Gerald Ford Museum in Grand Rapids MI camping?

[John_S2]

My DW and I plan to drive from Chicago area to Grand Rapids to visit the Gerald Ford Presidential Museum in the later part of June. We drive and stay in a 24' class C rig without a toad.

Any suggestions for camping in the area and other things we should plan on doing and/or seeing while in the area would be appreciated.

Figure we might go further North in MI after visiting the Museum.

We do not have any reservations at this time so we may be out of luck with some of the nice State Parks that we usually like to enjoy.

Does anyone know if the Wal-Marts in the MI area are RV friendly for overnight stays?

TIA, John S

[Matt_Colie]

Only the Walmart on 196 is clear for ONP, I don't know of others as GR is a pass-thru for us. The other two Wally's on the north and southwest are both NOPs.

Matt

[Irover]

John S wrote:
My DW and I plan to drive from Chicago area to Grand Rapids to visit the Gerald Ford Presidential Museum in the later part of June. We drive and stay in a 24' class C rig without a toad.

Any suggestions for camping in the area and other things we should plan on doing and/or seeing while in the area would be appreciated.

Figure we might go further North in MI after visiting the Museum.

We do not have any reservations at this time so we may be out of luck with some of the nice State Parks that we usually like to enjoy.

Does anyone know if the Wal-Marts in the MI area are RV friendly for overnight stays?

TIA, John S

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[valhalla360]

Woodchip Campground on the south side is more convenient to the museum but it's a fairly basic place carved out out of the suburbs. Nice enough but nothing special.

I would go over to Holland/Grand Haven/Muskegon. Great coastal state parts about 20-30minutes from the museum.

[doxiemom11]

If I were you, I would try to get a campsite someplace around Grand Haven, Spring Lake, Holland area . It is only about a 30-45 minute drive to GR and the museum. There are many many private parks over that way if you can't get into a state park. You could review possibilities at www.michigan.org, or on rvparkreviews.com by city.

[drsteve]

I Googled Grand Rapids MI camping and found this map. There are a dozen or so private campgrounds in the immediate area.

As for the state parks, they are mostly reserved, but people cancel all the time.

[midnightsadie]

good question ,I,m in ohio and would like to visit there too.