About Gooseneck Lake Campsites
Number of accommodations: 3
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Reviews (21)
What Guests Are Saying
Gooseneck Lake Campsites offers a beautiful and secluded environment with a stunning lake ideal for kayaking and canoeing. Reviewers appreciated the quiet atmosphere, ample firewood, and the rustic charm of the site, which allows for enjoyable campfires and private beach access. While some noted challenges with swimming due to the lake's bottom and the absence of drinking water on-site, the overall experience was positive, highlighting the friendly local rangers and the campsite's affordability.
What Guests Are Saying
Gooseneck Lake Campsites offers a beautiful and secluded environment with a stunning lake ideal for kayaking and canoeing. Reviewers appreciated the quiet atmosphere, ample firewood, and the rustic charm of the site, which allows for enjoyable campfires and private beach access. While some noted challenges with swimming due to the lake's bottom and the absence of drinking water on-site, the overall experience was positive, highlighting the friendly local rangers and the campsite's affordability.
Review Summary
Lori S
VerifiedJuly 16, 2023 • Stayed at: 001, Loop: GOOSENECK LAKE CAMPSITE
Terrible construction of campsite you can’t even a camper in anymore! All those huge rocks all over looks terrible!!!! It used to be by favorite campsite not anymore!!! Totally not a rustic beautiful place anymore !!!
Roger T
VerifiedAugust 25, 2022 • Stayed at: 004, Loop: GOOSENECK LAKE CAMPSITE
Everything was great except someone that had registered the site two weeks into the future showed up. Very relaxing and beautiful.
Sean M
VerifiedJuly 1, 2022 • Stayed at: 004, Loop: GOOSENECK LAKE CAMPSITE
It was very beautiful spot.. took our daughter and 2 grandkids camping all under 10... it was the best from all kids.. the people around the lake was very polite. Thank you 😊
Jonathan F
VerifiedSeptember 13, 2021 • Stayed at: 004, Loop: GOOSENECK LAKE CAMPSITE
Don't wander down the trail, if you do watch where you're walking and don't leave the trail as people have decided to use it as a bathroom. And as they can't be bothered to even walk off the trail they certainly didn't bother to mark it with a stick etc.
Mandy J
VerifiedSeptember 5, 2021 • Stayed at: 004, Loop: GOOSENECK LAKE CAMPSITE
The previous campers left the site a mess, tons of water balloons all over beach. Otherwise I loved the size of site and great location. Coulda used a bathroom
Derek R
VerifiedAugust 10, 2021 • Stayed at: 004, Loop: GOOSENECK LAKE CAMPSITE
Great site. 2nd year in a row staying here. Only complaint is there were a couple hundred cigarette butts around the area. We spent a lot of time picking up the majority of these.
Conor O
VerifiedAugust 25, 2020 • Stayed at: 004, Loop: GOOSENECK LAKE CAMPSITE
This place was incredible. There was a little bit of a mess left over from some visitors before us, but nothing too bad. Just a broken bottle and some bottle caps. The water in the lake was crystal clear, the locals are friendly, and the place was easy to find. The paper map and directions are both accurate. For help getting here, you can use this location pin: 46.066566, -86.544978. Just copy and paste it into maps and you'll be very close to the road used to access the site.
There was no noise and the area was quiet by 10pm each night (4 total). Lots and lots of toads and frogs! A couple swampy areas on the outskirts of the campsite made for a cool habitat to check out.
I would love to go back here again. Definitely recommend doing some local kayaking and seeing grand island (45min drive).
Carrie Z
VerifiedAugust 20, 2020 • Stayed at: 004, Loop: GOOSENECK LAKE CAMPSITE
Well let’s see, the site 04 was not labeled so I circled forever with my kids. A resident of the lake tried to help me find my site with no luck. I went down a path that said sites 2-3 to see if I could get anywhere and met some women that said that the site I was looking for was closed and should not have been rented out. I was over 400 miles from my home with 4 children with me and no where to camp in the middle of some pretty rainy weather!! I have never been more upset in my life!!! I had to drive around and find somewhere else to stay! Thank God I was able to find a place!! I couldn’t even find how to get a refund!! I will never rent from recreation.gov again!!
Chrissy K
VerifiedJuly 31, 2020 • Stayed at: 001, Loop: GOOSENECK LAKE CAMPSITE
It's a beautiful spot but there were a bunch of 20 something year old that were camping near us and were extremely loud most of the night. Every night at 1030-11pm they got on their pontoon boat and rode around the lake most of the lake hooting and hollaring until about 3am. I'm all about having a good time, but being respectful of others.
Mark Gordon
September 3, 2015
Not a campground, it is a great place to get maps and information on the area. The staff was so helpful and made me feel at home in the forest.
Location Gooseneck Lake Campsites
Address:
Rapid River/Manistique Ranger District
Rapid River, MI, 49878
United States
From the Intersection of US-2 and Forest Highway 13 (about 14 miles east of Rapid River); drive north 8.4 miles on Highway 13 to CR 442.
- Turn right (east) and drive 8 miles to FR 2218.
- Turn left (north) and drive 1.6 miles to FR 2218EA or 0.8 mile to FR 2218G.
Latitude & Longitude: 46.0625 / -86.5444
Elevation: 239 feet
Policies & Rules
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Pack-In, Pack-out policy |
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There is a 14-day stay limit. |
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No drinking water provided. |
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Campsite must be occupied the first night. |
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Campsite cannot be left unattended for more than 24 hours. |
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You are welcome to collect firewood from the area surrounding your campsite. Just remember that any firewood that you collect must be DEAD AND DOWN |
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Click here for more information on the Hiawatha National Forest |
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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. |