Hurricane River Campground

Stayed 1 night before a backpacking trip. Nice location, can hear waves from both lower and upper sites. Has a potable water fountain and pit toilets, but no sinks w running water. Con: couldn’t get tent stakes into the gravel tent pad, it’s far too solid. Bring a mallet!

I think your reservation system needs work. I was at Hurricane for four nights, Oct. 10-13, only because a campsite opened up online a few days before I left home. All the others were officially reserved, but on Oct. 10 and 11, only four sites were actually occupied in the lower loop and only two in the upper. Traffic picked up on the weekend, but there were still empty sites. People are apparently gaming your system, reserving sites just in case they decide to come but then not showing. That obviously prevents people who want to camp from enjoying the beauty of the park. Raising your rates would keep even more people away, but there should be some way to encourage actual use of reserved sites. Fines for no-shows? Required excuses? Stern reminders or appeals to conscience? Post-date letters of warning or shaming to no-shows? Another option would be to keep half the sites open on a first-come, first-served basis. Whatever the solution, I encourage you to think creatively of ways to ensure that such a wonderful campground is actually being used.

Loved the quiet and beautiful leaves changing. Nice spacious spots.

Clean and quiet, and just a short walk to the beach.

When I arrived, there were a series of human feces piles left astray in the campsite.

Very nice campsite! Lots of trails and grand marais is very close by, will come back and recommend to all! No cell service tho(not complaining just making ppl aware) :)

While weather is unpredictable here in May and June, I prefer coming here then. It's quieter and less crowded. If you like solitude and the spartan amenities car camping can afford, I highly recommend Hurricane River. But it can't be emphasized enough: the weather could be pleasant, but also very likely to be very, very, very lousy. Prepare for freezing rain and winds, and yes, snow in May is not unheard of (one May, I once woke up to a blanket of snow on my site at Sleeping Bear Dunes, which is farther south, so I imagine May snow in the U.P. is not unusual).

Campsite was fine, campground waa clean, but biting flies nearly drove me insane

Campsite was clean, though we couldn't move the picnic table which made for awkward setup with two tents. The campsite is basic and water is a bit far away from most sites to be convenient. Vault toilets were cleaned daily and garbage pick up was daily.

Au Sable Falls and Dunes were spectacular and all is within minutes car ride from this campsite.

For the getting to the visitor center by Grand Marais was convenient. However, don't expect to be able to buy things in the store as it was never staffed when we were there. That was super frustrating. Apparently that is a different contract from the park employees.

Host and ranger were superb handling a situation about someone occupying my spot, the place is beautiful and a few steps from lake Superior. Don't miss the sunset