Shelley Lake Campground in MI -- Campground & RV Camping
Shelley Lake Campground in MI
$10 per nightOpen year-round
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Road Access
Moderate
- Road difficulty 2 of 5: a moderate drive in.
- Recorded as maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt, pitching to 4%.
Campground details
8 sites
Setting
Limited privacy
Pit toilets, no potable water. Shelley Lake is 15-acre, surrounded by National Forest, max depth 15 feet. Popular for fishing. Foot-bridge over creek accesses sites. Oak and maple forest setting. First-come, first-served, $10/night. Open year-round but not maintained November–April. Huron-Manistee National Forests, Newaygo County.
- Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, an 8-site campground with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
- The Shelley Lake shoreline is 0.1 mi off.
- Open country, with nothing named rising within 30 miles.
- Estimated night sky: Bortle 2, true dark-sky territory.
Climate averages
October normals 37–59°F, 3.9″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.
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Open sky · Terrain & buildings · Tree canopy
Estimated horizon in eight compass directions, using 10 m USGS elevation. Sky clearance 99 of 100.
Tree cover57%30m sat. est.