This is a good campground for those who are starting out camping be warned this place gets overcrowded and ends up, looking like a FEMA

Love this park. I come here yearly with my family s a few times. They have great summer as well as fall camping. It's a beautiful park with a great little store, and some of the best views of Lake Huron. read more

Add another voice to the chorus of "I'm only reviewing the day use part of the park". Really, I almost feel like Yelp should have two separate listings for overnight and day use here. Their own beach, their own trails, I don't even know what it's like in that world! With the mercury up in the 90s and me out of work and looking at all these vacation pics on Instagram, I decided to get out of the D for a little day trip, even if it was only a little past Port Huron. My plan was to swim, bike some trails and then swim some more. Lake Huron was wonderful, cool and refreshing and the depths stayed shallow for a long distance from the shore. Things are pretty rocky near the shore, as other reviewers have noted, so take caution where you tread, tenderfoot. And the day use beach isn't the most impressive in size. Indeed, even on a weekday if there were any more bodies crowding the sand I'd have been concerned about that all important 2020 social distancing. The pedestrian bridge over the road that everyone grouses about really isn't too bad if you're in at all decent physical shape. Anyone who isn't elderly or infirm complaining about this is a big crybaby. The trails for the day use section left a lot to be desired. From a state park I just expected more. It was barely worth hauling my bicycle out of my station wagon. They're not at all marked and sometimes the woods and park just comically end and there's a house or school. Oh well, time to turn around. And then somehow I found myself in the "park employees only" section which I had seen when I pulled into the parking lot but was never demarcated from the back going through the woods. No wonder nobody seems to write about this part of the park. In summary the water was wonderful, the beach basic, the bridge bearable and the trails terrible. I'll average that out to a three. Not a bad park, but it probably would be without the majesty of Lake Huron. read more

See all

Great park! What they don't tell you on the website: If you are planning on going to the beach or for a picnic, the entrance to the parking for the park is on the west side of the main road, not the east. We passed the main entrance, and drove a few miles and found an east entrance, but that was for camping. They told us to go back to the west entrance. Once you park in the west entrance, you have a take a mighty walk to get to the picnic area and beach. This walk includes sidewalks and a pedestrian bridge over the main road. If you have a ton of stuff or a just a heavy cooler like we did, you will definitely want to bring wheels of some sort; wagon, cooler on wheels, wheelbarrow, etc. Also, if you're a tenderfoot, like me, you will definitely need water shoes if you plan on spending any time in or near the water. The shore and lake bottom is very rocky. Great little park though. read more

Best bathroom we have ever seen period ! Fantastic & wonderful! Great park best of the best ! Right on the lake too !

Best State Park in the Thumb!!! It doesn't hurt that across from the entrance is a kick ass BBQ food truck turned drive through!

I used to come here as a child. But, they sure did screw thongs up. Having just moved back to the area i figured it would be a no brainier to visit. Not, was i wrong. This is the most UN-user friendly park I've ever visited. The bridge situ is ridiculous for single moms, large families, folks with disabilities. There are NO signs to clue people in how to enter the park. I had to go with another person to find out there was a day park-with a friend who had an adult sister who is in a wheelchair. Hello, #ADA? What a dreadful situation. What really freaked me out was trying to go there in the late fall for photos and finding the whole place locked up. You can't walk trails or anything! So disappointed in the Thumb area as a whole as far as being a friendly place for people who don't live on, but want to visit, the Graceful shores of Lake Huron. It's really a shame. I am a #GrievingMom and find so much comfort in our Great Lakes. West Michigan parks are so much more user friendly. read more

Great state campground with both 30 and 50 amp service. Beach has seen extensive erosion, but not the fault of the campground. Super clean bathrooms and nice sites! read more

Lakeport State Park - Parks Near Me - Lakeport, Michigan

Great beach, nice state park just north of Port Huron. Pedestrian bridge over highway. Come check it out!

