Tippy Dam Campground-MDNR

This is one of my happy places. Tippy Dam Pond, besides the occasional boat ramp (or the dam), is mostly left natural. And that really makes this campground special. You won't find sport boats zipping around the lake. You won't see a ton of people out on the water, besides those staying at the campground or national forest campground, and there's beauty around every corner. We go up yearly now for almost a week to hang out and fish the pond. But I can't understate how nice it is to be on a lake where the entire shoreline isn't someone's private property - but - state or national forest. It's just beautiful. The actual campground is fairly small, but well set up. Two sets of outhouses that are fairly well maintained by the staff. Each site has at least a table and fire pit. The cabin, wh

Very nice campsite, clean pit toilets, level sites with plenty of room for a small camper and a tent. My kids loved the trails down the the water. Our only complaint was the lack of quiet time enforcement. The first two nights of Labor Day weekend were great, but Sunday night a huge group of campers arrived and threw an absolute rager of a party at the site across from us. Until 4am! It was so awful for my husband in the tent. We had Site 19.

Amazing. Magical at night when the lightening bugs are out and the stars are so bright. Huge camping spots. Had a perfect trip there. Will be back. This is for camping not glamping. Very enjoyable.

A great place to take a fishing trip. Clean campgrounds with friendly people. Close enough to lake Michigan to take a day trip. Overall a great place to go.

Not one of the nicer DNR campgrounds I've been to. No water fill or dump station for campers, little lake access (there's 1 dock), and the bathrooms are extremely smelly. On the plus side, the sites are very large and well separated with vegetation.