Fort Wilkins Historic State Park Campground

This Campground was very crowded, with campers very close to our site. It has electricity and vault toilets, showers and sells firewood.

Our site was so tiny that I had to put the picnic table on top of the fire pit just to put up our four person tent and park our compact car. There was no privacy and no shade. The area however, is fantastic. The camp store is well stocked. The showers are clean.

Stayed here twice before and after visiting Isle Royale. We had sites on the water. Nice bathroom and shower facilities. Enjoyed visiting the historic fort - they’ve done a great job of making history understandable.

Spent two days camped in spot 51 in June. It was peaceful, we spent time at the lake, and it was nice to be able to explore the cities around. The spa up there is wonderful and a must see. The campgrounds were clean, the restrooms were nice, and the showers were wonderful. This site has laundry! We forgot to grab laundry detergent but it’s a great location and a good site.

Fort Wilkins Historic State Park is a place of great beauty. We stayed on the west side campground (site 153) and found the nearby lake an lush green forest to be very beautiful.

For Astronomy this is a Bortle Class 2 site ( bordering Class 1) with an SQM of: 21.98 mag./arc sec2. Alas, i could not observe from this site as it was cloudy every night I was there.

There is no cell service over Verizon or ATT at the park. However, there is a nice town nearby (Copper Harbor) with restaurants and gas. The restaurants had wifi so we could go there for internet access.

Gas up before you leave. The next gas is a very long way off.

Restrooms are old, but clean. Sites (west campground) are close, but there are trees between. Easy access to everything you want to do in Copper Harbor. Staff crazy accommodating. Will definitely stay here again

Long drive out here, but lovely area to get to relax in. A bit isolated and very quiet mid week at least. Electric only sites, decently spaced along Fannie Hooe Lake. The reconstructed 1844 fort is fun to visit. M26 closed between Cooper Harbor and Eagle Harbor.

Have been here since a little girl (now 72) I will always come back. We no longer tent, so I cannot give a review for the East Compound but the West campground is wonderful!!  They are spacious and with trees between sites. The center is blacktopped surrounded by grass and trees. Grass sites are around the perimeter- they are still great. There is nothing better than to walk on the pier at night and star gaze. When you've lived in the city, that's a treat. If you're lucky you can pick Thimbleberries for breakfast (July). The park is well kept/clean.  We walk across the road to Lake Superior to let our dogs swim freely. (Did you know Lake Superior is naturally "soft water?} We have camped in the summer and camped in the fall - both equally beautiful. Looking forward to being there middle July 2023. Reservations are hard to get for RV's wanting a premiere spot! If RV-ing you pretty much HAVE to have reservations.

We stay here several times a year with our camper and tent.

The bathrooms are a little dated, but always clean! The staff throughout the campground & Fort is always friendly and courteous.

The campground host are always full of information and informative when it comes to the local attractions and places to visit.

You are completely disconnected when it comes to cellular service & that’s our favorite part. There is Wi-Fi, but it’s spotty & only available around the bathroom area.

We didn’t stay here just visited some friends here. There site was close to others but not to close. Camp store is very nice. Area is awesome, lots to do and explore. Beautiful night skies and northern lights.

the campground is nothing special other than being attached to the Fort, which is really cool. the sites are small but well maintained. you won’t be hanging around the camp anyway, copper harbor is amazing! wish we would have scheduled more time for this area.

We love visiting the historic fort & the trail system through the park is great for a morning walk or to walk/bike to town. Some trees to maneuver around to park, but plenty of room for our 35 foot camper. There are a few in this area of the campground we fit in & all of the west extension is big rig friendly, but we like how close this part is to the lighthouse overlook & the bathhouse. We will continue to make this a yearly stay.

Truly a northwoods destination. Nice sites near Lake Fanny Hooe. A little confusing that campers in the West Campground have to drive past their entrance to register and find firewood. $7 a bunch is a bit higher than other places. Bathrooms were mostly clean, but could use some updating. Last decent sized food store is in Calumet.

We stay at Fort Wilkins every time we are in copper harbor. The location is great, right on the bike trails and right between lake Fanny Hooe and Lake Superior, which is hard to beat. The camp store has great ice cream and a bunch of essentials if you need something. There is laundry in the east campground for $2.50 per load each for wash/dry. There are only two washers so you may have to wait. There is also wifi at the camp buildings like the bathrooms and store. The only downside is that campsites are very close together and there is no separation between the RVs and Tent campers. It would be nice to have a tents only loop to keep things quieter.

This is always a beautiful drive to the campground and in the campground too.  We've stayed in the West campground once and East campground twice.  In the East campground there isn't any defined sites and it can be interesting to park larger rigs in the sites.  We have a teardrop so we didn't have any problem.  In the West side the sites are more defined so it is easier getting into them.

The facilities are nice however one of the showers was stuck on and I couldn't turn it off.  The showers were nice and separate.

The campground hosts are very nice and have free coffee in the morning.

This campground takes a long time to get to but Copper Harbor is beautiful! It’s remote in one sense but the campground is full service with bathrooms, showers and laundry. There is electric at each site so it is popular with RVs and the sites in the East campground and not private at all. Our kids had a great time playing on the playground and we enjoyed touring the fort and swimming in Lake Fanny Hooe and Superior. There is a great network of bike trails in the area. We biked into Copper Harbor and out to Hunter’s Point where there is more hiking and beaches. Great location but wish the sites had more privacy.

It takes a long time to drive all the way up here, but it’s worth the drive! Campground has lots of sites, and not much privacy. But easy access and plenty of restrooms. Laundry facilities are available.

We stayed at Ft. Wilkens after being on the road a week to get showers, do laundry and pack for a trip to Isle Royale. The sites are close together and there isn't much privacy, but yhe campground is clean and quiet, the bath house is clean and the showers are hot. We had site 8 on the outer loop facing the lake. There's a good general store in town and the campground is 10 minutes from the Isle Toyale ferry.

You drive forever on a long, narrow spit of land jutting out majestically into Lake Superior only to arrive at this campsite built around a tiny little “lake” instead of on the shores of THE lake. Such a disappointment.

Beautiful area, many things to do int area. However, the camping is a bit tight.

Our experience at Fort Wilkins/Copper Harbor started out great. We rolled in to the campground headquarters with no reservation. The guy working in the office was fantastic, he even highlighted some campsites we might want to look at. We stayed in the west campground in site 133. It was about like most campsites at Michigan state parks, modest amount of room. The great thing about this site was biking and hiking were accessible right from the campsite. The bathrooms are a bit outdated, but were super clean and in good working order. There is very little cell service in the area, but the bathroom has wifi if you need to check in with anyone. 

Eat, Sleep, Ride and Repeat!

Unfortunately we're we're in east. It's a sardine can. Amenities are nice. But you're basically in 1 big campsite. West was full or I'd be there.

Really nice campground. You have oaths to both lakes and hiking all around

Great campground to unplug ... literally, as we didn't get cell service within the park. There is WIFI at the modern bathroom, but we only had to use that once. Our site in the West Campground was well shaded, it seemed as though trees separated every campsite allowing for privacy and nature views everywhere. Behind our site we could access the bike/walking trail that led to the historic fort and into the town of Copper Harbor. It was a bit chilly the week we visited so we didn't go swimming, but Lake Fanny Hooe looked gorgeous.

Not a ton of space but still pretty nice. Very clean.

Nice campsites but kind of close together

Stayed here with my family three times over 17 years. So much to do for an off the beaten path. My kids will always remember this place. Great mountain biking trails. The people are just AAA.