MANISTIQUE – RAPID RIVER DISPERSED CAMPSITES

Overview

The Manistique/Rapid River campsites are located on inland lakes and are in a rustic forest environment with few, if any amenities. The rustic environment offers a wonderfully serene and peaceful setting for your next campout

Recreation

Visitors will be able to enjoy swimming, berry picking, and fishing at these campsites. Licenses are required for fishing in Michigan waters. Some of these campsites offer only one site on these inland lakes allowing for a very peaceful and wilderness-like experience.

Facilities

Half of the sites have a primitive toilet; be sure to check the site specifics prior to reserving. All campsites have fire rings. Horses are only allowed at certain sites. Specifically, horses are allowed at all sites on Swan Lake, site 1 at Ironjaw Lake, sites 1 and 2 at Triangle Lake. All of the sites have boat access to the lake. Most of them are back-in and a few have a boat/canoe slide.

Many of the campsites offer hiking, biking, and horseback riding trails.

Lake Name	Number of Sites	Maximum number of people per site	Toilets	Boat Access	Lake Size (acres)
Bass Lake	1	8	No	BI	290
Bear Lake	1	8	No	Slide	21
Camp Cook	1	8	Yes	N/A	N/A
Carr Lake	1	16	No	Slide	16
Chicago Lake	4	site 1 (8) Sites 2-4 (16)	Yes	BI	188
Crooked Lake	1	8	No	CI	190
East Lake	3	Site 1 (24) Site 2 and 3 (8)	Yes	BI	53
Gooseneck Lake	3	Sites 1 and 4 (8) Site 3 (16)	Yes	BI	123
Ironjaw Lake	1	8	Yes	BI	62
Jackpine Lake	2	Site 1 (16) Site 2 (8)	Yes	BI	63
Lake Nineteen	1	8	No	BI	26
Lyman Lake	10	Site 1, 7, 10 (8) Sites 2-4, 6, 8, 9 (16) Site 5 (24)	Yes	BI	67
Leg Lake	2	Site 1 (24) Site 2 (8)	Yes	BI	40
Minerva Lake	1	8	No	BI	45
Mowe Lake	2	8	Yes	BI	25
Steuben Lake	2	Site 1 (24) Site 2 (16)	Yes	BI	151
Swan Lake	4	Site 1 (8) Sites 2-4 (16)	Yes	BI	52
Triangle Lake	2	Site 1 (24) Site 2 (8)	Yes	BI	169

Site	Number of Horses Allowed
Ironjaw Lake	2 horses
Swan Lake sites 1 and 2	2 horses at each site
Swan Lake site 3	4 horses
Swan Lake site 4	6 horses
Triangle Lake site 1	4 horses
Triangle Lake site 2	2 horses

Natural Features

All of these sites are nestled in hardwood trees and pines. All of them are on small inland lakes, which offer a wide variety of fishing opportunities. There is one exception; Camp Cook, which is close to the Fishdam River and provides opportunities for good brook trout fishing.

Nearby Attractions

There are a number of horse, bike, and hiking trails within minutes of several of the sites. In over a mile from these campsites, visitors can expect to find: bait shops, general and grocery stores, gas, a pay phone, trailheads, a fishing pier, biking, and kayak/canoe rentals.