The Platte River Campground, open year-round, is located within Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore and is operated by the National Park Service (NPS). Platte River is the park's most popular campground and is often filled to capacity from the start of summer until Labor Day. Some sites can be reserved, and others are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Campsites at Platte River accommodate both RVs and tent campers. For RV convenience, the campground has pull-through and back-in sites, electrical hookups and a dump station, along with typical tent sites. Hike-in tent sites are available to those who want to experience more rustic and secluded camping. Campground amenities include a potable water station, water spigots throughout the park, modern restrooms and showers.
Platte River Campground, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
5685 Lake Michigan Road
Honor, MI 49640
877-444-6777
www.nps.gov/slbe/planyourvisit/platterivercamp
D.H. Day Campground is an NPS-operated campground located near Glen Arbor in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. The campground is more rustic than the park's other campground, Platte River Campground. D.H. Day has 88 campsites that can accommodate both tents and RVs, but no hookups are available to RV campers. A sanitation station at the entrance of the campground is the only RV-specific amenity. Other amenities include vault toilets and water spigots. Campsites are available on a first-come, first-served basis. The campground is close to the Dune Climb feature, beaches and museums. Park rangers lead evening programs at D.H. Day Campground throughout the summer.
D.H. Day Campground
8000 West Harbor Highway
Glen Arbor, MI 49636
231-326-5134
www.nps.gov/slbe/planyourvisit/dhdaycamp
Indigo Bluffs Rally Park, formerly Sleepy Bear Campground, is located in Empire. Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore's Philip A. Hart Visitor Center is also located in Empire. Indigo Bluffs is an RV-only campground that offers wooded campsites, full hookups, sites with water and electricity, a swimming pool, bathrooms, a dump station, laundry facilities, a camp store, playground, volleyball and basketball courts and cabin rentals. Pull-through campsites are available for big-rig motorhomes, and a select number of sites feature a cement parking pad. Indigo Bluffs Rally Park is open from May 15 through October 15, and you can make reservations for the current year.
Indigo Bluffs Rally Park
6760 West Empire Highway M-72
Empire, MI 49630
231-326-5566
www.indigobluffsrallypark.com
