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About Island Lake
Seasonal information
2026 Season availability
Campground Amenities
Most popular amenities
Parking
Pet friendly
Picnic Table
Fire Pit
Cooking and Fire
- Picnic Table
- Fire Pit
Parking and Transport
- Parking
Water Access
- Lake Access
Pets and Policies
- Pet friendly
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Reviews (25)
What Guests Are Saying
Island Lake Campground offers a remote and quiet experience, making it ideal for relaxation and outdoor activities like hiking and kayaking. Visitors enjoyed the beauty of the lake, the abundance of wildlife, and highly recommend the sunset boat cruise. However, some guests noted issues with the rusty hand pump for water and proximity to other campers, but overall, many expressed a desire to return.
What Guests Are Saying
Island Lake Campground offers a remote and quiet experience, making it ideal for relaxation and outdoor activities like hiking and kayaking. Visitors enjoyed the beauty of the lake, the abundance of wildlife, and highly recommend the sunset boat cruise. However, some guests noted issues with the rusty hand pump for water and proximity to other campers, but overall, many expressed a desire to return.
Review Summary
Tamara L
VerifiedSeptember 7, 2026 • Stayed at: 008, Loop: ISLAND LAKE
Very quiet campground. Never spoke with anyone in charge. My site was off by itself and private. Enjoyed the time there.
Kevin G
VerifiedAugust 24, 2026 • Stayed at: 002, Loop: ISLAND LAKE
The camp ground is well kept and was nice and quiet. Had some luck fishing for pan fish, however bring some waders so you can walk past the weeds off the shoreline. If you want to grab a good meal and a cold beer, the Buckhorn resort is a 5 minute drive. Place is great
Kari F
VerifiedJuly 22, 2026 • Stayed at: 006, Loop: ISLAND LAKE
Island lake campground is remote and quiet! Just what we were looking for. We took a short trip into Munising each day to enjoy the Pictured Rocks National Park and do some hiking. We also took the sunset boat cruise to see the rocks from the water. Highly recommend the sunset cruise as the sunlight really makes it a beautiful way to end the day. The campground had several of the reservable sites booked, but people did not show up. The only thing we found to be disappointing was the water. The hand pump was very rusty and not appealing to drink, so we filled our water jug at a different location. Definitely would camp at Island Lake in the future!
Georgina D
VerifiedJuly 13, 2026 • Stayed at: 006, Loop: ISLAND LAKE
We enjoyed our visit. Thank you.
ALEXANDER B
VerifiedFebruary 3, 2026 • Stayed at: 007, Loop: ISLAND LAKE
Great campground. Small rustic and pretty easy to find. Several locations to put in kayaks or canoes. Fish will bite but tend to be small. A great introduction for fishing from a kayak. Lots of birds from woodpeckers to swans the beavers may have moved on but they left some downed logs. Far enough from town to get the night sky you have been looking for.
Jeanie M
VerifiedSeptember 1, 2025 • Stayed at: 006, Loop: ISLAND LAKE
This was our 2nd stay at site 6! We love the easy access to the absolutely beautiful lake! A fish with very cast! We will definitely be adding to our number of stays at this park!
Dan H
VerifiedSeptember 16, 2024 • Stayed at: 010, Loop: ISLAND LAKE
The campground is OK if you don’t mind camping close to other people. I also didn’t care for street lights in a campground. The site itself was fine.
Andrea H
VerifiedAugust 17, 2024 • Stayed at: 010, Loop: ISLAND LAKE
This campground was very serene and quiet. The sites all seemed large and had pretty good privacy. Our site had a little driveway leading into the main area which was convenient for parking cars (we had 3 lined up at one point) but did add a challenge for backing our 18(?) ft camper into the space. The site is listed as lakefront, which it is, but there is quite a slope down to the water and the shore was quite marshy during our visit. It would have been fine for fishing or maybe a small boat but just keep in mind, there was not a shore area to hangout on or any sort of beach.
My only complaint was the upper loop had a nice cedar latrine but the lower loop where we were only had a port-a-potty, the plastic kind, with very little space.
Meredith M
VerifiedJuly 24, 2023 • Stayed at: 006, Loop: ISLAND LAKE
I could walk down to the lake from my site and I heard a loon!
Mary R
VerifiedJuly 3, 2023 • Stayed at: 006, Loop: ISLAND LAKE
Sites were large and fairly level. Heavily wooded giving privacy. Path from site to lake. Primitive site with no utilities. Garbage dumpster was not emptied entire stay and was beyond over flowing which as the only service provided was disappointing
Location & Directions for Island Lake
P.O. Box 171, Munising, MI 49862 United States
Elevation: 258 ft
Getting There
From the intersection of M-28 and Forest Highway 13, just a couple miles east of Munising, drive south 8.8 mi to FR 2268, or Buckhorn Road. Turn right (southwest) on FR 2268 and drive 2.2 mi on FR 2268 and FR 2254 to FR 2557. Turn left (south) on ...
From the intersection of M-28 and Forest Highway 13, just a couple miles east of Munising, drive south 8.8 mi to FR 2268, or Buckhorn Road. Turn right (southwest) on FR 2268 and drive 2.2 mi on FR 2268 and FR 2254 to FR 2557. Turn left (south) on FR 2557 and drive 0.8 mi to Island Lake Campground.
Highway access
Island Lake Campground is accessible via M-28, which is approximately 2 miles north of the campground. The campground can be reached by driving south from M-28 on Forest Highway 13.
Policies & Rules
Arrival & departure
Check out time
12PM
General
- Off-road vehicles are allowed in the campground in and out only.
- 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 Don't move firewood:
- Click here for more information on the Hiawatha National Forest Hiawatha
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Last updated: October 22, 2026
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