Best Tent Camping near Hale, MI
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Best Tent Sites Near Hale, MI (36)
1. Spruce Rustic Campground — Rifle River Recreation Area
Lupton, Michigan3 Reviews•19 Photos•10 SavesMichigan 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/0,4570,7-350-79134_79210---,00.html
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2. Hoist/Reid Lake Areas
Curran, Michigan3 Reviews•10 Photos•29 SavesRecreation areas located near Hoist and Reid Lakes, north of the Au Sable River in the northeast corner of the Huron National Forest.
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3. Pine River Campground
Glennie, Michigan2 Reviews•2 Photos•11 SavesThis is a popular campground during fishing season. Recreation opportunities include hunting, picnicking, mushroom gathering and berry picking. The picnic shelter is a Civilian Conservation Corps construction from the mid 1940's.
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4. Arrowhead Lake Camp
Lupton, Michigan1 Review•12 Photos•16 SavesThis property is nestled between West Branch and East Tawas with a 90-acre private lake! There are multiple tent sites as well as renovated cabins situated on or off the lake. Several amenities are included such as firepits and BBQ grills. The main lodge has a men's and women's restroom with showers. There is also a commercial kitchen available to cook your favorite meals. There are two docks for fishing as well as kayaks, row boats and a peddle boat to enjoy the beautiful lake.
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$50 - $300 / night
5. Reid Lake Foot Travel Area
Barton City, Michigan2 Reviews•3 SavesReid Lake The Reid Lake Area is a little over 3,000 acres in size. The forest in the area is primarily hardwoods and creates a small, remote, lake environment. The lake is a small, 13-acres, with a variety of fish. Twelve miles of gently rolling trail will lead you around Reid lake. The trails are open for back-country skiing in the winter, and are not groomed. Difficulty on the trails ranges from easy to more difficult. Flickr Photo Album
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7. Cathedral Pines Campground
Mio, Michigan1 Review•1 Photo•13 SavesAu Sable National Scenic River The access road is gated to prohibit motorized access. Visitors to this campground are primarily river paddlers. To access the site from the road, visitors will need to walk .25 miles into the large, old-growth eastern white pine to find the campground. Trees offer a screen from the river, but still allow campers views of the river and wildlife. Brochure with map: This brochure is set to print on 11 x 17 paper, landscape (wide) orientation. To print on 8 1/2 x 11 paper set the print area to "shrink to printable area", this will make the text on the page smaller. Flickr Photo Album
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8. Huron National Forest Reid Lake Semi-Primitive Nonmotorized Area
Barton City, Michigan1 Review•2 Photos•4 Saves- Pets
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9. Russell Canoe Livery & Campground
Standish, Michigan1 Review•5 Saves- Pets
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10. Negwegon State Park Campground
Black River, Michigan8 Reviews•12 Photos•157 SavesMichigan 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/0,4570,7-350-79134_79210---,00.html
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$15 / night
Recent Tent Reviews in Hale
421 Reviews of 36 Hale Campgrounds
- ttyler H.
Scout
Sleeper State Park Campground
Late summer peace
Went later September on a Saturday and it was perfect. Good mix of tents and rv’s. Everyone was respectful and the whole campground was pretty quiet despite being essentially full. Bathrooms were clean, stocked, with plenty of hot water. Didn’t shower there but there is a ton of showers. Beach was a crazy close walk and really impressive. Even a pet friendly beach too. Camp host had fun activities for the kids (my kids claim this was the best time of the trip) as well as tea, coffee, and hot chocolate. Staff was incredibly friendly
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Djakata S.
Guide
Jewell Lake Campground
Great place
Only stayed one night but it was a very nice stay. Private but not secluded. Encountered a bear in the night but it retreated back into the woods. Did have my dog with me. I would definitely go back.
Nicole V.Guide
Emerick Park Campground
Quaint and Close to town
Small campground with boat launch, shower house, and bathrooms. Connect’s to a park with playground and pickleball court. Easy to walk or ride your bicycle into town for ice cream. No swim beach but good fishing opportunities on the thunder river.
- Chad H.
Traveler
Outdoor Adventures Saginaw Bay Resort
Common Camp Ground we go to all the time
Alright camp ground, it’s a members only. Few grouchy people that seem more miserable than into relaxing. It’s definitely an interesting atmosphere compared to other campgrounds. Staff are hit or miss, seems like the pleasant ones take layoff and move on. Small improvements are made year over year, which is nice.