I like this beach. It's clean The sand and water are nice. It's a little small, but it's not too far from home and you get good sun all day long! I'm a fan ...yeah yeah read more

This review only pertains to the day visitor area of the park. Not the campground. I have put some pictures here to explain and warn people that this is the only state park I know of that the parking is on the other side of a busy highway from the actual picnic grounds. From the car to a bridge there's quite a hike then the bridge over the highway then through the picnic area. For those of you carrying a lot of stuff, go somewhere else. On the plus side, you are allowed to drink alcoholic beverages and no DNR employees bothered us at all. A pleasant experience besides the hike carrying full gear from the car to the picnic ground and back. read more

See all

This place has it all: large sites (both shaded and not) for tents and pull-throughs for bigger rigs, large beach area, great camp store, bathrooms are recently updated and are very clean, and close to home for us...and even if it was farther away we'd gladly make the trip. Sunrises over the lake, freighters sailing by, seagulls and other birds gliding over the sand...awesome! read more

Lakeport State Park - Parks Near Me - Lakeport, Michigan

Stopped in here at the end of the summer season last August. We were just out for a drive, not camping, so I won't be posting info about that. Some of the park is not accessible if day tripping. There's a walkway and crossover bridge to access the day tripper portion of the park. Lovely and captivating views! Helpful and kind staff from the park system. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and will definitely return! read more

Lakeport State Park - The rocky beach of Lakeport State Park. - Parks Near Me - Lakeport, Michigan

This place is SO pretty and it's really clean when I came here. What others would call 'a hike' to get here it's actually a 30 second walk. Not a big deal unless you're the only one carrying a super heavy cooler. Lots of grass space, right along the coast, etc. Definitely family friendly and I'd recommend for anybody! read more

Love the beach and the camp ground, been coming here for years and years. Wonderful park, clean bathrooms, a cute store with Ice cream and all your needs. The kids really enjoy it. read more

Love going to this beach to do some rock picking. Not too busy depending what time of the year you go. I would give it 5 stars but the bees and bugs there are sometimes out of control. But overall a great spot on Lake Huron. read more

Lakeport State Park - Parks Near Me - Lakeport, Michigan

My review is for RV camping. No full hook up and some sites are laid out backwards for hook ups. The pump out station was extremely crowded. Only 2 lanes and campground was fill of RV's. I'm talking 2 hr plus wait to pump out WTF. Otherwise the beach was nice and plenty of trails. read more

This State park is a mix of good and bad. First of all, we were here as overnight campers, so this will serve as more of a review of that aspect of the park rather than those coming for the day. We camped out at the North section of the park. I found the campsites to be crammed in together pretty well. The sites themselves were large enough, but if you happened to choose a site that wasn't along the outer ring, you seem to just be surrounded by campers and RVs, and very few trees. At least the outer sites, like we had, had a line of trees behind. This particular weekend (unknown to us, until it was too late) was the annual Horseshoe tournament and maybe that explains it somewhat, but it was really buy and particularly rowdy. The four kids we had with us had trouble getting any sleep due to the noise level from all the music and general mayhem that went on long past quite hours (until about 2am, while quite hours start at 11pm). The night went so poorly, that we decided to leave a day early after the first night. While checking out, the park ranger mentioned that due to the tournament, it was unusually busy and a number of rangers were tied up directing the contest, leaving less to do the usual work. She suggested that we try the Park again another weekend, and also offered us a list of Michigan State parks that have alcohol restrictions. We will probably head to one of those parks for camping next time. All of this was a shame, as the Park itself is quite nice, with a wonderful beach on the lakeside, and great facilities and trails. I just wish we could have spent more time there and enjoyed more of it. read more

The review written during the horseshoe tournament about this site is spot on. We were there during a normal weekend and it was excellent. You really should aim for an outer site along the trees or lake, otherwise you are cramped in. The bathrooms and showers were cleaned 3x a day while we were there (not quite sure why it took 45 minutes, but hey I'd rather see thorough cleaning then skimp on it!). Overall it was a great trip and a great campground. read more

When you first pull onto the drive coming into the park there is a sign telling you quite time starts at 10 pm. However it is night 2 of 3 here and both nights we have had people yelling, playing music, people walking past our trailer talking at full volume, and kids running around blowing off air horns past 12 in the morning... Clearly the DNR here truly doesn't care about keeping up with their rules and keeping all their campers happy. I would not recommend going to this camp ground. read more

