Muskallonge Lake State Park — Attraction in McMillan Township

We made the trip from Tennessee twice in the summer of 2018 and will be driving up again this summer. Beautiful park, kind and helpful rangers, and the other campers were also wonderful. Several campers and a ranger helped us brace our tent during a storm with significant winds. The tent survived and we have a new one for this trip. The bathhouse is fantastic! It really helps to be able to take a warm shower after walking the lake shoreline all day or getting caught in a chilly rain.

Superior is across the street and easily reached via a short walk (or you can drive and park at the lot). Cell service is extremely spotty but there is WiFi at the ranger station. Consider checking your provider's roaming data rules before you go to the U.P. We had several apps that took us to our limit (Sprint on the original 'unlimited' plan.. which isn't unlimited where roaming is concerned, it turns out). I ended up without data for the remainder of our trip until we were closer to Gaylord as we drove home. Oops. It's a good idea to download the offline map in Google Maps if/when you finally lose signal just after you cross the bridge.

DWR/Scotchguard as much as you can and shore up on your Sawyer spray (blue cans for you, yellow cans for your clothes and gear before you leave) to help with the black flies. It's a nice place to bring pets; just remember they can't hang on the swimming portion of the beach. The shoreline fishing was great for our son. You can visit other towns if your vehicle is up to the challenge this early in the season (June). The roads may or may not have been graded. Our first trip was in a Ford Focus and the attempt to drive to Grand Marais felt like driving I-90 in Syracuse in January. Our Crown Vic handled it much better. We are bringing bicycles this time.. hopefully we can do a little more exploring that way. If you bring ATV's, or the like from out of state, check Michigan laws to ensure you're street legal. There are some pull-off spots if you take a drive or ride with beach access and when we finally arrived to Grand Marais, we found it to be a lovely town and completely geeked out when we got to meet the Agate Lady. 😍

We bring as much as we can from home since there are no chain grocery stores, but there is a wonderful gas station/market just up the road with everything you may need in a pinch, including camping camping supplies, food, adult beverages and fishing gear & licenses. The owners are great and prices are on par for a small business.

This park is a hidden gem.. by far one of our favorite places to camp (check out Fisherman's Island, too!) and absolutely worth the trip...

Musklonge Lake State Park is a nice place in a very cool area. I had camped at this park when I was a kid in 2001. When I visited a couple weeks ago, it was considerably different from what I remember. Guess that's what happens when 21 years go by.

The state park is located on Muskalonge Lake as you may have guessed. There is a beach where you can swim. When I was there, there was not a lot of sand on the beach. The water came pretty close to the grass. It was also not well groomed and maintained. It was good to swim in though.

Like I said before though, it is in a nice area. Lake superior is in walking distance from the park. Once you leave the state park and cross the road, there is a trail that takes you to Lake Superior. It was kind of rocky; but like always, the rocks were beautiful.

Despite of its good location, there are many other camprounds in the area. Just south of this state park is Tahquamenon Fall, which has certainly grown into a tourist attraction in recent years. But what's so cool about this state park, is that you have a "small lake" to swim in and a "big lake."

The state park itself is pretty average all in all. The camping sites are okay sized but not huge. There are 81 spots to chose from if I'm not mistaken. FYI, if you get the chance to camp here and you like being right on the water, spot number 25 might be a good option. But anyways, there is also a lot of playscapes for children to play at.

Overall, this is decent state park in a very cool area that is in walking distance from Lake superior. There are 2 beaches to...

Great family campground, easy access to Lake Superior, beautiful nature and stargazing.

This is a lovely campground. I visited with my husband and two young kids, as well as my mother-in-law and her elderly friend. We stayed in a travel trailer and a camper van. We enjoyed rock hunting along Lake Superior.

There are tons of sights and there was plenty of room on each one. The campground backs up against the lake with a small sandy beach. And it's a 10-minute walk/hike across the road and down a hill to Lake Superior.

The only issue we had, is that there were tons of bugs at night time. We had to severely limit going in and out of our camper and we still ended up bringing home five or so flies, among other bugs.

There is a playground with swings and a slide next to a field area and some picnic tables.

I was able to send text messages, but had no internet connection. However the office has Wi-Fi connection with the password is posted in the window so you can access it at any time.

The other campers were very friendly and nice. Some of them were regulars with reservations lasting a couple of weeks.

The fire pits were built up cement rings. Our site had electric hookup, but not water or sewage. I'm not sure if other sites have those amenities. But they did have apull up area for sewage and water management. It was double-sided so two vehicles could access it...