Chicago Lake Dispersed Campsite Campground, Manistique, MI

Chicago Lake Dispersed Campsite Campground in Schoolcraft county is located 3 hrs 29 min northwest of Traverse City, MI with an elevation of 587 feet. There are a total of 4 campsites. The campground is normally open from mid May to mid October. 3 sites can accommodate RVs and trailers between 24 and 32 feet. All sites are currently reservable. Reservations can be booked up to 6 months in advance. There is a fee of $8.00 per night. Some amenities include swimming. Activities include boating, fishing, floating sports.

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Campsite Reviews (22)

4.2 out of 5

5 star		45%
4 star		36%
3 star		5%
2 star		9%
1 star		0%

@SarahM1574964 · Camped on Oct 7, 2024 at Campsite #2

Secluded, off the road, quiet if your neighbors are, we had one neighbor, caught a 2lb bass first night. There's a muskrat in the neighborhood so you'll hear that at night. Lots of deer around. Beautiful place to stay! Plenty of tree cover and beach access.

@JamesR5751753 · Camped on Jul 4, 2024 at Campsite #3

The pictures don't do it justice how great this site is on the lake. Road to the boat launch is only really busy in the morning/late afternoon. Don't have to deal with much at this site though. Outhouse is good enough in a pinch, just remember extra toilet paper.

@RobertB6182770 · Camped on Sep 10, 2023 at Campsite #2

quiet, nice fishing.

@KathrynD648455 · Camped on Aug 7, 2023 at Campsite #2

hard to get to. Signage missing for most of the way but worth it once you get here. No TP when we arrived. Luckily, we always carry some with us.

@HenryW2211857 · Camped on Jul 11, 2023 at Campsite #2

We stayed at site 2. Very nice! Our only issue was lack of signage to the site. Will stay again.

@CaitlinC9A6C38 · Camped on Jun 9, 2023 at Campsite #2

Nice site, clean for the most part, but the cooking grate was busted and no picnic table to be seen. Definitely bring your big spray though, I didn't bring any since the high temp was supposed to be in the 50s, but that was a mistake that required a trip to town after about 30 seconds out of the vehicle. Even 98% deet didn't quite do the job. I recommend bringing your bee keeping suits, not even exaggerating, they are THAT thick. If you don't come equipped to AGGRESSIVELY combat the mosquitos they will most likely make your trip absolutely miserable. Nice view, not as private as I hoped, but definitely a nice spot.

@SteveM7756642 · Camped on Sep 9, 2022 at Campsite #2

Site was a little difficult to locate (had to ask other campers for directional assistance), but once we got there it was a beautiful, secluded site with a sandy beach access to the lake.

@LeslieA6004885 · Camped on Aug 15, 2022 at Campsite #1

Very difficult entrance but not bad place to camp

@RandyP3352909 · Camped on Aug 6, 2022 at Campsite #4

Chicago lake campsites are perfect as they are ...rumor is your changing them to limit amount of campers per site...as we use this site for family event limiting them would be greatly impacting our event

@RebeccaM167754 · Camped on Jul 24, 2022 at Campsite #1

The directions to get there were a little tricky, but my only rec for camp site is go right at the first fork then take every left you can until you see posts 1-2 then go into 1

@AmyW6150907 · Camped on Jul 14, 2022 at Campsite #3

This campsite was very busy with traffic from fisherman.

@DaveG4844318 · Camped on Jul 4, 2022 at Campsite #4

Campsites are very different from each other. Do not use site closest to boat landing.

@DavidC2858387 · Camped on Jun 12, 2022 at Campsite #2

nice lake

@STEVENM2892720 · Camped on Sep 3, 2020 at Campsite #4

Good campsite. Primitive toilet was surprisingly pleasant. The site was a bit busy, being right next to the launch, but that was to be expected and was no bother at all. Next time I would get site 3 if possible, but 4 was just fine. Excellent spot for the boat on the site. Plenty of room on the site for vehicle, trailer, tent, pop up and everything else. Fishing was not great, but I don't believe we were there at the ideal time for bass/pike fishing. Would definitely recommend this and surrounding sites.

@STEVENM996 · Camped on Sep 3, 2020 at Campsite #4

@LaurenR111 · Camped on Aug 14, 2020 at Campsite #1

We absolutely loved this site. You have to go down a two track for about a half mile to get to it so it is very secluded. We felt like we had our own private lake. We couldn't hear or see anyone around. The site is large and walks right down to the water.

@LaurenR3836852 · Camped on Aug 14, 2020 at Campsite #1

@amyk3881819 · Camped on Aug 9, 2020 at Campsite #2

A favorite place to go. Can hear the campsite down the way but trash and isolated

@amyk793 · Camped on Aug 9, 2020 at Campsite #2

A favorite place to go. Can hear the campsite down the way but trash and isolated

@GerryB226 · Camped on Sep 4, 2019 at Campsite #4

Great rural camping and good fishing.

@ChrisC774 · Camped on Jul 3, 2019 at Campsite #2

We LOVE the reservable dispersed campsites in the U.P. Thanks for making vacations available and affordable.

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