Camping in Upper Pennisula of Michigan
Planning a trip to UP end of August into middle of September. Would love suggestions on places to camp. Would like at least water and electric hookups. My trailer is 23 foot. Also wondering about ...
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We go to the UP very often and have for over 50 years now and there's hundreds of CG's with electric at the site including the State Park CG's. Both public and private owned have. A lot of them have water hookups at the site and sewer also. In the state parks they do not have water hookup at the site but all have dump stations and fresh water also. 91 octane at the gas pumps in the UP is just as normal as in Indiana. So is diesel and we have both gas and diesel vehicles that tow. Lots of good grocery stores and restaurants too.
The UP is a very busy place with RV'ers and campers during the warm months until about the end of October. Tahquamenon Falls upper campground at the Lower Falls in the northern UP is open year around and with electric. There are 3 modern very nice large CG's in Tahquamenon Falls State Park alone. No water in winter though as it would freeze. Very busy with skiers and falls visitors in the winter. The UP is not as desolate as people seem to think but there are no real big cities over 25,000 population. 300,000 people live in the Upper Peninsula. The UP economy is based highly on tourists and RV'ers.
When the kids are back in school, the retired folks flock to the UP and especially for the fall colored leaves time as they are gorgeous up there. Usually about the last week of Sept till mid Oct. We've have seen several CG's up there totally full in the fall but certainly not all are and reservations are not needed or taken. Most of the state park CG's in the UP close in mid October but it varies according to the weather.
The UP is vey long and I don't know where in the UP you 2 are going so hard to recommend particular CG's.
The UP is a very busy place with RV'ers and campers during the warm months until about the end of October. Tahquamenon Falls upper campground at the Lower Falls in the northern UP is open year around and with electric. There are 3 modern very nice large CG's in Tahquamenon Falls State Park alone. No water in winter though as it would freeze. Very busy with skiers and falls visitors in the winter. The UP is not as desolate as people seem to think but there are no real big cities over 25,000 population. 300,000 people live in the Upper Peninsula. The UP economy is based highly on tourists and RV'ers.
When the kids are back in school, the retired folks flock to the UP and especially for the fall colored leaves time as they are gorgeous up there. Usually about the last week of Sept till mid Oct. We've have seen several CG's up there totally full in the fall but certainly not all are and reservations are not needed or taken. Most of the state park CG's in the UP close in mid October but it varies according to the weather.
The UP is vey long and I don't know where in the UP you 2 are going so hard to recommend particular CG's.
