Pete’s Lake Campground

We had a fantastic first-weekend-in-June stay at Pete's Lake Campground, despite the billions and billions of mosquitoes served. Other than the plethora of hungry vampires, the other negative were the campground water pumps out of service, necessitating risking your blood supply to hike to the beach for water. A huge shout-out to the camp hosts who flew to the top of rankings with their friendliness, helpfulness, and diligence in maintaining spotless latrines. I've never actually enjoyed the smell of a pit toilet before.

The campground itself is a gem. Plenty of privacy with wooded space between sites and the lake and Bruno's Run trail are amazing assets. We would have been content with just the local amenities, but with a short drive down to Munising and Picture Rocks and Valley Spur mountain bike trails, it's equally hard to sit still. Also, if you're a bird lover, there is no better time than early June to be in this place. SO MANY BIRDS singing right overhead - rose breasted grosbeaks, veery, warblers, cowbirds, on and on. Just bring all of your mosquito (or blackfly, if you're a bit earlier) defenses.

Also of note: we have Verizon and there was ZERO cell service (SOS only) in the entire Hiawatha area around the campground. This was fine for us, but may be of concern to others.

Petes lake campground is a well maintained campground. The hosts where very informative and helpful.

Love this campground. If you're looking for quiet and peaceful surroundings,
this place is it. The campground hosts were friendly, helpful and stayed on top of things. Highly recommend if you're up to rustic.

Site 4A is a large site with a nice level area for a tent. There's a wooded path down to the lake and a small "private" beach. The privy was nearby as was the water spigot. The privy was clean.

Once during our stay the ladies' restroom accidentally got locked. Since the campground host was not on site, it was a while before this privy could be used, but there are others on the campground. Another time the water spigot didn't function. Both problems were quickly solved by the campground host when he returned.

There were occasional noise problems from other campers as well as a generator being used for a little while after quiet hours. These were only minor annoyances.

Bruno's Run, a 9.2-mile biking/hiking loop trail, can be accessed from the campground. It goes past other nearby lakes and is quite beautiful. Pete's Lake also provides a public beach and there are several lakeside benches accessible from the campground.

Site 4A is a large site with a nice level area for a tent. There's a wooded path down to the lake and a small "private" beach. The privy was nearby as was the water spigot. The privy was clean.

Once during our stay the ladies' restroom accidentally got locked. Since the campground host was not on site, it was a while before this privy could be used, but there are others on the campground. Another time the water spigot didn't function. Both problems were quickly solved by the campground host when he returned.

There were occasional noise problems from other campers as well as a generator being used for a little while after quiet hours. These were only minor annoyances.

Bruno's Run, a 9.2-mile biking/hiking loop trail, can be accessed from the campground. It goes past other nearby lakes and is quite beautiful. Pete's Lake also provides a public beach and there are several lakeside benches accessible from the campground.

Great campsite. Level, access to water. Excellent! you could bring a couple kayaks and a boat and tie up along the shore here. Cell phone service Limited if any. Access to pump water and bathroom. Very close.

Great campsite. Level, access to water. Excellent! you could bring a couple kayaks and a boat and tie up along the shore here. Cell phone service Limited if any. Access to pump water and bathroom. Very close.

Some of the sites need tree removal because they are growing so big they interfere with trying to back in. Additionally it would be nice to have electrical sites especially for those requiring CPAP machines. The quiet nights aren’t so quiet with all the generators running every night.

Some of the sites need tree removal because they are growing so big they interfere with trying to back in. Additionally it would be nice to have electrical sites especially for those requiring CPAP machines. The quiet nights aren’t so quiet with all the generators running every night.

Petes Lake Campground ROCKS! The generator noise bugged me at first, but I got used to it.