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About Bay Furnace Campground
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2026 Season availability
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- Dump station on site
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- Potable Water
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Reviews (326)
What Guests Are Saying
Bay Furnace Campground offers a beautiful, quiet setting with large, private sites and well-maintained facilities, making it an excellent base for exploring the Munising and Pictured Rocks area. Visitors appreciate the clean bathrooms and friendly hosts, along with easy access to Lake Superior's sandy beach and the historic Bay Furnace site. While some noted issues with road conditions and occasional noise, many expressed a desire to return due to the campground's overall appeal and recreational opportunities.
What Guests Are Saying
Bay Furnace Campground offers a beautiful, quiet setting with large, private sites and well-maintained facilities, making it an excellent base for exploring the Munising and Pictured Rocks area. Visitors appreciate the clean bathrooms and friendly hosts, along with easy access to Lake Superior's sandy beach and the historic Bay Furnace site. While some noted issues with road conditions and occasional noise, many expressed a desire to return due to the campground's overall appeal and recreational opportunities.
Review Summary
Jean P
VerifiedAugust 17, 2026 • Stayed at: 017, Loop: BAY FURNACE CAMPGROUND
The recent campground hosts are not available when you need them. There's 3 camping units and no one ever around to help. The campsites have cleaned firepits but never raked and the pit toilets are gross.
There used to be a host by the water that was outside, on their golf cart, available when you needed help when you knocked on their door. This trip when I finally got some answers, it was 3 days later. It's really weird.
Daniel B
VerifiedAugust 18, 2026 • Stayed at: 017, Loop: BAY FURNACE CAMPGROUND
An AMAZING location! I do wish there were showers
Timothy L
VerifiedAugust 18, 2026 • Stayed at: 031, Loop: BAY FURNACE CAMPGROUND
Super nice campground…probably the best “dry camping” site I have ever stayed. Lots of privacy and a good combination of sites with shade or sun. I selected site 31 to take advantage of the sun for the RV solar system. Also, the dump station and fresh water fill station was very good. Lastly, the CG was newly paved…it was awesome.
Krizzpee mae l
VerifiedAugust 19, 2026 • Stayed at: 026, Loop: BAY FURNACE CAMPGROUND
Very clean, we enjoyed stargazing near the picnic area and the host is very friendly. we’ll be back again!
Bernard N
VerifiedAugust 19, 2026 • Stayed at: 026, Loop: BAY FURNACE CAMPGROUND
We were there for 10 days. We have often used Bay Furnace as our base for enjoying the U.P.
This time we have rated it as just "Good". There were very noisy neighbors who didn't care that their children wandered into our site area and were not using "camping voices" even after Quiet Time.
The bathrooms were minimally taken care of; the men's nearest our site did not have the floor swept or mopped the whole time we were there (yuck!)--and I know this because the same scraps of t-paper that were on the floor on day one were still there on day 10. The women's had someone defecate on the floor and it wasn't until we sought out and informed the host that it was cleaned (a day later--by the DNR person, not the host). We have been to other Hiawatha campgrounds' toilets that were inspected and thoroughly cleaned each morning.
Hopefully this was an anomaly and we will be pleased with our next experience at a Recreation.gov campsite.
Teresa T
VerifiedAugust 20, 2026 • Stayed at: 042, Loop: BAY FURNACE CAMPGROUND
Bay Furnace campground is a great place to stay when in the Munising/Pictured Rocks area. We've stayed here several times and the sites are large and quite private. We love coming here. The bathrooms are clean. The grounds are well kept and the campground is quiet, except for some road noise for sites near M-28. The Bay Furnace is interesting to visit and is a quick walk from the camp sites. Lake Superior has a nice sandy beach, although some rocks in the water. Site 42 is where we were this time and it is a good sized site, close to the bathrooms.
Rebecca B
VerifiedAugust 28, 2026 • Stayed at: 006, Loop: BAY FURNACE CAMPGROUND
My site and the weather were perfect. The registration process was easy. I'll definitely be back
Alexandra L
VerifiedAugust 31, 2026 • Stayed at: 033, Loop: BAY FURNACE CAMPGROUND
This is a great campsite. Clean, quiet, right on Lake Superior. We had a wondeful time. The camp hosts were amazing!
Greg L
VerifiedAugust 31, 2026 • Stayed at: 042, Loop: BAY FURNACE CAMPGROUND
Loved the paved roads, the historical blast furnace, and the opportunity to camp along Lake Superior is amazing.
Jason M
VerifiedAugust 31, 2026 • Stayed at: 026, Loop: BAY FURNACE CAMPGROUND
Private site near all of the activities of Munising. It was exactly as advertised.
Location & Directions for Bay Furnace Campground
P.O. Box 171, Munising, MI 49862 United States
Elevation: 188 ft
Getting There
Bay Furnace Campground is located in Alger County, about 3 mi west of Munising on Highway 28, at the village of Christmas, across from the Kewadin Casino.
Highway access
Bay Furnace Campground is accessible via Highway M-28, which runs directly through the village of Christmas, approximately 3 miles west of Munising.
Policies & Rules
Arrival & departure
Check out time
12PM
General
- Insect repellent is encouraged for visitors to Grand Island
- Off-road vehicles not permitted
- Two pets per site
- No switching sites upon arrival
- Please Note: One RV with tow vehicle per single site or one vehicle per tent site. Most sites can accommodate 1 extra vehicle that is not included with the reservation fee. Extra vehicle will be charged a per night fee and collected at the campground.
- Reserved Sites will be held until the day following your arrival date. Sites must be occupied by the checkout time of the second day to hold a reservation or the site will be forfeited and released to other guests.
- Once your reservation start date has begun, neither the Recreation.gov Contact Center nor the campground manager will be able to modify your reservation.
- Refunds: Refund requests made through www.recreation.gov will be charged a $10 processing fee. This fee is retained by the reservation service contractor along with the non-refundable reservation fee. All requests for the return of the non-refundable reservation fee and the cancellation fee will be declined by the campground concessionaire as they did not receive these fees (these are the fees retained by the reservation contractor, a different entity).
- Don't move firewood: To limit the spread of invasive tree-killing pests, firewood from outside the area is not permitted. Some states have quarantines and may confiscate your firewood. Please help protect our forests from invasive species by obtaining your firewood at or near your camping destination and burning it on-site. Visit dontmovefirewood.org for more information.
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