Reservation at Grand Haven State Park MI
Anyone have any tricks to getting a reservation here on the water? Obviously they are in high demand, and I keep trying to get on right before the deadline to reserve a site, but I either am told syst...
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troubledwaters,
The only way to solve or attempt to solve the OP's original thread issue is to reserve at 12:01 am January 1st or maybe for GHSP to double the present 178 camp spaces if he wants to camp there. GHSP would love to have an additional thousand or more parking spaces for day beach users too but this won't happen either because it's land locked and there's no room to be had for doing any of either!
There are 11 other CG's in the local very close area to choose from with 2 others also being on Lake Michigan within 5 miles of GHSP and 6 being on the big Grand River. All of them have hookups and one is a new 2 year old really high class 130 site park on the river with every thing you could want but it's not cheap of course. The DNR bought several hundred acres on the Grand River and the miles long gravel pits lake connected to the Grand River a few miles east of town for a huge new very needed state park. However, money was used on other SP's and the Belle Isle the last 5 years to preveht the starting of the development of called the Bass River State Park so it's still the big Bass River State Recreation Area and is highly used.
Dry primitive camping is permitted and has beaches and a boat launch on the pit lake and it borders the the very large day use county park to the south that has more nice boat launches. Boating, camping, fishing, swimmimg, and all types of water sports is a way of life in West Michigan and up north too!
The Lake Michigan CG's book full real fast and always have. Our area could sure use at least 5 more CG's on Lake Michigan but at $10K to $30K per front foot on Lake Michigan property just 200-300 feet deep from the water if you could even find some available. Not going to happen or would have to charge perhaps $300/nite per CG site to make ends meet. Hint: they aren't making any more shoreline on the Great Lakes so what is, is!
Just the facts man, just the facts!
The only way to solve or attempt to solve the OP's original thread issue is to reserve at 12:01 am January 1st or maybe for GHSP to double the present 178 camp spaces if he wants to camp there. GHSP would love to have an additional thousand or more parking spaces for day beach users too but this won't happen either because it's land locked and there's no room to be had for doing any of either!
There are 11 other CG's in the local very close area to choose from with 2 others also being on Lake Michigan within 5 miles of GHSP and 6 being on the big Grand River. All of them have hookups and one is a new 2 year old really high class 130 site park on the river with every thing you could want but it's not cheap of course. The DNR bought several hundred acres on the Grand River and the miles long gravel pits lake connected to the Grand River a few miles east of town for a huge new very needed state park. However, money was used on other SP's and the Belle Isle the last 5 years to preveht the starting of the development of called the Bass River State Park so it's still the big Bass River State Recreation Area and is highly used.
Dry primitive camping is permitted and has beaches and a boat launch on the pit lake and it borders the the very large day use county park to the south that has more nice boat launches. Boating, camping, fishing, swimmimg, and all types of water sports is a way of life in West Michigan and up north too!
The Lake Michigan CG's book full real fast and always have. Our area could sure use at least 5 more CG's on Lake Michigan but at $10K to $30K per front foot on Lake Michigan property just 200-300 feet deep from the water if you could even find some available. Not going to happen or would have to charge perhaps $300/nite per CG site to make ends meet. Hint: they aren't making any more shoreline on the Great Lakes so what is, is!
Just the facts man, just the facts!
