Huron National Forest, Michigan
I'm from Ontario, Canada and I've never been camping in the United States. I've done back-country camping in Canada (you can camp anywhere on crown land) or at actual designated campgrounds (e.g. Park...
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Coming across the border shouldn't be an issue, make sure you have all up to date paperwork for your vehicles and a passport. Check out the guidelines for bringing in food ahead of time.
Prepare for them to ask you the normal questions, answer honestly. Also, they will likely ask you to turn off the vehicle, hand them the keys, and maybe the trailer keys if it is locked to look inside. If its a popup, I'm unsure how they handle it.
As for the area you described, I probably wouldn't "camp" there. Its not that it is bad or anything, but you won't find comfort stations or anything of that ilk. Thats pure forest, people do camp and hunt it, but you will be boondocking it.
I think you would have a better time at one of the many campgrounds and then if you want to drive in there and hike, go for it. I'm not sure how they handle building a fire or something like that in there, and I probably wouldn't think of doing it. We have a cottage near there and I've seen acres and acres of forestland wiped out because of fire (not sure if manmade or what) and I don't think there are enough resources to handle it.
Prepare for them to ask you the normal questions, answer honestly. Also, they will likely ask you to turn off the vehicle, hand them the keys, and maybe the trailer keys if it is locked to look inside. If its a popup, I'm unsure how they handle it.
As for the area you described, I probably wouldn't "camp" there. Its not that it is bad or anything, but you won't find comfort stations or anything of that ilk. Thats pure forest, people do camp and hunt it, but you will be boondocking it.
I think you would have a better time at one of the many campgrounds and then if you want to drive in there and hike, go for it. I'm not sure how they handle building a fire or something like that in there, and I probably wouldn't think of doing it. We have a cottage near there and I've seen acres and acres of forestland wiped out because of fire (not sure if manmade or what) and I don't think there are enough resources to handle it.
