Best Cabin Camping near Mesick, MI

Northern Exposure Campground & RV Park and Pats RV Park offer cabin accommodations in the Mesick area with various amenities. Both locations provide waterfront options, with Northern Exposure situated along the Manistee River. Cabin rentals include electric hookups, with some offering full bathroom facilities and kitchenettes. Others provide more basic accommodations with access to centralized shower and restroom facilities. "This campground has the cleanest restroom/shower facilities of any campground I have been too," noted one guest about Northern Exposure. Most cabins are positioned to take advantage of the natural surroundings, with some offering direct water views or lake access for fishing and swimming activities.

Options range from tiny log cabins to spacious family-sized layouts. Traverse City KOA, located about 25 miles from Mesick, features cabins with varying comfort levels, including some with private patios and fire pits. Pet policies differ between locations, with many allowing dogs for an additional fee. Reservations are strongly recommended, especially during summer months when cabin occupancy is highest. A visitor to Traverse City KOA mentioned, "Some have patios and chairs with bonfires. Nice pool and friendly staff!" Most campgrounds with cabins remain open from May through October, though precise opening dates vary by location.

Most cabins include beds but require visitors to bring their own linens, towels, and toiletries. Basic kitchen facilities may include refrigerators and microwaves, but guests should confirm what cooking equipment is provided before arrival. Campground stores at Northern Exposure and Traverse City KOA stock essential supplies and snacks. Firewood is available for purchase at most locations, as outside firewood is typically prohibited to prevent pest infestations. Additional supplies can be found in Mesick, while more extensive shopping options exist in Traverse City, approximately 30 minutes from most cabin locations.

Best Cabin Sites Near Mesick, Michigan (58)

    1. Northern Exposure Campground & RV Park

    17 Reviews
    Mesick, MI
    4 miles
    Website
    +1 (231) 885-1199

    $30 - $45 / night

    "The campground offers clean facilities, general store, rentals for the lake, and camp events like movie night. With sites right on the water remember to bring your kayak!"

    "If you are looking for rugged, wilderness / secluded camping its probably not your place but for everyone else it's a hidden gem.  

    Nice spots both on the river show and across the road. "

    2. Traverse City KOA

    9 Reviews
    Buckley, MI
    10 miles
    Website
    +1 (231) 269-4562

    "This KOA is just south of Traverse City and very centrally located to all that makes this area so awesome! Wineries, Sleep Bear Dunes, golf courses, and of course downtown Traverse City."

    "Tents, RVs, and Cabins! Camper’s choice! This place is the perfect spot to camp to get away yet stay close to Home (if you live nearby!). Its great for a traveler as well."

    3. Traverse City State Park Campground

    51 Reviews
    Traverse City, MI
    25 miles
    Website
    +1 (231) 922-5270

    "While I typically prefer more rustic camping, this was a fantastic and easy way to enjoy Traverse City."

    "300+ sites, pet friendly, sites for all shapes and sizes. Open year round, with heated cabins. It's a great location, just across from Traverse Bay with just across the road."

    4. Coolwater on the Pine River Campground

    9 Reviews
    South Branch, MI
    15 miles
    Website
    +1 (231) 862-3481

    "Nice views, bathrooms will be a bit rustic for some. But we loved the area and space the campground provides. The worms dropping from the trees were crazy."

    "Firewood and ice sold on site for good prices. Decent restrooms and showers with pit toilets around if needed. Large shaded sites and AMAZING people visiting each year."

    5. Pats RV Park

    3 Reviews
    Mesick, MI
    3 miles
    Website
    +1 (231) 885-2020

    $25 - $90 / night

    "Hodenpyle Dam lake is a great, quiet area. It close enough to several places which makes it convenient to get in some sight seeing in Traverse City, Frankfort and Manistee."

    "We opted for a spot with electric only. The amenities we took advantage of were great! There are some trails to walk the dogs, lake access, and plenty of spots to enjoy your he views!!"

    6. Twin Oaks RV Campground and Cabins

    7 Reviews
    Wellston, MI
    15 miles
    Website
    +1 (231) 848-4124

    $11 - $90 / night

    "This campground offers rustic sites and electric and water and can be enjoyed by tent campers and large RVs. I love the wooded rustic sites!"

    "Nice private campground with good access to ATV trails as well as good proximity to big M for mountain biking. Sites are nice and spaced out as well."

    7. Tippy Dam State Recreation Area

    6 Reviews
    Wellston, MI
    15 miles
    Website
    +1 (231) 848-4880

    $20 - $78 / night

    "Campsites along the lake are high overlook campsites with narrow trails down to the water. Minimal swimming area but ours had a small sand bottom."

