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About Bay Furnace Campground
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2026 Season availability
Campground Amenities
RV Utilities and Hookups
- Dump station on site
Water and Hygiene
- 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
Ashley C
VerifiedSeptember 28, 2025 • Stayed at: 010, Loop: BAY FURNACE CAMPGROUND
Loved our stay here the site and facilities were immaculate.
The view was amazing. Had such a great time
Jennifer M
VerifiedSeptember 28, 2025 • Stayed at: 030, Loop: BAY FURNACE CAMPGROUND
The roads in and throughout the campground were horrible. So many very large potholes you cant avoid with any size rig. The sites are overgrown and scratch even a small rig. To pay for a boondocking site with this type of non maintenance is a crime.
Jo F
VerifiedSeptember 26, 2025 • Stayed at: 033, Loop: BAY FURNACE CAMPGROUND
Really enjoyed this campground, it is conveniently located and the sites are well spaced with plenty of trees between you and your neighbours so it feels secluded. The vault toilets are regularly cleaned, there are no showers but we went to the nearby Tourist Campground and paid to use theirs, which had nice facilities but costs more and lacks any trees for privacy so I’d still prefer to stay at Bay Furnace for my next trip! Heaps to do around Munising and some nice hikes, will definitely go back.
Erik S
VerifiedSeptember 26, 2025 • Stayed at: 030, Loop: BAY FURNACE CAMPGROUND
We made a two night reservation for tent camping - while visiting Pictured Rocks. Our plans changed, so we ended up staying only one night. In the weeks prior to our stay, received a number of emails asking of we wanted to change/modify the reservation, and although I tried doing so, the website would not allow changing the reservation. The campground host indicated that this feature does not work on the website, so why does recreation.gov send out these emails?
Other comments:
a) restrooms nice!
b) liked the parking area by the beach, where we sat to look at the stars
c) Some road noise was heard in the morning, but probably not as much as at the city campground down the road
d) the entry road, especially, was full of potholes - aggravating, but ensures slow driving speeds
e) would stay there again
f) Munising has few breakfast restaurants - Earl E. Byrds was great!
g) enjoyed the 'spray' boat tour of Pictured Rocks
Glenn M
VerifiedSeptember 23, 2025 • Stayed at: 015, Loop: BAY FURNACE CAMPGROUND
The campground was beautiful. Large lots, plenty of mature trees, very clean bathrooms and helpful hosts
Tara P
VerifiedSeptember 22, 2025 • Stayed at: 022, Loop: BAY FURNACE CAMPGROUND
Beautiful, quiet campground. Easy walk to the beach. Enjoyed watching the moon rise over the lake.
Wayne R
VerifiedSeptember 19, 2025 • Stayed at: 048, Loop: BAY FURNACE CAMPGROUND
Our site was very nice. The presence of the dump and fill was unusual for a National Forest campground and quite welcome. The campground road could use some maintenance. Lots of potholes to dodge. The actual Bay Furnace was a surprise and a real treat. Plus, who can argue with being right on Lake Superior? We camped at Bay Furnace as a jumping off point for taking a Pictured Rocks cruise. We would camp at Bay Furnace again.
Jeff Z
VerifiedSeptember 15, 2025 • Stayed at: 019, Loop: BAY FURNACE CAMPGROUND
Good location, nice sites. No grass means probably be some mud. Worst part was the noise from the generators all day.
RACHAEL B
VerifiedSeptember 12, 2025 • Stayed at: 038, Loop: BAY FURNACE CAMPGROUND
The area is beautiful, the water is beautiful, the campsites are wooded and not to close together. My only "complaint" was that the site we chose was almost someone's backyard.
Carrie S
VerifiedSeptember 7, 2025 • Stayed at: 006, Loop: BAY FURNACE CAMPGROUND
Loved the large camp site, the furnace ruins, the beach access. It was great!
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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