This is a great state park northern lower peninsula ( roughly 8 miles from Mackinaw city) with…read moremany camping areas, swimming areas, beaches, and trails. They also rent cabins at the park. The park has great fishing off of Wakashanks point and the home to a bird preserve for nesting Piping Plovers and many other wildlife.

This place used to be great, we've been coming here for ten years. Every year I get the same site…read morewhich is the only walk in site you can hang a hammock. It was perfect, until this year. I was told I wasn't allowed to have my hammock up and had to remove it. Since I couldn't use my hammock I couldn't use the site and asked for a refund No refund was given, they just cancelled it and returned 40 percent of what I paid. The ranger was rude and unhelpful. So frustrating to have a terrible experience after 10 years of enjoyment.

The positives: Nice, smaller park. Quiet, Large sites. Great location. Can see millions of stars…read more Clean restrooms. Lots of provided recreational toys- horseshoes, ladder golf, cornhole, sport balls. Kayaks for rent. Super friendly staff! You can see the lake from sites 22, 24 and 26 for sure, as I am sure others. The downsides for us- dirt road for 1 mile leading in the state park leading into campground. Dirt road in the campground. The flies were BAD during setup of our popup. We had to get fly paper amid swatters to take care of the 30+ in our camper. We've never camped with so many flies. FYI- electrical boxes are pretty far on some sites, bring extension. Standard 120 outlets, bring a converter if you have a 30 amp cord. 50 amps? No idea, at least on site 24 and 26. There are 2 showers men and 2 showers for women. With 70+ sites, that might be a problem during busy weekends. Hasn't been an issue for us during the week. We will see hot the weekend goes. The beach is far from the campground (2 miles ish)- you'll need to drive or bike.

While in the town of Cheboygan we found old train tracks that were made into a beautiful gravel…read morehiking/biking trail called the "North Central Station Trail" off of South Western Avenue. The path is well maintained by a snowmobile club and is lined with trees and wildflowers. Unfortunately, as usual, some lady with a chocolate and black lab walked her dogs and let them crap on the trail. The pig didn't even clean it up, just kept walking. Aside from that, it's a great trail and goes over 120 miles round trip! Kudo's to the snowmobile club for the excellent trail.

cool trees. cool branches. small waterfall. but big river! many bugs, many ticks. bring bug spray.read more

I love this place. And hesitate making it more known. But this place, even with the summer crowds…read moreis extremely peaceful and soul feeding place. It's beautiful and relaxing. I've had my kids get their senior photos taken here. It's out of the way, but it's so beautiful, it's a place you have to go to. Historical information, the falls are one of the key locations that the lamprey were discovered to be in the Great Lakes and a great deal of research still takes place within a few miles of this location.

I came here for the first time a couple of weeks ago, and will be returning in September. This is…read morean absolutely beautiful dark sky park with spectacular views. The park offers various educational programs and experiences throughout the months, has a unique gift shop (the staff was great as well), and has several walking trails to enjoy. I love that you can learn on your walk by reading the various signs posted. It would be fun if they did an educational scavenger hunt on their educational trail, as that would be a fun way to learn. I look forward to visiting again in another month!

It's just a short drive from Mackinaw City and this place has been on our bucket list for a few…read moreyears. The place is nice but it is not exactly what we were expecting. The path is well marked with red lights (no white lights allowed). They do have bathrooms there too. It just felt a little underwhelming and over populated (and we went on a cold fall night). Some people were packing in wagons and had flashlights which was annoying since the white light ruins your eyes when they are adjusted to the dark.

This is a great Park that takes up a whole block close to the main street and many motels. There is…read morea wonderful play area for children with lots of equipment and a large grassy area for running, playing games, tossing a ball Etc. If you have children who need to get the Wiggles out head for this park! Be sure to look at the Statue and read the information board that tells how the park came to be.

We had a good time here. There is a welcome building/gift shop where you purchase your admission…read moretickets. They have coffee and cold drinks for sale. The park offers an educational demonstration of the historic sawmill. It was very interesting. For an extra fee you can purchase the guided adventure tour which includes the rock climbing wall, a walk across a suspension foot bridge and a zip line. It's a nice place to take a nature walk along the paths and boardwalks. There is a small playground for little kids. There is a 50 foot tower that the rock climbing wall is attached to. You can climb the stairs of this tower to the observation deck on top and there is a beautiful view of there. You can see Mackinac Bridge on a clear day. We enjoyed our visit very much.

We found the sawmill while driving along the coast from Cheboygan. We decided to stop as it said it…read morewas historic site and place to visit. This place was great! The tour guide was just very enthusiastic and really into milling. She was able to explain everything and it was quite fascinating to see. Well worth the price of the admission tickets. Definitely a must do when in this area.

This is a beautiful and well maintained park. There's a nice playground for the kiddos and plenty…read moreof scenery to take in. There's free parking right up front. You can walk right up to the water. A great park to stop at if you're in the area. Or even if you aren't in the area.

Nice park area near the marina. Has a breakwater that you can walk out on to to a small lighthouse…read more It was getting ready to rain when we were there so the walk out to the lighthouse was very chilly. Nice place to search for stones and watch boats come in.

Did you say you can camp on the Straits and see the bridge? There is a room to walk on some sand or…read moreeven play in the water if that is your adventure. The campground is nicely maintained, everyone was respectful of the quiet hours except the seagulls Seriously, those little buggers has plenty to say each morning at 6 am. Bring ear plugs if you want to not get the morning bird call wake up. Friendly staff and the check in process was the fastest I've ever experienced at a State Park. Great job and that was such a pleasant surprise!

Great spot - stayed one night on our way thru. Pull thru site, didn't even have to unhook camper…read more Hiking trails in park taking you to beach with beautiful view of the bridge.

Beautiful campground on a beautiful lake! Camping amongst the big trees is what you get here at…read moreBurt Lake. Quick and easy access to the beach from the campground is great too!

We went camping here last year for a family reunion (and where my fiance proposed to me). It was a…read moreblast!!!!! Came here for a couple hours last night to visit a couple relatives who were camping here. I really love this place!!!!!!