Ralph E.Guide
Alcona Park
very nice campground
nice campground with plenty of woods and water. rustic sites could be a little more leveled off but not awfully bad. they have full, semi and rustic sites. camped here 4 times and enjoyed my time. PRO'S- great fishing, playgrounds for kids, great for riding bikes, sites are clean and many have good space for larger campers, staff is friendly and reliable. CONS- showers need more pressure, roads can get extremely dusty when it's dry, "beach" is small and rocky and on a slop which is difficult to walk on due to too many rocks in what little sand there is however the whole lakeshore is rocks so wear water shoes, while it didn't bother me, it can get a little loud at nite, after 10pm "quite time" but nothing really serious, some rustic sites could use some dirt to level them up but manageable, rustic sites, IMO, are a little expensive at $20 a night but I've camped at others that were $40! summing my review up, I enjoyed every time I camped here! caught lots of fish from walleye to crappie, even a 6.3lb small mouth bass!! very nice campground that I will continue to camp at and recommend!!
- GGary E.Guide
Sleeper State Park Campground
Great time
My Family and Friends had a great time here. Very nice and quite if you like that. Good spacious spots. Many sites are wide so they lend themselves to good group camping so you can pull sideways and open up to all in your group. We had great spots with the others we were with.
- LLISA R.Traveler
Arrowhead Lake Camp
Amazing place
This place was fantastic. We stayed in the Lakeside cabins. Amazing views! We went kayaking, mountain biking, hiking and fishing. The wildlife is plentiful and the lake is full of fish. The staff are fantastic. If we needed anything, they were there in minutes. Always courteous and friendly. Will definitely be back
Jacqueline A.Traveler
Bay City State Park Campground
Great Park on Lake Huron
Beach, trails and children's solace pad, just an easy walk across the road. Newer bathhouse. Shady sandy campsite. Be sure and visit downtown Bay City, lots of great restaurants, a Riverwalk on both sides of the river, concerts in the park. Great atmosphere.
Gary G.GuideBay City State Park Campground
Good park
Most sites are good, though some have slopes to them. Choose carefully. Great newer playscape and splash pad (!) for the kids, across State Park Rd from the main campground. Nice newly opened visitor/nature center. Campground usually clean and patrolled. Showers/restrooms are good, cleaned twice a day. Friendly staff.
Some of the best campground hosts are here.
Groceries, restaurants & laundromats are a short drive away.
TV reception was ok, and T-Mobile worked well enough.
Sara Y.ScoutTawas River RV Park
Trailer Park
This campground was disappointing to say the least. Bathrooms were nasty with fruit flies no toilet paper either. The dump station was in poor condition. The non potable water didn’t even work. Our electric box didn’t work we had to use the box next to us. The bugs were awful! There was raw sewage there as well. It smelled so bad. You’re also in a trailer park with condemned trailers! The park was in bad shape as well. The site we reserved wasn’t even vacant!
- Gary G.Guide
Tawas Point State Park Campground
Nice location
Nice park. Can feel a little tight on some spaces, especially if your neighbor sprawls over the lines. Restrooms could use a little improvement (like replacing the crappy doors leading into the building) and some maintenance, but are clean. Being on a point between Lake Huron & Tawas Bay, there's almost always some breeze. There's beaches on both sides of the point. Staff friendly. Like most MI State Park sites, it's electric only. Tawas has no (as of this review) FHU sites. There's the Tawas Point Lighthouse here, which you can climb for a few bucks. Nice little gift shop next to it. It can get really packed here on weekends, and the day use gets closed because of being too full.
Big rigs, note that the roads can be tight, especially when inconsiderate campers crowd the road, cause you know... It's all about them.
All in all, it's one of our favorite state parks.
Hit Klenow's Market in town. They do great sandwiches!
Rebekah J.Guide
Canoe Harbor State Forest Campground & Canoe Camp
Quite, Spacious sites
Most campgrounds we have been to had lots of road noise but not this one! We stayed for 2 nights/3days and this campground was quite.
The vault toilets were well stocked with toilet paper, although one had a hornets nest inside and the other was extremely smelly.
Access to the river was good and the sites were a decent size with privacy in between.
We enjoyed walking some of the nearby trails
- Nicole V.Guide
Avery Lake State Forest Campground
No lake sites
Good campground on a nice fishing lake. Large wooded sites but none that have lake access unfortunately
- Nicole V.Guide
Big Bear Point State Forest Campground
Too close for comfort
This area is separate from the big bear lake campground and is busier due to the boat launch. Sites are close together without much privacy
- John H.Scout
Pine River Campground
Great campground
Great Campground. Great sites where you don’t feel like you are on top of other campers.
