Michigan - best time to avoid biting flies
I've been researching the UP of Michigan and along the West side of Michigan. I know summer is a short season and August is probably really busy. How is it after Labor Day? We don't mind it being coo...
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welove2drive,
Most U.P. SP etc CG's are open until mid to very late October or until the leaves drop or it freezes hard and there's danger of broken water lines in the bathouses. Varies from year to year. The Overlook CG at Tahquamenon Falls SP is open all winter and the electric is on but the bathouse is closed. It's plowed as are the sites and there's pit toilets to use. We've used a large model porta potti in the winter with windshield washer fluid in the rinse tank for over 30 years now and it's good to -25 to -30 F so freezing is not a problem. Sponge baths work or if your tanks are enclosed and heated, you can use them.
Actually, several Michigan State Parks CG are open all winter and plowed. So is the Platte River CG at Sleeping Bear National Lakeshore Park and the bathouses/showers are open and heated. Loop 1 and sometimes loop 2 also. 3 & 4 are always closed in winter! Been there many times in the dead of winter, it's gorgeous! In the years we didn't go to Florida you would find us in one of our RV's with a snowmobile trailer behind with 2 snowmobiles on it or on the ground off the trailer in one of the open state parks etc. Stayed in our TC's in -10 to -20 degrees F many times and it was very comfortable and nothing froze up. I will add that you need a better quality well insulated TC for below zero F and storm windows are almost a must.
Most U.P. SP etc CG's are open until mid to very late October or until the leaves drop or it freezes hard and there's danger of broken water lines in the bathouses. Varies from year to year. The Overlook CG at Tahquamenon Falls SP is open all winter and the electric is on but the bathouse is closed. It's plowed as are the sites and there's pit toilets to use. We've used a large model porta potti in the winter with windshield washer fluid in the rinse tank for over 30 years now and it's good to -25 to -30 F so freezing is not a problem. Sponge baths work or if your tanks are enclosed and heated, you can use them.
Actually, several Michigan State Parks CG are open all winter and plowed. So is the Platte River CG at Sleeping Bear National Lakeshore Park and the bathouses/showers are open and heated. Loop 1 and sometimes loop 2 also. 3 & 4 are always closed in winter! Been there many times in the dead of winter, it's gorgeous! In the years we didn't go to Florida you would find us in one of our RV's with a snowmobile trailer behind with 2 snowmobiles on it or on the ground off the trailer in one of the open state parks etc. Stayed in our TC's in -10 to -20 degrees F many times and it was very comfortable and nothing froze up. I will add that you need a better quality well insulated TC for below zero F and storm windows are almost a must.
