Green Lake Rustic Campground

John Morgan

Nice basic campground. Vault toilets. Fire rings. Large lots.

Fly, You Fools

Excellent campground for dogs. There’s single track forest trail and the paved path to walk for as far as your paws like. If you get the right campsites it can be quite private, so if you have reactive dogs you can choose, for instance, site 25 or 20 and your dogs won’t be able to see people walking past. It might not look like much at first , but this is my #1 favorite campground, and I have camped at state and national parks all over the country. It’s dead quiet at night. I’ve never had lousy neighbors here. I super recommend this campground if you enjoy rustic camping but aren’t wanting to do hike-in dispersed camping. It’s a great in-between from hyper managed state campgrounds and you’re-on-your-own backwoods camping.

carol lebold

Sweet but very rustic campground. 1 toilet fine but second was disgusting and no supplies. Camp sites are well spaced. Do wish there was some small area to accommodate swimming but at least easy to put in kayaks and canoes.

Bethany Mitzel

We spent a wonderfully relaxing weekend. Excellent hiking trails that well maintained. No showers, but clean toilets. Quiet and cozy for winter camping.

Eric Slough

A buddy and I wanted to launch our kayaks and do the paddle through the chain of lakes north of Chelsea, MI to Hell, MI. Bruin Lake modern camp ground wasn't open, so we booked a quick overnight at the Green Lake Rustic campground. The camp is pretty basic with some nice Lakeview sites on a big loop. My buddy and I like to hammock camp and we found a great hang site at site GL4. We were there is early April, so temps were pretty frosty and there were probably 7-8 tent sites booked. Good gear solves all weather problems. Only disappointment was a beat up camper held together by duct tape and bailing wire rolled in and parked next to us. There was zero activity at the camper, but the windows were taped over and the camper was running a generator in the tent section, killing the rustic vibe. There are other modern camps nearby, so why they rolled up on this camp, who knows? It's suspect that they even paid at the self registration stand. Luckily the sheriff did a well check and got the camper to turn off the generator. Once it was quiet, the rest of the evening by the fire was wonderful. Frogs chirping and the forest creaking. Not many amenities. Pit toilets, online and self registration, small boat ramp and just far enough off the main road to damper road noise. I wouldn't stay there a week, but a quick weekend trip is just what you need to cleanse the soul. $20 per night.