Dean H.Scout
Gabions Campground — Huron Manistee National Forests
Gabion's Peace
Nice sites. Though a few have the Shore to Shore trail going right through them. But there is access to the river. While I was there, it was peaceful, clean and easily accessible.
- JJ L.Guide
South Higgins Lake State Park Campground
Great campground but you cant reserve a spot
Well, the campground is old. Everything works very well. The sites are decent size. They’re plenty of small playgrounds throughout the campground. The beach is amazing the views awesome however when it comes to booking, it’s impossible to get a spot somehow they’re already booked before they even allowed to be booked and it’s every good spot
Angela B.Traveler
Rifle River Campground
Awesome campgrounds @ Rifle River
The only complaint about the week I spent was they didn’t cut the grass, other than that I had an amazing birthday week at Rifle River Campground, we found amazing flowers blooming like yellow and pink lady slippers I even found Agates, fossils if you’re a rock hunter and when you climb up the tower there’s a extremely large eagles nest.
The fishing wasn’t very successful I only caught a small one but the water was warm and clear you could see the sand doons.
Sara C.Traveler
Wakeley Lake Campground — Huron Manistee National Forests
Beautiful!
We only stayed one night but it was very nice, right by the water. One other camper nearby but completely out of earshot.
Emily G.ScoutJewell Lake NF Campground
Jewell Lake
I think jewel lake is pretty good because they have good campsites. I like the dog, they have an island, you can go on can't sleep on there, but you can go on it. They have a beach, they have a bridge, so you can fish on good water to go swimming, you can drive a boat, you can go on a kayaking on a jet ski, any type of water boats the camp site it's pet friendly perfect for campers or pull behinds tense, they're ok, for motorhome\ RV's but it's pretty good.
- Lydia T.
LegendAvery Lake State Forest Campground
A rustic state forest campground
A rustic state forest campground on Avery Lake. I had 3 bars of service here :)
- Lydia T.Legend
Big Oaks Equestrian State Campground
A rustic state forest equestrian campground
A horse campground located directly on trails. Rustic campground with lots of trees. Non horse campers stay in lots 1-8
- Lydia T.Legend
Big Bear Lake State Forest Campground
State forest campground on Bear Lake
A rustic campground right on Bear Lake. Most sites are directly on the water. There is a 4 foot breakwall between the sites and the lake. You could anchor your boat in front of your campsite.
- CChuck M.Guide
North Higgins Lake State Park Campground
A little disappointed
The campsites were nice and level and reasonably large. I chose a site near the bathrooms, which were quite annoyingly closed. The campground was located right next to a busy road. So, there was road noise through the night.
I was happy I got to charge my batteries, though.
I met a squirrel that was so spoiled by previous humans that when I accidentally dropped a bit of food on the ground, he ran right up, over my foot grabbed it and then ran about 10 feet away and ate it.
Jake C.Legend
Beaver Trail Campground
Campground with Stocked Fishing Pond
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Willow W.ScoutPine River Campground
Camp
It's quiet and just peaceful!
Ashley F.Legend
Colemans
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Guide to Hale
Tent camping near Hale, Michigan offers a serene escape into nature, with a variety of campgrounds that cater to outdoor enthusiasts looking for a rustic experience.
Explore Scenic Trails and Water Activities
- At the Spruce Rustic Campground — Rifle River Recreation Area, campers can enjoy access to trails and the river, perfect for fishing and hiking.
- The Hoist/Reid Lake Areas provide a beautiful loop for hiking, with numerous spots to set up camp along the way.
- For those who love fishing, the Pine River Campground is ideal, offering spacious sites and proximity to great fishing spots.
Amenities for a Comfortable Stay
- The Russell Canoe Livery & Campground features electric hookups and showers, making it a convenient choice for tent campers.
- At Browns Landing RV Park, visitors can enjoy family-friendly amenities and a bike path that leads to Tawas, enhancing the camping experience.
- The Arrowhead Lake Camp offers picnic tables and reservable sites, ensuring a comfortable stay for campers.
Tent Camping Prices and Reservations
- Tent camping at the Huron National Forest Reid Lake Semi-Primitive Nonmotorized Area is available year-round, with no reservation required, making it a flexible option for spontaneous trips.
- Prices for tent camping at the Cathedral Pines Campground are budget-friendly, appealing to those looking for an affordable getaway.
- The Meadow Springs Campground offers a no-frills camping experience, perfect for those who want to immerse themselves in nature without breaking the bank.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which is the most popular tent campsite near Hale, MI?
According to TheDyrt.com, the most popular tent campground near Hale, MI is Spruce Rustic Campground — Rifle River Recreation Area with a 4.7-star rating from 3 reviews.
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