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Let’s GO Camping!
Break Free from the Routine
Gorgeous family-friendly campground on Lake Michigan just south of Pentwater, Ludington, and just north of Silver Lake Dunes. Getting to Lake Michigan Family campground is an easy drive from Grand Rapids, Holland, Muskegon, Big Rapids and Cadillac . Enjoy cabins, bunk houses, platform tents and roomy wooded tent/RV campsites with water and electric (a limited number of full hook-up sites are available).
Great for families, groups, sports teams, churches, and more. Ask about seasonal sites and our year-round retreat center!
2026 Individual Reservations
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Office Hours are Tuesday-Friday, 9am-6pm EST. Call 231-869-5627 or 231-690-1646
Spring Volunteer Weekend
April 30 – May 3
We invite you to join us in preparing camp for this season’s camps and retreats! Your help is so greatly appreciated each year. It’s truly AMAZING the heart and skill you bring to serve by volunteering and helping to complete projects around camp. Register to reserve your accommodations. We can’t wait to see you!
2026 Campground Season
May 15 – Oct 18
Check-in & Check-out Times
Retreat Center YEAR-ROUND
Now booking year round for small groups and families.
Sites & Lodging
Individual and Group Reservations: 231-869-5627 or 231-690-1646 or info@lakemichigancamp.org
Reservations must be made by phone or email.
Before calling or email, you may use the button to check availability (at the interactive map, click on a shaded region, then adjust your arrival/departure dates and any other filters you want). Click on a site to see a photo of the site.
Note:
$20 fee for charging electric vehicles per stay. One additional tent can be added to a site reservation for $20 per night/per site for the additional tent. Site not to exceed 8 people total per site and only one additional tent may be added to each site reservation.
Retreat Center
Sleeps up to 24 (2 bunk rooms with a queen bed in each), central lounge and kitchen. Dog friendly. Optional food service or cook your own meals.
$250 per night ($200 per night if 6+ nights)
$20 per day for a propane gas grill
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Campsites
Water/electric hook-up: $40 per night ($35 each for 6+ nights) Dog friendly.
Full-Hook-Up (water/30-20 electric/sewer): $50 per night ($45 each for 6+ nights) Dog friendly.
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Platform Tents
30 "Glamping" platform tents - each has an 8′ x 16' covered porch, five twin size cots, plenty of space for a blow up mattress in the 16'x16' sleeping area. $60 per night ($55 each for 6+ nights) Dog friendly.
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Bunkhouses
Standard Cabin: $80 per night ($70 each for 6+ nights), sleeps up to 8 guests, no pets.
Premium Cabin: $100 per night ($90 each for 6+ nights), sleeps up to 6 guests, dog friendly.
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Cabins
Sleeps 3-6
$100 per night ($90 each for 6+ nights) Dog friendly, short walking distance to newly-constructed bath houses for restrooms & showers.
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Pastor's Cabin
Sleeps 3-4 (1 queen, 1 twin bunk) Kitchenette, full bathroom with shower, dog friendly.
$150 (Special Offer for active appointed United Methodist Pastors and UMC conference staff, call for or see details)
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Seasonal Sites
Reserve your summer getaway with a seasonal RV site. A limited number of seasonal RV sites are offered so call/email us soon as sites sell out. Once you visit Lake Michigan Family Campground you'll see why these spots don't last long!
Facilities
Hosting a family reunion or special event? Lake Michigan Family Campground has plenty of room for you to host a relaxed gathering to celebrate for baby showers, birthdays or just to catch up with old friends. Playgrounds, sports fields and group spaces. Inquire about reserving a pavilion or outbuilding. You also can add a propane gas grill to your reservation for just $20.
Fairway to Heaven and Ferns in the Wind Disc Golf Courses
Disc Golf courses designed by Jim Schultz of Eagles Wings Disc Golf
18-Hole Pro Course Fairway to Heaven and 18-Hole Family/Ace Course Ferns in the Wind
Fee to play if not a campground guest. $3.00 individual or $10.00 4-6 people fee covers both courses per day
Find the courses on www.udisc.com
Campground Map
Activities
There’s fun for everyone at Lake Michigan Family Campground
Basketball
Bird Watching
Building Sandcastles
Campfires
Disc Golf: Fairway to Heaven Disc Golf Course
Dune Walks
Field Games
Gaga Ball
Hiking
Walk the Beach to Pentwater Channel (about 2.5 miles)
Mini Golf
Pickleball
Playground
Prayer Labyrinth
Swimming (no lifeguard, swim at your own risk)
Sunsets and Stargazing
Tire Swing!
Volleyball
Disc Golf Courses
Families and disc golf enthusiasts are loving our beautiful disc golf course designed by Jim Schultz of Eagles Wings Disc Golf. Located at Lake Michigan Family Campground, 5807 Ridge Rd, Pentwater, MI 49449.
- Free Parking (just off Ridge Road).
- Open to the Public, daily 8 am – 10 pm (or dusk, no play in dark).
- $3/person, $10/group (covers both courses)
- Seasonal: Open March or when snow melted – November, or first snowfall
- Both courses can be seen on www.udisc.com
18 Hole Fairway to Heaven Course
- Pro Course, 5555 ft. Par 58
- First tee located north of the parking lot
18 Hole Ferns in the Wind Course
- Amateur/Family Course (Ace Course)
- First tee located south of the parking lot
- 10th tee located across Ridge Rd and to the north or left of the campground sign.
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Lake Michigan Family Campground
Make your reservations today!
Erik Bengston, Director
Kelley McKivitz, Guest Services Manager
Greg Anderson, Facilities Manager
5807 Ridge Rd
Pentwater, MI 49449