    "Campsites are very clean and big, with nice trails to explore. Just a heads up, the sites with "lake access" don't actually have lake access - it's a steep drop to the water. Tumble at your own risk."

    8. Timber Ridge RV & Recreation Resort

    21 Reviews
    Traverse City, MI
    24 miles
    Website
    +1 (231) 947-2770

    $60 - $260 / night

    "There is a camp store, turbo bikes, a variety of family activities, a pool, playground, bike park, equipment and rentals, laundry facility, cabins, cottages, and yurts for rent."

    "We were searching for a super last minute campground near Traverse City for Memorial Weekend and everything within a quick drive seemed booked."

    9. Duck Lake Campground — Interlochen State Park

    6 Reviews
    Interlochen, MI
    16 miles
    Website
    +1 (231) 276-9511

    $27 - $90 / night

    "Typical rustic camper, so camping close to others is not my typical cup of tea, but I messed up my rustic campsite reservation by week and managed to get the last open spot for the weekend in the main"

    "Just spent 5 nights at site 185 that borders along the north trail. Had an issue with noise one night but a ranger took care of it. Buildings were clean and staff was very nice."

    10. Manton Trails RV Park, Hotel & Campground

    3 Reviews
    Fife Lake, MI
    15 miles
    Website
    +1 (269) 857-8000

    $25 - $55 / night

    "Not a parking lot, lots of trees! We had a family, socially distant reunion with 6 sites. We rented a extra site, so nobody could rent near us, sooo nice!"

    "Great campground, larger sites, pull thru sites available. Low rates even on holidays."

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Cabin Reviews near Mesick, MI

371 Reviews of 58 Mesick Campgrounds


  • Kathie M.
    Feb. 16, 2021

    Pines Campground — Ludington State Park

    Pines Mini Cabin

    Winter camped in Pines Mini Cabin. Bunk beds with one a double- sleeps 5 total. Heat, electricity, mini fridge, microwave, table and 4 chairs. Well built and very clean. Outside fire pit and BBQ grill for summer. Awesome trails for hiking, cross country skiing, and snowshoeing. Lots of phenomenal snow this year!

  • Amanda L.
    Jul. 29, 2018

    Timber Ridge RV & Recreation Resort

    Busy, fun-filled place

    If you are looking for a camping getaway, this may not be the place for you. It is always bustling with action, but can be lots of fun! I would definitely say this is geared more towards children and families than an escape into nature. There is a camp store, turbo bikes, a variety of family activities, a pool, playground, bike park, equipment and rentals, laundry facility, cabins, cottages, and yurts for rent. This is also a pet friendly campground, so there are many dogs. Probably one of my favorite parts was dodgeball... and the multiple bike trails that connect to the VASA trail system.

  • Kathie M.
    Jun. 20, 2020

    Cedar Campground — Ludington State Park

    Winter cabin and snowshoeing/hiking

    This gem of a state park is phenomenal. Camped here in cabins three times over two winters. Cabins with bunks (will sleep 5 total), mini fridge, electricity and heat. Outside pit toilet. Hiking trails are some of the best. Beautiful lighthouse, dunes, beach, inland lake (Hamlin Lake), river and Lake Michigan. Very quiet and snow-covered in winter. Gets very busy in summer. So many activities for all ages. Kayak rentals in summer. Great fishing. Guided snowshoe tours and lamp light snowshoe hikes in winter are awesome. Camp store. Several playgrounds. Beautiful new beach house.

  • Dalton B.
    Sep. 29, 2018

    Northern Exposure Campground & RV Park

    Great sites right on the water!

    Great place to take a camper with family. The campground offers clean facilities, general store, rentals for the lake, and camp events like movie night. With sites right on the water remember to bring your kayak! Trails in forest give oppertunity to explore, and just down the road from Mesick also.

  • Kathie M.
    Jun. 20, 2020

    North Higgins Lake State Park Campground

    Overnite stay in cabin

    One nite stay in cabin. Cabin had electricity, mini fridge, electricity and bunk beds. Only complaint was cabin was close to fairly busy road.

  • S
    Jun. 14, 2020

    Rvino - Camp Cadillac, LLC

    Not fancy, but nice

    Really nice little campground. Not fancy, but clean and well kept. Pool and petting zoo for the kids. Small store with ice, few necessities and ice cream. Pond in the back on the small river for fishing. Quite a few seasonal campers. Anywhere from rustic to full hook up. Pet friendly. All gravel/dirt/grass sites. Most have trees. Fire pits quite small. Bathrooms very nice and updated.

