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
Ronald D
VerifiedSeptember 5, 2022 • Stayed at: 012, Loop: COLW
Clean park with excellent walking trail around the lake. Camp sites are large with great views on lake sites. Camp host is great and very helpful.
Heather F
VerifiedAugust 22, 2022 • Stayed at: 030, Loop: COLW
The walking/bike path was a great family activity. The kids had a blast fishing and swimming! We love this campground
Michelle K
VerifiedAugust 15, 2022 • Stayed at: 031, Loop: COLW
Another great week kayaking & hiking at Colwell! Most of the neighbors were respectful & friendly. Camp host was awesome again…we wish him a happy retirement!
John J
VerifiedAugust 11, 2022 • Stayed at: 030, Loop: COLW
Current providers for service at Camp 7 and Colwell lake are doing an exceptional job of tending the campsites.
Kudos to Camp 7 caretakers and to Colwell Lake caretakers.
Darlene H
VerifiedAugust 7, 2022 • Stayed at: 013, Loop: COLW
Colwell Lake National Forest Campground is a fabulous campground with a hiking trail that leads around the lake. Many campsites are close to the shore of Colwell Lake offering private access to the lake for swimming, fishing, and kayaking. Sunsets are gorgeous! The 2+ mile trail around the lake is well-maintained for a delightful hiking experience.
Camp hosts, Ben and Deb, are friendly, helpful and hard working. They keep the campground, trails, and outhouses clean and tidy.
There are many attractions accessible for day trips from the campground. Some include Fayette Historic State Park, Big Springs, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, waterfalls, AuTrain River Canoe/kayak trips, Lake Superior, and Lake Michigan.
Dave N
VerifiedJuly 15, 2022 • Stayed at: 020, Loop: COLW
Colwell Lake is a great campground! The sites are roomy, have large picnic tables, fire rings and posts to hang your lantern. The campground is well maintained and the hosts are nice and keep it clean.
David T
VerifiedJuly 11, 2022 • Stayed at: GP, Loop: GRP
clean and hosts were doing a good job
John K
VerifiedJune 15, 2022 • Stayed at: 030, Loop: COLW
Excellent campground, Camp Hosts are the best in Michigan. Well maintained grounds, clean restrooms, quite and spacious sites.
Linda F
VerifiedJune 6, 2022 • Stayed at: 030, Loop: COLW
This was our first time camping here.
The campground hosts, Ben and Debbie were great!
The restrooms are very clean and fresh smelling.
Campsites were neat and free of any branches.
Ben accommodated us with a two brushes to clean off our camper awnings.
The path around the lake was free of any branches and easy to walk on.
Both of them were very friendly.
A return trip to Colwell will be in the future!
Terri M
VerifiedMay 29, 2022 • Stayed at: 030, Loop: COLW
We love colwell lake been going
There since we were kids now taking our kids quiet nice escape in the wilderness
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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