nice little lake on property. Fire pits in odd spot near the road. No pets allowed-not even a cat that stays inside in your camper! Also- there is a $7 a day fee for out of the county. Even when you arrive late at night.

Small but sweet campground. If given the choice get a site in the pine loops. It's more of a walk from the lake but the other loops have no shade and seem more crowded together. We had site #24 and it was fairly ideal and very roomy. There is the Pier- Marquette Rail trail about 1.5 miles from the campground, great for biking, running etc. Electric hook up was fine. Bathrooms are cleaned 3 x a day. Showers were warm and clean. This is Amish country and the campground has horse hitching posts near the fishing lakes. We saw a horse and buggy hitched up there. But I imagine anyone could ride their horse there then hitch up while they fish or wade in the water. Beach is across the road from the park and no pets/dogs allowed in that side of the park. Other campers there were courteous and respectful of quite hours. I would stay there again if I had another event bring me to this area.

They were very organized at this campground. Every weekend they have a theme. We stayed when they had the country western weekend. They had all kinds of stuff going on for kids. Pony rides, wagon rides, petting zoo, games and activities. They also had a country music concert in the park one evening. The pool was very nice, but we found at times it was extremely busy. It would of been nice if they had a swimming area on the lake but they didn’t. This is a Christian campground so they are very strict on alcohol consumption. On your site only, but not allowed anywhere else in the park. Overall we had an enjoyable stay.

We have camped here as a family for the past 7 years. We rent two cabins and bring our dogs. We have never had an issue and always enjoyed ourselves.

At some point they decided the park can remain dog friendly besides the cabin area.

It wasn't announced on social media or the website. 

Much to our surprise 10 minutes after unloading a park official approached us and told us our dogs had to go and they were not refunding our money. 

They blamed us for not reading the fine print.  I'll take some of the blame but they should have done a better job of making people aware. 

We are done with this park

Great park that offers both seasonal and weekend campers. No dogs allowed so make sure you plan accordingly.

This campground is the best one in their fleet. It is super dog friendly as well. This is our “go to” spot for sure. Love it here and the staff are great.

I love the campsite and the access to the dam! Great time with the dogs! Can’t wait for the construction to be completed in the fall...

Nice park with birch trees. Decent swimming access, bathrooms, playground. Dog friendly. Super pleasant staff. We’ve camped 2x here in our 5th wheel and will be back! Oh and Big Lake is great for fishing, boating, and kayaking!

We had a nice stay. It is a small campground and that is exactly what we were looking for. We got there on a Thursday afternoon and the best site #6 was taken but we were able to find 3 private sites that were unoccupied. There were several dogs and some barking but not too bad.

We were on sight 169 this whole side is next to a busy road cars and logging trucks all day and night way noisy, campground was filthy trash everywhere on the trails and sights! Plus no dogs allowed on the beach.

Camp host ??? Unfriendly set with his back to the road and never even waved

The place was beautiful for Memorial Day weekend. The neighbors in the campers were loud they were playing loud. I did notice lots of ticks. Our dogs all had at least one on them and all of us campers had a few. It’s expected being in the backs wood like that I just didn’t realize how bad. We did some hiking while there and the trails were nice for the most part all the storms definitely did a number on the trees back there lots down in the trails. Overall it was a great weekend

We have had a seasonal site for the last three years and this used to be such a nice campground. The owners were friendly and cared about the campers, both seasonal and daily. They took great care of the campground and enforced the rules without being unreasonable. Unfortunately they sold the campground prior to the 2021 season. The new owners did make some improvements, notably a bounce pad on the playground and a makeshift water slide at the back of the bath house which our grandson greatly enjoyed. The bath house facility is first class, and the previous owners kept it very clean, but with the increased traffic due to the added attractions the bath house is often dirty now. In addition the new owners have doubled up several sites in the campground with those sites not called out on the campground map. I would suggest that anyone planning to stay check to see if you are getting the space that is shown on the map rather than getting disappointed when you arrive(pictures are attached). One weekend they were filled up even with the doubled sites so they parked a camper by the activities building and supplied that camper with a very loud generator for power that ran for most of the night. They repeatedly lied to my family and others concerning rates and repairs to the electric at my site that were never completed. They have had electrical work done in different areas although the building department told me that they had not issued any permits for this work. There have been numerous instances of dogs running loose in the park, same dogs over several days.

It was an alright site furthest to the back of the loop but the campground wasn’t very big and it was busy the weekend we stayed. We stayed in a tent and our dogs came. We were with a group of about 6 different sites and received a warning on Friday night from the owners to quiet down because people were complaining we were too loud. The rented camper my mom stayed in was super old but it was cheapish and had style. I don’t recall any problems with the river, we were dropped off and landed back at the campground. Good campground, but I can’t say anything draws me back to return.