The beach here is amazing very refreshing but the camping has no privacy at all the people here are night except for a few staff members. Would come back again for the sites and the beach. read more

Every year we do an annual camping trip with the BF's best friend and the best friend's family. They happen go as part of a church group, but we usually just anti-socially keep to ourselves on our own campsite. Unlike my experience at Sugarloaf State Park last year, this year at the Lakeport North campground within this state park was sooooo much better. There are 250 campsites here, but it's designed in a way that it doesn't seem like it. While Sugarloaf seemed like a clear-cut parking lot, this campground was more "filled-in" with trees and the RV's and people surrounding us weren't a complete in your face distraction. We were in space #175, located in the middle, and were fortunate to have a nice tree for ample shade cover. Actually I found that this campground had more shade trees in the middle, although, like another reviewer said, you will find a bit more privacy along the perimeter. We had super close access to a water spigot which was right next to an entrance to the beach on Lake Huron. The beach itself was a little rocky towards the water, but still very nice. It actually reminded me of a couple of beach shorelines on the Gulf of Mexico in my old adopted hometown in Florida in the Sarasota/Bradenton area. There were lots of cool rocks to be collected here in different colors. I probably brought home like 30 pounds of rocks (or car ballast as the BF called them). lol I even found several with fossilized imprints and corral which was VERY exciting and they weren't even that hard to find! I never went in the water, but heard it was good, albeit with a mild current running through it. The bathrooms were nicer here and were more well-maintained. I wasn't totally skeeved taking a shower. I personally saw them close up twice a day for cleaning. The camp host area is located right next to the campground store. They usually have kid activities posted on the calendar outside and a community coffee klatch on Saturday morning. If you forgot to bring something the store may likely have it in a pinch in terms of camping and the basics in food and drink (eggs, milk, bacon, sausage, soda, etc). There were also tons of recreational toys for kids, cheap candy and ice cream, so you may not want them to go in there. :-) The touristy stuff was decent too. Some things were at a premium, but the prices were pretty good overall. If you need something major, just about every chain store on the face of the earth exists on the main road between the park and the interstate (around 15 minutes away total). There is also a cute little BBQ stand located upon exiting the park that I would like to try one day. We were there the last weekend in July for 4 days/3 nights (just about enough for camping overall) and found it to be super quiet towards the evening. By 10pm it seemed like everyone was in bed which was surprising. No one we encountered was rowdy and impolite and the park rangers made the rounds in the vehicles often enough. Everyone seemed to have a handle on their dogs, too. There were better playgrounds and trails here along with volleyball and horseshoe courts. Really enjoyed my time at Lakeport and I look forward to returning in the future. read more

Worst experience camping ever. While the park is clean. The reservation fees are high, especially if you change your reservations. Then we witnessed the Rangers evict a family with an autistic child for no reason. Great place to stay for 1 night or if your not looking to enjoy your time there. Our family will never be back to this park or any other MI state park. Worst experience I've ever seen my 10 years of camping. read more

We stopped here just for the night as we were passing through Pt. Huron and I thought it was a great site! We were tent camping, the sites were not super packed in so I felt like we had a little privacy (as much as any tent camper has). The site was very quiet, I could even hear the lake waves as I was falling asleep! We were close to the trees and lake, which made it even nicer. The beach was pretty rocky but still pretty quiet and beautiful. I tried to go for a jog in the morning and it was as difficult as dry sand. I would definitely stay here again! read more

Favorite SE MI Park. Camped here tons. Friendly park staff, clean bathrooms, great little camp store. Beautiful view. read more

Lakeport State Park - Parks Near Me - Lakeport, Michigan

First time staying in this campground. I can't say enough about it. The lots are big. The bathroom/showers are clean. The camp store has everything you might want,including ice cram. And it's located right on the shores of Lake Huron. The beach is very rocky, so bring your water shoes. V read more

Lakeport State Park - God's beauty! - Parks Near Me - Lakeport, Michigan