Sand Dunes Campgrounds in Michigan

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Campgrounds

• The Platte River Campground and D.H. Day Campground are located within Michigan's Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore and are operated by the National Parks Service. Both campgrounds accommodate RVs and tent campers, but Platte River has more modern amenities. For RV convenience, the campground has back-in and pull-through sites, electrical hookups and a dump station. Platte River Campground amenities include a potable water station, water spigots throughout the park, modern restrooms and showers.

  D.H. Day Campground has 88 rustic campsites with no hookups. The only RV-specific amenity is a sanitation station at the entrance of the campground. Other amenities include water spigots and vault toilets.

  Platte River Campground
  5685 Lake Michigan Road
  Honor, MI 49640
  877-444-6777
  www.nps.gov/slbe/planyourvisit/platterivercamp

  D.H. Day Campground
  8000 W. Harbor Hwy.
  Glen Arbor, MI 49636
  231-326-5134
  www.nps.gov/slbe/planyourvisit/dhdaycamp

Silver Lake State Park Campground

• Silver Lake State Park encompasses nearly 3,000 acres of Lake Michigan shoreline and dunes in Michigan's Oceana County. The campground features modern amenities for both RV and tent campers on more than 230 campsites. The park provides electrical hookups and modern restrooms. Silver Lake State Park attracts off-road vehicle drivers to its designated OHV trails and routes. Other activities at the park include fishing and hunting, boating, beach-going, hiking, swimming, metal detecting and sightseeing. The nearby town of Mears offers attractions like shopping and dining, go-kart racing, golfing and concerts.

  Silver Lake State Park
  9679 W. State Park Road
  Mears, MI 49436
  231-873-3083
  www.michigandnr.com/parksandtrails/details.aspx?id=493&type=SPRK

Warren Dunes State Park Campground

• Warren Dunes State Park, in southwest Michigan, offers more than 220 campsites. The 182 modern campsites provide electrical service, some sites with 50-amp hookups, modern restrooms and a playground. The 36 rustic campsites and six group campsites offer vault toilets only. Warren Dunes State Park is open year-round and features a 260-foot tall dune formation, nine designated hiking and cross country ski trails, beaches, hunting lands and a concessions store. On a clear day, visitors can spot the Chicago skyline across Lake Michigan. Warren Dunes State Park is near wine vineyards, shopping and dining spots and fruit stands.

  Warren Dunes State Park
  12032 Red Arrow Highway
  Sawyer, MI 49125
  269-426-4013
  www.michigandnr.com/parksandtrails/details.aspx?id=504&type=SPRK