Brighton Appleton Lake Rustic Campground — Hotel in Hamburg Township

This is a quiet little campground. The lake is huge and you can rent kayaks and paddle boards. You can fish and have designated swimming area. They have grills all over by the main lake with picnic tables and volley ball and archery areas. They have about 14 miles of mountain bike trails. They have campsites with or without electricity. The campsite is actually really good size all surrounded by woods. They have an outhouse type bathroom by the sites, but by the main lake entrance they have...

The cost of camping there is way overpriced for rustic, 30 years ago there used to be a water spicket you can just turn the handle and the water come out, they took that out, and raise the price which is total ridiculous, they used to charge $2 for a shower, don't know how much it is now, they made New paths to the outhouse and move the outhouse to the other side probably for handicapped accessible. But I don't see no handicappers...

Appleton Lake is a great little lake, has public access (with a State Park Recreation pass) and is a no wake lake great for using kayaks on. Have fished there twice with lackluster results (later summer). It's about 1 mile to make a pass around the lake. Took my 70 year old Dad out kayak fishing and it was the right size lake for a three hour tour. Beautiful views with only a few houses on the lake on...