About Colwell Lake Campground
Number of accommodations: 20
Campground Amenities
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Potable Water -
Dump Station
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2026 Season availability
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Reviews (118)
What Guests Are Saying
Colwell Lake Campground is praised for its spacious and private sites, friendly and accommodating hosts, and well-maintained facilities, including clean bathrooms and a beautiful nature trail around the lake. Campers appreciate the peaceful atmosphere and the campground's proximity to various points of interest. However, many reviews note concerns about the poor condition of the access road and occasional noise from generators and other campers.
What Guests Are Saying
Colwell Lake Campground is praised for its spacious and private sites, friendly and accommodating hosts, and well-maintained facilities, including clean bathrooms and a beautiful nature trail around the lake. Campers appreciate the peaceful atmosphere and the campground's proximity to various points of interest. However, many reviews note concerns about the poor condition of the access road and occasional noise from generators and other campers.
Review Summary
Karen B
VerifiedAugust 12, 2025 • Stayed at: 012, Loop: COLW
Very nice campground. The hosts were fantastic and helpful. This is near Munising.
Ann S
VerifiedAugust 8, 2025 • Stayed at: 026, Loop: COLW
Exceptional clean pit toilets
Ken K
VerifiedJuly 29, 2025 • Stayed at: 031, Loop: COLW
Favorite campground. Been going for over 25 years. Hosts are great. Bathrooms are always clean. But the state needs to do some maintenance. Entrance road is full of potholes, some 6 inches deep. The water to fill your tank and clean your sewer hose doesn't work. You have to fill up at the host's site. The water pump by the group site didn't work for a couple years but was fixed this last trip. The fishing pier has been damaged for several years as well.
Dennis C
VerifiedJuly 23, 2025 • Stayed at: 030, Loop: COLW
Nice lake, campsites are well maintained, nice trail around the lake.
Tonia L
VerifiedJuly 21, 2025 • Stayed at: GP, Loop: GRP
Love the group site!
Dustin L
VerifiedJuly 14, 2025 • Stayed at: 031, Loop: COLW
Nice quiet, clean, campground in middle of many POI
Elaine C
VerifiedJuly 13, 2025 • Stayed at: 006, Loop: COLW
Our family time was great but the park definitely needs some help. The road coming into the campground was filled with potholes all the way in !! There was no available water at the dump station, no way to rinse hoses or clean the cement area. Very unsanitary conditions.
Theresa C
VerifiedJune 22, 2025 • Stayed at: 018, Loop: COLW
The host are wonderful, only bad thing I can say is the road coming into Colwell lake is horrible bad, not the host fault but the forestry, please fix them before everyone trailer get ruined
Joshua K
VerifiedJune 15, 2025 • Stayed at: 010, Loop: COLW
Great sites fairly quiet for a rustic campground and good fishing.
Kelley C
VerifiedJune 15, 2025 • Stayed at: 006, Loop: COLW
Very well kept campground.
Location Colwell Lake Campground
Address:
P.O. Box 171
Munising, MI, 49862
United States
From Manistique, Michigan, drive north 25 miles on State Route 94 to Forest Road 2246. Turn right (east) and drive 0.5 miles to the campground road.
Latitude & Longitude: 46.2217 / -86.4375
Elevation: 230 feet
Policies & Rules
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No lifeguards present at swim beach; children must be accompanied by an adult at all times |
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Two pets per site |
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No switching sites upon arrival |
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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. |
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Reserved Sites will be held until checkout time (NOON) 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. |
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Once your reservation start date has begun, neither the Recreation.gov Contact Center nor the campground manager will be able to modify your reservation. |
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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). |
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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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