Black River Harbor Campground

Black River Harbor Campground is such a pleasant campground. It's so close to beautiful waterfalls to hike to. Hiking to the lake is a nice change. Guys loved to skip rocks. We would recommend this for people who like the quiet, peaceful campgrounds.

cool place.

Great place to stay! Right in the lake and lots of hiking and waterfalls to explore!

This is a nice campground but there was no water and we had no notification ahead of time (they are repairing it and then have to do water quality tests so it was going to be at least a few more weeks after mid-August). The sites are well spaced and shaded. Lots of road potholes but they make good speed bumps :-) There is no campground host. It’s a nice less-packed alternative to the Porcupine Mountain State Park campgrounds, with a drive that’s less than an hour. The harbor is very quaint, small with a great beach around the corner to the right; the waterfalls are great, there’s access to the North Country Trail. Overall good experience other than the lack of water.

Quiet campground, well-spaced sites.

Overall, the campground met our expectations for a National Forest campground. I really hope they can get the water system up and running again soon, because it was inconvenient to have to restock our water supply every day. The beach here is really nice, though it was frustrating that the footpath from the campground to the Pavilion area was closed. There's also no firewood available for purchase at this campground.

There were far more RVs here than we were expecting, and some people were really inconsiderate with their generator use.

Otherwise, the bathrooms were EXTREMELY clean, the campground was quiet, and the views and beach were spectacular. If you're wanting to take day trips to Porcupine Mountain Wilderness State Park, it takes about an hour to drive there.

Beautiful and well kept campsites, quiet campground, clean bathrooms, close to the lake and awesome hiking trails nearby. This campground is for rugged camping however due to minimal or no satellite reception, no running water, no hand sanitizer in the bathrooms, no firewood, moderate difficulty accessing the lake, and deep potholes in the road entering the campground. Also the closest town is 20 minutes away should you need any groceries, etc.

No water for how many years?

Enjoyed the place, but be prepared for no connectivity within 5-10 mi.

We have been camping up at the Black River Harbor for years (since the early 90's) and have many great family memories from there. It is one of our families favorite places! It has been very disappointing of how the campground has deteriorated over the year and how many things have been uncared for. years ago there was a host who took ownership of the campground and made sure that it was cared for. There was water and a dump station. The kids would ride their bikes around the loop.

Now, there is no host, no water, no dump station and the road is worse than Chicago roads in the spring. The trail down to the harbor has been taped off with a sign saying that the trail is "temporarily" closed. Well, it's been over three years if not more. I realize that it is a national forest and managed by the federal government and perhaps this is why it is not getting the attention and care that it requires. Must not be a priority. Such a same that a place of such natural beauty is tainted by the lack of stewardship.