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Established Camping

Black Lake State Forest Upper ORV Campground

8 Reviews

About

State Park

Michigan Recreation Passport is required for vehicle entry into state parks and recreation areas, state boat launches, state forest campgrounds and state trail parking lots. The Michigan Recreation Passport does not cover local, county, municipal, or metropolitan parks or recreation areas. Learn more: https://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,4570,7-350-79134_79210---,00.html

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Location

Black Lake State Forest Upper ORV Campground is located in Michigan

Directions

Located 11 miles north of Onaway via M-211, east on Bonz Beach Hwy, north on Co Rd 489, northwest on Black Mt. Rd, and west on Doriva Beach Rd.

Address

2000 Eisen Trail
Cheboygan, MI 49721

Coordinates

45.4896501 N
84.26205727 W

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Access

Drive-In
Park next to your site
Walk-In
Park in a lot, walk to your site.
Boat-In
Sites accessible by watercraft.

Stay Connected

WiFi
Unknown
Verizon
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AT&T
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T-Mobile
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Site Types

Tent Sites
RV Sites
Standard (Tent/RV)
Tent Cabin

Features

For Campers

ADA Access
Trash
Picnic Table
Firewood Available
Phone Service
Showers
Drinking Water
Electric Hookups
Toilets
Alcohol
Pets
Fires

For Vehicles

Sanitary Dump

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General Info

Gabrielle

Scout

Reviewed May. 3, 2021

Classic family fun.

My family has been coming to Cheboygan/Onaway

MI for as long as I can remember. This campsite is always clean, comfortable and fun. It is perfect for a getaway right on the water in a beautiful park. Especially in the fall this park is beautiful!! I will always come back to this park. I hold it very close to my heart.

SiteOnaway state park

Month of VisitSeptember

Robert M.

Scout

Reviewed Aug. 3, 2020

Terrible camping experience

I just saw a review from another camper who experienced the same as me; generators everywhere, no peace and quiet, no rangers to tell people to turn down their music, no one to police the crazy orv drivers who treated the 10 mph roads as race tracks. Do not go here if you're looking for a nice time. This campground is horrible, loud, dirty, and not managed. It’s full of drunk yahoos who use it as a cheap place to stay in northern Michigan.

Site38

Month of VisitAugust

Sarah L.

Guide

Reviewed Jul. 30, 2020

Rustic but worth it

We stumbled on this campground when Ocqueoc's first come first serve sites were full. This campground is also first come first serve but way more sites. The lower site is where we stayed and literally had a waterfront site. The upper has HUGE SITES and is shaded better, but cant see the water. There was a picnic table and fire ring and vault toilets. Very clean and cant beat the view! We stayed in site #4, but all the waterfront sites were amazing. Sand bottom lake, and the park beach was a short walk from the site. Wish I could reserve, but def would go back.

Site4 - lower

Month of VisitAugust

Rachel G.

Guide

Reviewed Jul. 23, 2020

Beautiful rustic campground

The campground itself was gorgeous, well maintained and spacious. (Tent) Camping there was the worst experience I’ve ever had. I pick rustic campgrounds for a reason. This one was full of RVs & 5th wheels all running on generators. There is no peace here. If you’re looking for quiet- it’s quieter at home than this place. Trying to sleep with an entire campground humming to the sounds of motors running all night was impossible. Ppl leaving their generators running even when they weren’t there. I would love to revisit this campground, but I won’t.

Katrina M.

Guide

Reviewed Sep. 3, 2019

Phenomenal!

Stayed here during Labor Day weekend & the sites are huge! You don’t have to worry about your neighbors getting too close! Along with that, when we went there were little-to-no mosquitos! That’s enough to make a camping trip the best one yet. Plenty of access to the water as well! They also have the cleanest rustic bathrooms I’ve ever been to!

Kate K.

Legend

Reviewed Aug. 3, 2019

Head to the top!

There are two sides to this campground and although the lower side has lake front sites, they are pretty small. We opted to head over to the upper part where the sites are three times the size. We were only one of two campsites taken, so it was extremely peaceful and quiet. The sky was gorgeous. In the morning we took at dip in the beautiful crystal clear, sandy beach. It was pretty perfect. This was also one of the cleanest rustic campgrounds I’ve been to in a while. Great place!

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Jayne W.

Guide

Reviewed Jun. 27, 2018

beautiful

this beautiful campground has 2 parts, the upper which is geared to people with quads and dirt bikes, large sites close to trails, lower is right on lake, very nice water is great for swimming, shallow way out and nice and sandy. this is strictly a rustic campground with outhouses and one water spikot in each level (upper/lower)

Brad T.

Traveler

Reviewed May. 18, 2018

Very nice sites on Lower Campgrounds right on the Black Lake shore

This campground has an Upper and a Lower. I stayed at the lower which has campsites right next to Black Lake. The sites were great and the grounds had all amenities. The view is wonderful and being right on the edge of the lake is really serene. It was $15 dollars a night which is a little high for me and you have to keep dogs on a leash which I also do not like, but I understand it is a camp for everyone and caters to boaters for sure. I enjoyed my stay and have to compliment the staff on upkeep as the grounds were clean, the restrooms were clean, it just seems like they take good care. I would definitely go again. Boaters and fishers should love these Rustic Campgrounds

SiteCampsite 15 Lower Campground

Month of VisitJune

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