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reinita
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Jun 15, 2014

Campground toward Ann Arbor, MI, area

Thinking of meeting friends next weekend and welcome recommendations. They like to tent camp in rustic sites; we have a class C motor home and would like electricity.
Thoughts? Thanks!
  • reinita wrote:
    Thanks for all of the suggestions. Now can't go because of family commitments. Hopeful we can reschedule for July.


    If you do reschedule, Waterloo RA in Chelsea would work.
  • Thanks for all of the suggestions. Now can't go because of family commitments. Hopeful we can reschedule for July.
  • Brighton or Pinckney recreation areas will be the best and closest with electric, fair sized sites, restrooms, and easy access.
  • Consider one of the several state recreation areas between US-23 and US-127, north of I-94. Brighton, Island Lake, Pinckney, Waterloo. That part of the state is rich in camping facilities in public and private campgrounds and RV parks.

    Check the Michigan State Parks web site for what kinds of sites are in each of the several campgrounds for each recreation area. Go to the campground map and pick Jackson County to get into the middle of the area.

    If the campground has electricity for a RV, chances are it may not be as rustic as the primitive camping areas, but might still be OK for tenting. You'll have to do some of the homework yourself, only you understand just what it is that you want.

    There are also many RV parks in the Irish Hills region, but facilities will be more like a RV parking lot, not so camping friendly as the recreation areas.

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