  • Kathie M.
    Jul. 5, 2024

    Cedar Campground — Ludington State Park

    Winter Camping in Cedar Cabin

    Great cabin for winter camping. Electricity, heat, microwave, mini fridge. 2 sets of bunks, sleeps 5. Table with chairs. Wonderful hiking.

  • Nancy W.The Dyrt PRO User
    Jun. 8, 2017

    Traverse City State Park Campground

    Great Proximity to Downtown, Beach, and Breweries.

    The location of this campground is great and it's best feature in my opinion! This park is just two miles to downtown Traverse City (one of Michigan’s most popular resort towns), a quarter mile from a pretty beach and the beautiful blue waters of Lake Michigan, and it sits along the TART Trail which is a 10.5-mile bicycle trail running through the city.

    While the park is small at just 47 acres, it holds pretty many campsites – approximately 350 (and two cabins). Campsites are set among tall pine trees so there is a bit of shade but that also means that they are sandy with little grass. Roads are paved and narrow if you are trying to maneuver with a large (40+ RV) and you may have difficulty backing into your site with the numerous trees lining the road. All sites are back-in with electric. Sites and patios are sandy with varying degrees of levelness. There is a dump station and water spigots are scattered throughout the campground. Picnic tables and fire pits are at each site. Sites are $31/night ($49/night for the cabins) and reserveable online.

    This park is right on US-31/M-72 which means there is easy access in and out but it can be noisy if your campsite is close to the road. Expect the campground to be very busy on weekends and in the summer and tightly packed.

    Amenities include: picnic area, beach, fishing, hiking/bicycling trail, three bathhouses, playground area, camp store, pet walk (no off-leash dog park).

    Outside of the park there is a lot to do in Traverse City. Early July is the ever-popular Cherry Festival which lasts for a week. But you better book your campsite early if you want to enjoy all the festivities (which happen to be close to the park). The summer farmers market is great and held every Wednesday and Saturday. Early in the season, asparagus is plentiful and locally-grown asparagus is the best you will ever have being super sweet, tender, and inexpensive. For beer drinkers, consider paddling the beer trail that takes you from Boardman Lake to Lake Michigan and past numerous breweries where you pull over for a pint. If it's ice cream you want, you have come to the right place. There are multiple creameries with Moomer's being our favorite and for some reason eating it right at the farm stand was the best.

  • A
    Aug. 18, 2019

    Orchard Beach State Park Campground

    Stayed in cabin in this heavy RV park

    We were here over July 4 in mini cabin. We had been back country camping before that so were happy to have a cabin for a couple nights. Mini cabin is at tip of park with nice view of lake Michigan sunsets. Cabin had mini fridge, coffee pot, ceiling fan, and I think a heater for winter. 2 sets of sturdy bunk beds. Camp sites were packed with RVs and tents. I don't think I've ever seen a more crowded camp ground. Many campers brought their own bikes, kayaks, boats so there must be lake access nearby but definitely not from this park. Beach inaccessible due to high lake waters. Outhouse was clean and well maintained. Showers a short walk away.


Guide to Mesick

Experience the charm of cabin camping near Mesick, Michigan, where nature meets comfort in a variety of well-reviewed locations.

Cabins are available at Northern Exposure Campground & RV Park

  • Enjoy a peaceful stay at Northern Exposure Campground & RV Park, known for its friendly staff and well-maintained facilities.
  • This campground offers cozy cabins with stunning views of the nearby river, perfect for relaxation and outdoor activities.
  • With hiking trails and fishing opportunities just a stone's throw away, it's an ideal spot for nature lovers.

Cabin campers appreciate these amenities at Timber Ridge RV & Recreation Resort

  • Timber Ridge RV & Recreation Resort features a range of amenities, including a pool, playground, and organized activities for families.
  • The campground is well-maintained, providing clean facilities and a welcoming atmosphere for all guests.
  • With easy access to nearby lakes and rivers, cabin campers can enjoy fishing, kayaking, and other water sports.

Explore the beauty of Tippy Dam State Recreation Area

  • Nestled along the Manistee River, Tippy Dam State Recreation Area offers cabin camping with direct access to scenic trails and fishing spots.
  • The campground is known for its spacious sites and beautiful waterfront views, making it a great choice for outdoor enthusiasts.
  • Experience the tranquility of nature while being close to the river, perfect for a weekend getaway or a longer retreat.

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Which is the most popular cabin campsite near Mesick, MI?

According to TheDyrt.com, the most popular cabin campground near Mesick, MI is Northern Exposure Campground & RV Park with a 4.9-star rating from 17 reviews.

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