Cookson Lake Campsites in MI -- Campground & RV Camping

Cookson Lake Campsite offers five primitive, non-water sites for tents and RVs in a large open field on the south shore of 35-acre Cookson Lake. Surrounded by aspens and northern hardwoods, each site includes a picnic table and campfire ring, with one shared pit toilet available. A public back-in boat ramp near site 2 provides water access for fishing and swimming around the lake's two small islands. Located within Michigan's Hiawatha National Forest, the site sits near the Indian Wild and Scenic River and the Big Island Lake Wilderness Area.

Getting there: From Munising, Michigan: Drive east on M-28 towards Wetmore. Turn right (south) on Forest Highway 13 at Wetmore and drive 11.9 miles to FR 2258. Turn left (southeast) and drive about 2.5 miles to FR 2257 (just before the bridge over the Indian River). Turn left (northeast) on FR 2257 and drive 1.8 miles across the access road.

• Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, a 5-site campground with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
• Sits on broad, near-level ground.
• The Cookson Lake shoreline is 0.1 mi off.
• Open country, with nothing named rising within 30 miles.
• 2 on the water.

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