Carp River Campground

Located just north of Michigan's Mackinaw Bridge. Quiet, with easy access from I-75. This is a good place to overnight before continuing your Upper Peninsula travels.

So this campground is beautiful and quiet and the sites were nice and roomy. However the bugs were horrible from the moment we stepped out of the car. So bad that we spent very little time at the site. We were there for the car show anyway. On the second night it rained down bright green pollen from the pine trees and covered everything, it was so thick in the air the next morning it looked like green snow. We left early again that day and it was raining when we got back so the air was better by then, however taking down a wet tent covered in wet mushy pollen did a number on my allergies for weeks after. But like I said, beautiful site, another time if year might be better.

Up to Friday before scheduled to camp, received emails to be sure and make reservation day May 15. When I arrived campground was closed and remained closed for two days. I camped out in parking lot for two days. There were no courtesy calls to cancell. I drove 300 miles for nothing.

Great place to get away, great centralized place to set up camp to go fishing at the river and other rivers

Large sites, always very clean, Camp host are wonderful, loaner games for kids to play. Just a beautiful place to stay.

The campground was very clean. Outhouses kept clean and stocked. Host/Hostess friendly.
As with other rustic campgrounds I’ve camped, the 10pm quiet hour was not adhered to. I would attempt to camp here again despite that because of the location and cleanliness of the campground.

Arrived August 12th ‘21 slipped right into our #10 camp sight found to be clean well kept.
Fire pit dinning table all in great condition. Location close to river which had the access to the river been better we would have been able to launch our kayaks but as the grade we to steep we did not use them.

Very surprised that the mosquitoes and ticks were very much nonexistent so we enjoyed both dinner and later fireside S’more’s not having done bug spray. Late night great time.

Highly recommend this camp sight as it also was close to fly fishing spots along old logging roads.

We had a fantastic time tent camping on site 10. Bathrooms were to be expected and I'm thankful for them. It was a joy seeing the camp host driving around, he waved to us as he passed. Campground is very well kept.
I would 100% stay there again!

Would have rated higher but all of the generators.

We love staying at this campground. The host came around and was very friendly and the bugs weren’t even that bad!