Platte River Campground

Love this campground. Whoever designed it did a great job utilizing terrain and foliage to give campsites both privacy and scenery.

Platte River Campground is always beautiful and a pleasure to visit. The bathrooms and showers are always clean. The staff is very friendly. We look forward to visiting every summer.

Best campground I have stayed in

Beautiful area and park was real nice. Camp spots were spaced out nicely with lots of trees and shade. Very well kept.
Only complaint is there were garbage bins blocking one of the access points to fill tank leaving only one fresh water hose to fill tank which caused a lengthy wait due to only one camper at a time being able to fill or dump, that was a real bummer!
Will be back in October, hopefully get there early so no wait.

Lovely park, it is a bit of a drive to see the dunes

Platte River is our favorite Michigan campground. Excellent paved level sites and well maintained facilities.

Platte River is our go to place every year. The sites are so large and give us the privacy we're hoping for while camping. There is access to so much hiking/biking/kayaking within the area that we love spending time here.

I always love camping at Platte River. I love the spacious sites, clean restrooms and all the trails.

This campground is popular because it is excellent! It's a great base to visit both the Platte River and Glen Arbor areas. While DH Day is closer to Glen Arbor and more of the Sleeping Bear hiking trails, Platte River Campground is equally beautiful. The distinct advantage of Platte River Campground is the modern restrooms which include showers and a dish washing station. The showers are spacious, private, and the water can get hot. This makes Platte River Campground better for longer trips or bigger groups.

We stayed at Site 220, which I highly recommend for tents. There is plenty of room for a large tent as well as leaving room to camp. The fire pit is not very close to the tent, so there is little worry about burning a hole in your tent. Be aware that the picnic table is chained down and cannot be moved closer to the fire pit, so bring camp chairs if you plan to sit around the fire.

Because Platte River Campground has modern restrooms, there are not many restroom buildings: just 1 per loop. Therefore, proximity to the restroom is important. Site 220 is not right next to the restroom, but it's only about a 30-second walk. This is a big benefit.

For activities, we paddled the Lower Platte through Riverside Canoes. We rented a 6-man raft, which I highly recommend. It's fun to have the whole group in the same vessel. We also hiked Empire Bluff, Platte Plains, and Kettles trails. For meals, we stopped at Ursa Major and Cherry Hut in Beulah and of course Cherry Public House in Glen Arbor.

I would say that Platte River Campground is intermittently buggy. I definitely recommend preparing for the possibility of bad bugs. Everyone in our group had personal insect nets, but I also recommend an insect net canopy. Our campsite neighbors had one and remarked to us that it worked very well. The mosquitoes on Platte Plains were insane. Fortunately, we were prepared. But I do not recommend venturing out there unless you ARE prepared.

Overall, this is a great campground!

Very nice campground. Kept very clean, partially due to active bears in the area.