Lake Michigan Rec Area Day Use (FR 5629) in MI

Road corridorHuron-Manistee NF, Manistee Ranger District

9.9 mi from Manistee

Maps 625 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

U.S. Forest Service default; a local order can restrict it.

Stay limit: 16 consecutive days · within 30 days · after 16 days, all persons and camping equipment must leave the National Forest for two weeks

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Rough

4.4 of this road’s 7.9 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 4.4 miles of it dirt.
Near Lake Michigan overlook.
Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
Winds through 6 switchbacks.

Known camping along this road between mile 3.6 and mile 6.2: .

Limited privacy

Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
The Lake Michigan shoreline is 0.1 mi off.
Open country, with nothing named rising within 30 miles.

Camping within two hundred (200) feet of any body of water, except at designated sites.
Camping rules

October normals 41–58°F, 3.9″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

Lake Michigan Rec Area Day Use (FR 5629) in MI -- Camping Rules & Access