Monocle Lake

Stayed here two nights because Pictured Rocks was booked. A nice stop! (Shout out to the camp host for the clean bathrooms, much appreciated). The lake is nice for paddling or fishing. A section of the North Country hike is nearby, although a little hard to find (a marker for the trailhead at the picnic area would be useful). Buggy, but it is August in Michigan, so. Whitefish Bay on Lake Superior is a short drive away. Services are a bit of a drive, but there's Dancing Crane Coffee shop in Brimley which is a sweet place.

Stayed here two nights because Pictured Rocks was booked. A nice stop! (Shout out to the camp host for the clean bathrooms, much appreciated). The lake is nice for paddling or fishing. A section of the North Country hike is nearby, although a little hard to find (a marker for the trailhead at the picnic area would be useful). Buggy, but it is August in Michigan, so. Whitefish Bay on Lake Superior is a short drive away. Services are a bit of a drive, but there's Dancing Crane Coffee shop in Brimley which is a sweet place.

Nice campground with pretty spacious sites. We originally reserved site 11, but when we got there we realized it's like a roadside spot. Very small for anyone with kids. We decided to move to site 21 which we liked. Quiet campground and friendly host, with a cute little lake. Dancing Crane was a cute little coffee place, and Pickles is a must stop for lunch or dinner.

Nice campground with pretty spacious sites. We originally reserved site 11, but when we got there we realized it's like a roadside spot. Very small for anyone with kids. We decided to move to site 21 which we liked. Quiet campground and friendly host, with a cute little lake. Dancing Crane was a cute little coffee place, and Pickles is a must stop for lunch or dinner.

Everything is clean and well laid out. The beach front is especially nice and the water is very clean and refreshing.

Everything is clean and well laid out. The beach front is especially nice and the water is very clean and refreshing.

The vault toilets are cleaned 2 or 3 times a day and were honestly not too bad. We wanted to avoid vault toilets on our trip but campgrounds have been hard to come by this season so we ended up at Monocle Lake. I would definitely come back. The lake was beautiful and the hikes had great views! We did the hike to Mission Hill and caught a glimpse of Spectacle Lake and Lake Superior in the distance! The campground hosts were super nice, and there’s even some toys for kids to borrow and take to the beach. We stayed in spot 7 which was right next door to the toilets, but we never noticed a smell and the foot traffic wasn’t terrible. There are bigger spots with more privacy available. But we made the best of it and it was plenty of space for just our tent and a car. We also hand ample sunlight to warm up the camp shower and have warm water :)

The vault toilets are cleaned 2 or 3 times a day and were honestly not too bad. We wanted to avoid vault toilets on our trip but campgrounds have been hard to come by this season so we ended up at Monocle Lake. I would definitely come back. The lake was beautiful and the hikes had great views! We did the hike to Mission Hill and caught a glimpse of Spectacle Lake and Lake Superior in the distance! The campground hosts were super nice, and there’s even some toys for kids to borrow and take to the beach. We stayed in spot 7 which was right next door to the toilets, but we never noticed a smell and the foot traffic wasn’t terrible. There are bigger spots with more privacy available. But we made the best of it and it was plenty of space for just our tent and a car. We also hand ample sunlight to warm up the camp shower and have warm water :)

beautiful and quiet, will diffidently come back.

beautiful and quiet, will diffidently come back.