Michigan Campgrounds...

South Higgins Lake State Park is one of our favorites... as mentioned, there are tons of great CGs on lakes in MI.

Are you asking about the UP? or the east or west side of MI. There are many all along the shore. really kinda hard to suggest something with such a broad question.

OB Fuller in Bark River a little south of Escanaba. We stayed there last summer and loved it. Some sites are on Lake Michigan and others have a view. Plus, it's very reasonably priced.

How far into Michigan and what kind of lake? Inland lake or Great Lake? You have plenty of options.

My favorites are in the UP. Ontonagon municipal CG and McLain SP, both with nice lake views.

Waterloo State Recreation Area is the largest state park in the lower peninsula. It is located on the eastern edge of Jackson County, only several miles north of I-94. There are several lakes and at least 5 campgrounds within the park. Also, a discovery center (nature museum), boat ramps, hiking trails, beaches and a frisbie golf course.

More than a thousand campgrounds and RV parks in Michigan, most are on some kind of lake. There are more than 60,000 lakes in Michigan, at least 10,000 larger than 100 acres. If a park is not on a lake, it will likely be on a stream.

Where do you want to go in Michigan? Do you want a campground or an RV park (they are not the same thing)?

I think you can find what you want, if you can figure out what you want, using the selection tools at the Pure Michigan! Campground and RV Park portal.

In the U.P. I like the Marquette Travel Park near the shore of Lake Superior, but that won't do you much good if you want to go to Lake Michigan, or sightsee in the Detroit area.

Near Detroit, I like Camp Dearborn, but am unlikely to take a RV there because I have relatives to stay with, and can make day visits to any of the recreation areas in that region.

Near Ohio, consider the state park on Lake Erie near Monroe, or the several state recreation areas (Kensington, Brighton, Island Lake, Waterloo, Pinckney, Proud Lake) on the large chain of glacial lakes between Pontiac and Jackson. That's where I did most of my camping, my first twenty years. These will be campgrounds, not RV parks, but you can find RV parks on lakes outside the the state recreation areas.

Next big cluster of waterfront camping facilities, mostly RV parks, will be around Houghton Lake and Higgins Lake, where I-75 out of Detroit meets US-27 coming up from the center of the state. I have no recommendations there, because if I am going to drive that far north, I will go the rest of the way to the Traverse City area, where I prefer Interlochen State Park, but other people might like the parks on the shores of Grand Traverse Bay, Torch Lake, or around the bay at Charlevoix. Again the pattern, campgrounds in public parks, or privately run RV parks with more extensive amenities but less access to wilderness.

Last summer we spent 6 weeks touring Michigan. We stayed at muncipal campgrounds on the water in the towns of Sault Ste Marie, Grand Marais, and our favorite at Munising. The later two are on Superior.