Platte River Campground

Beautiful, roomy campsite

Very nice campground. One of the best we have stayed at.

Incredible campground! Spacious sites, delightfully wooded. Clean bathroom and showers. Nice trails to the beach. Though it is about a mile hike in. Beaches are always more magical when you hike to them! 🥰

Ranger nature programs are excellent! It was a very educational camping trip, well done!

Great campground with lots of room in between campers. Friendly staff, clean restrooms highly recommend this park.

Hands down the best campground in the state!

Platte River Campground is our favorite visit of the year. The campground and restroom facilities are always clean and well taken care of.

Campground was great! About 200 steps from site to the bathroom/shower. From the site there was a 1 mi sand path to Lake Michigan directly. Small portion of beach is open but also roped off bc of bird nesting.

I love this campground! The campsites in loop 4 were wonderful! There was a picnic table and fire pit with plenty of room for my tent. The space between campsites was good, but if you prefer not seeing your neighbors or want a more remote experience, loop 4 may not be for you. It was nice to see folks going for walks together or going for their morning run. It was also wonderful to see the kids enjoying the great outdoors zooming around on their bikes with their light up wheels.

The bathrooms and showers were clean and much appreciated at the end of a very hot day. The showers did get busy at night, but I never waited more than 15 minutes during my trip. For the bathrooms I always carry some extra TP just in case but didn’t need to use it.

The campground is located very close to the Platte river if you like to kayak or canoe. The public launch is just across the street. The campground also has a trail that leads you right to a beach on Lake Michigan (about 0.8 mi). This part of the beach was much quieter and emptier than the area where the Platte river lets out to Lake Michigan.

The other thing I love about this campground is that so many of my favorite places are nearby. Stormcloud brewery in Frankfort, MI is a great place for lunch after exploring their beach and lighthouse. Keep on Grinding Coffee house in Benzonia, MI is a hidden gem with great coffee and even better muffins (and WiFi if you have to get work in). Then of course the Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive with great stops along the way for beautiful views of lakes and dunes.

Last but not least the National Park Rangers make the stay memorable. Hayden who checked me in for my stay was incredibly helpful when I was having some trouble with my visitor pass. Thank you Park Rangers for everything you do for visitors, it is truely appreciated!

Platte River campground was great for our family. The sites were spacious and well separated, quiet and peaceful. The staff at check-in were incredibly helpful and friendly. We will definitely be back!