I'm new to rving. Southeastern Michigan

Remember, people who live in Michigan, camp in Michigan. That said, camping spots can be hard to come by in certain regions, and at different times of the year. So always have a back up plan.
But Michigan is a great place to explore and camp. HAVE FUN.

Man you are talking some of the loveliest spots in a very beautiful state.. I can tell you that..

Going a bit farther north: Big Lake State park is next door (Meaning they share a line fence) with Cross in the Woods, which is the shrine to the Catholic Churches Native American Saint from Michigan. Crossing the bridge look for a little town called Paradise (you will be glad you made it) and just to the left of that (on the map) is the #2 (in terms of Gallons per minute) Waterfall in the country.. No I won't try to spell it,, Hiawatha's "Swiftly Falling Stream" the lower falls has a campground. Bit of a hike to the falls themselves (from upper falls parking) but well worth it.

Farther north still is a small city park in Gran Maris. Only complaint is the nick-0-lock showers but from there you are a day trip to the OTHER END of the Pictured Rocks national lake shore,,, (you got to take a boat to see those)

You easily burn the first year and just stay south of the bridge.
Have you been collecting the "You Haven't Lived Here Until" in the Sunday Freep? That is just a good start, but it is largely about so many local events.

Holland alone is a trip, and when not tulip time, the crowds aren't bad. Windmill Park and Museum are good stops. While you are at Holland, look up the times for the musical fountain in Grand Haven.

Between history and scenery, you have make up your mind which you are doing when. There comes the problem, do you want history or scenic?

When you get back from this trip, come back and tell us and we can point you at all kinds of neat stuff. There are miles of lake to look out over, but the best scenery is the dunes. Two parks of dunes, but the great one (Sleeping Bear) is way north of your current plan. As for museums, logging, historical, iron, automotive or aircraft and that does not include arts.

We travel, but we do at least one long trip in Michigan every year.

Matt

I'm from the area also. What do you think about all the rain we got? Our van got flooded and now needs a new engine. Anyway, we only camp in state parks and you have so many good ones to choose from, some decent ones within a 3 hour drive. We like Van Buren, Yankee Springs, South Higgins, and recently started going to Algonac for Halloween.