About Ausable River Camping
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Reviews (484)
What Guests Are Saying
Ausable River Camping offers a beautiful and serene environment, with spacious, well-maintained sites and picturesque views of the river. Campers appreciate the remote, rustic charm and the opportunities for fishing and hiking. While there are some concerns regarding ticks, road conditions, noise from generators, and occasional issues with campsite bookings, many visitors still express a strong desire to return for another experience in nature.
What Guests Are Saying
Ausable River Camping offers a beautiful and serene environment, with spacious, well-maintained sites and picturesque views of the river. Campers appreciate the remote, rustic charm and the opportunities for fishing and hiking. While there are some concerns regarding ticks, road conditions, noise from generators, and occasional issues with campsite bookings, many visitors still express a strong desire to return for another experience in nature.
Review Summary
Gary I
VerifiedNovember 7, 2022 • Stayed at: 049D, Loop: Sawmill Point
It was a beautiful time of the year to go camping.
Roger B
VerifiedNovember 6, 2022 • Stayed at: 080D, Loop: Foote Pond
Nice area.
Alex B
VerifiedNovember 1, 2022 • Stayed at: 062W, Loop: Cooke Pond
Amazing campsite, absolutely will be back again next summer!
Catherine Z
VerifiedOctober 31, 2022 • Stayed at: 085W, Loop: Foote Pond
Beautiful spot to be this fall. Sites 80-90s are placed well on wider parts of the river, though a number are about 20-35' above the water with descents that are too steep to walk or climb down easily (be careful in the middle of the night of falling off a ledge!). We put our kayaks in at another spot down the road, paddled about 25 minutes to our site, and docked them there, where we could just scramble up and down for access. Definitely not ideal for swimming, though you can make it work if you're needy like me. We would have liked to get water to boil/filter from the river, but carrying it up and down was not really feasible. Ground is soft for tents and bare feet. Decent tree spacing for hammocks, plenty of wood for fires if you have a saw.
Drew K
VerifiedOctober 18, 2022 • Stayed at: 070D, Loop: Cooke Pond
This is a dope campsite.
Dionne S
VerifiedOctober 3, 2022 • Stayed at: 067D, Loop: Cooke Pond
67D is a gorgeous site. Full view of the river! Great site for tents or tiny campers. Large site but quite a few trees and large roots for larger campers. Neighboring campers are far enough away for privacy.
Jaimee D
VerifiedOctober 3, 2022 • Stayed at: 011D, Loop: Ausable Semi-Primitive North
Nice, secluded location. River view, no access
Brian G
VerifiedSeptember 29, 2022 • Stayed at: 041C, Loop: Cooke Pond
Incredible site. Beautiful, isolated, with lovely hardwood trees on east coast of this island. A short trail leads to west coast of island for watching sunset.
Would live on this island permanently if I could.
Brian G
VerifiedSeptember 29, 2022 • Stayed at: 061W, Loop: Cooke Pond
Very nice site. About 3-4 minutes walk from parking lot. Good river access for canoe or obtaining water. There is a latrine between 60 and 61 up on the hill. We had no neighbors in late September.
Do not go off of site location on Google Maps, this makes it look closer to the day use parking area off of Cooke Dam Rd than it actually is.
Brian G
VerifiedSeptember 29, 2022 • Stayed at: 001D, Loop: Alcona Pond
A fine site. Not far from the 4001 Canoe Landing where you can park before heading down river.
Isolated, quiet, close to the river. Easy to find with signs. Go slow on the dirt road back - I scraped the bottom of my car pretty good.
Location Ausable River Camping
Address:
5761 North Skeel Avenue
Oscoda, MI, 48750
United States
Designated campsites are spread along 55 miles of river shoreline between the AuSable River Access at 4001 Bridge (7 miles northwest of Glennie, MI) to near the Whirlpool AuSable River Access (4 miles west of Oscoda, MI).
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The campground is accessible via US Highway 23, which is approximately 10 miles to the east, providing connections to other major roads in the area.
Latitude & Longitude: 44.6511 / -84.0994
Elevation: 286 feet
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Last updated: June 4, 2026
