Hiawatha/Little Bay de Noc Rec Area

Deb Murdoch

Wonderful little campground! Helpful, friendly staff and excellent facilities. Highly recommend

Mary Littiebrant

We camped here for 3 nights. It is a beautiful campground. It is rustic. There is no electricity and no dump if you have a trailer. There are dumps in the area that can be used if needed for a small fee. No showers. The lake is clear and warm enough to easily enjoy. Small but clean fine sand beach. We loved the beautiful hemlock trees and the trail through them. It was very quiet during our stay except that you can hear traffic from across the bay. We would go again! It's a good stopping point for a trip through the UP.

Justin Gieszer

I’ve grown up camping this area my whole life and am a local. The campground is 5 star. But the campground hosts were beyond terrible. Every time we were met by them, it was with aggression. The first night, I admit, we were loud but not beyond the fireworks being blasted all around us. It was July 4th weekend and usually it’s a more energetic weekend. Our two sites had mingled into one site fire and at 10:30pm we were met by the two yelling at everyone to disperse and turn the music down, which we did without confrontation. The second night we respected their concerns and at 11pm were still met with aggression that our generator had to be turned off (Honda Gen. quietest on the market) or the cops would be called, we’d be given 30 minutes to leave and receive a DUI for driving(their words). The morning we left, we made sure our sites were spotless, even cleaned up garbage that was left there from before and fixed some old ruts. We received a call almost immediately from the host that if we didn’t return to pick up a can that was left in the fire pit, that the sheriff and DNR would be called to issue us a tickets. They never once approached us calm or with any respect. We even spoke with the neighbors near us and they stated that we weren’t nothing to complain about. So if your going to stay here, make sure your okay with going right to bed at 10pm and don’t make a noise louder than a conversation.

Sherry Whitman

Nice campground, a little pricey considering there are no hookups or real bathrooms- just pit toilets. You’re paying for the proximity to the lake. Also be warned that if you are trying to follow the rules and attempt to get a non reservable site ‘by the rules’ you are doomed to not get a site here. Hosts don’t usually care about the rules, if you come in and leave a chair anytime and pay your $, it’s yours. Also, last time we were there they allowed dogs to run around free ‘as long as they aren’t bothering anyone’. Well it bothered our dog who we don’t allow to run around, and I cleaned up much more poop than usual too. But the sunsets are beautiful and the beach is nice.

Shannon Sedam

This is a very well kept campground! Absolutely spotless, large (very large) camp sites, trails connecting the sites, with other walking trails around. The only thing we didn't like was their Beach area....it wasn't very clean, there is a spot of sand, but it doesn't reach to the water. It was disappointing because all my son wanted to do on vacation was swim! But overall it was a nice campground and we would recommend it to anyone that needs to stay somewhere!