Traverse City State Park

camping fees - $10- $14

Suppossedly groceries & giftware too.

Some people might complain about noise from the road if your camped on n those sites, which we were. We weren’t bothered by it at all. Location is great , place is well maintained, and the dump station are in a great location and convenient. We were there in September, so it wasn’t that crowded.

Great camping spot that's within close range to downtown Traverse.

This was our least favorite campground during a 10 day circle tour of Lake Michigan. We booked saying we had a 30 foot rig and I had to really work to get it into the site (60 on the east loop)I had to pull all the way into the site across the street to get in and out as the road is narrow and the back in is probably a 100-120 degree turn off the road. The site is at least 3-4’ below the road and short so my truck was on a steep incline and I had a difficult time getting the travel trailer unhooked. I’m order to leave I used blocks under the rear truck tires to help with the height difference and had to pull in and out into the site across the street 3-4 times. We went to make sure there was nobody staying in the site across the street because if there were, we would never have gotten out. There was another camper in the office saying they needed a new site and couldn’t fit into theirs either. The beach was our least favorite our tour as well.

This state park is urban camping. The sites are packed in tight with lots of small roads. The location made it worth it for us, being close to downtown traverse city, and the park is attached to the TART trail which is great for getting around by bike. There is a pedestrian overpass from the campground to the beachfront day use area. The water was beautiful and a nice long sand beach. Just be prepared to be close to your neighbors.

This campground is pretty busy throughout the summer with sites pretty close together usually with little to no privacy barriers between them. Most sites are pretty level but there are some that have some pretty big bumps to them. The campground has lots of taller trees that can make navigating a few of the sites tough for bigger rigs, but they also provide pretty decent shade for the majority of the sites. Two out of three bathrooms are recently updated and still in good shape, though hot water can be hit or miss - no water/sewer at any sites so the showers see a lot of volume. Most folks we have encountered are pretty good about following the rules and don't get too rowdy or make a lot of noise too late so cant complain there. The real draw for this CG is the location - beach is right across the street, TART trail is right behind with foot/bike access into town and beyond, and it's by far the closest to downtown Traverse City. The park is right on US 31 but the road noise usually isn't too bad unless you are right in the front line of sites. We camped at Keith J. Charters Traverse City State Park in a Motorhome.

The location is nice. It’s right across the street from the beach and has a crosswalk bridge over the main road. It also had direct access to the TART for biking into downtown. The sites are shaded. It is very large with lots of people. The worst part of the entire experience was leaving! Two dump stations for over 300 campsites. If you happen to be one of the unlucky people camping on the exit road to the dump station plan to add 30-45 minutes to your departure time. It’s a terrible setup for exiting.

Llegamos en pleno fin de semana de Labor Day asi que el lugar estaba lleno, no teniamos reservacion asi que nos pusimos en la lista de espera por medio del sitio de Internet, que es la unica manera , como a las 4 hrs alguien cancelo y en automatico nos cedieron un lugar, el lugar pertenece al Estado y lo mantienen en perfectas condiciones es muy grande y al cruzar la avenida esta la playa del Lago , increible lugar, hay un paso peatonal elevado que comunica con la Playa , el ambiente en el lugar es muy ordenado , cero contaminacion de stereos o musica a todo volumen, los baños y duchas muy limpios en general el ambiente es muy agradable , y es un lugar que justo esta en el centro de la ciudad , sin duda alguna una experiencia que vale la pena!!! Pero no olviden reservar y comprar su pasaporte para el acceso a los parques y lugares recreativos del Estado de Michigan , lo puedes comprar al ingresar al parque Saludos y Happy Camping!!!

This campground is all about the location. If you want to be in Traverse City and within walking distance to the beach, this is the spot.

Traverse City State Park is a huge campground. Roads in the campground are narrow and were regularly backed up with traffic during our stay.

There isn't any privacy between sites, and our power post was pretty far away. Fortunately, we had two 30 amp cables so we were fine.

Sites on the north side of the park run parallel to US 31, and there is an airport south of the campground. So there is definitely some noise.

On the upside, cell/data is blazing and we were able to get CBS This Morning on over the air HDTV.

Verizon - DOWNLOAD: 35.05Mb/s, UPLOAD: 19.10Mb/s
AT&T - DOWNLOAD: 36.36Mb/s, UPLOAD: 15.64Mb/s