Michigan will have campground closures at state parks again in 2025 as it continues its maintenance and improvement projects.
Since you can make camping reservations in Michigan 6 months from your camping date, some folks may already be looking ahead to the next camping season. Keep these closures in mind as you start building your list.
There are 103 state parks in Michigan and many of them allow camping. If the closures affect your favorite spots, maybe you could use our YouTube reviews of all Michigan state parks to find another! Here is our Michigan State Parks playlist. Or, if you already know you want to narrow your search to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, we also have a UP playlist. We also have blog posts for the state parks, including our favorite in the Upper Peninsula: Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park.
Campground Closures
Algonac State Park
The Riverfront Modern Campground will be closed until March 22, 2025, and the Wagon Wheel Modern Campground will be closed until May 15, 2025. The state is installing full-hookup sites and repaving the roads
Bewabic State Park
The B and C modern campground loops (sites 25 – 129) will be closed for the entire 2025 camping season. The state is constructing a new toilet and shower building, as well as repaving the roads.
Brighton Recreation Area
The planned improvements to update electrical and roads are delayed. So, the Bishop Lake modern campground remains closed through May 2025. In addition, the Horseman’s equestrian camp will be closed from June 1 through Oct. 15, 2025, for road repairs.
Brimley State Park
The campground is closed through May 2025 to upgrade water lines and the stormwater system.
Clear Lake State Park
The modern campground will be closed through June 16, 2025, to undergo renovations for water distribution, toilet and shower building upgrades, and a dump station upgrade.
Hoeft State Park
The campground is closed through June 16, 2025, for water distribution, toilet and shower buildings, dump station, sewage system, and contact station renovations.
Interlochen State Park
The modern campground is closed through May 15, 2025, to complete water and sewer system enhancements.
Ludington State Park
The majority of the park, including all campsites, will be closed through July 1, 2025, to allow for the completion of numerous enhancements, including paving roads and parking lots, expanding the parking lots at Lake Michigan and the warming shelters, and improving traffic and pedestrian flow at the park entrance.
Shutting it down for an entire season must have involved a lot of hand-wringing!
Metamora-Hadley Recreation Area
The modern campground is closed through April 2025 for electrical, water and sewer improvements.
Otsego Lake State Park
This campground will be open for most of the 2025 season even though the state previously announced it would be closed. The project to improve electrical and sewer systems and convert 44 campsites to full hookups is postponed until early August 2025.
Pontiac Lake Recreation Area
The modern campground is closed through April 2025 due to updates to the dump station and the campground.
Rifle River Recreation Area
The Grousehaven modern campground is scheduled to be open in the spring of 2025; however, the state is not providing a specific date. The closure has been for upgrades to the electric and water systems, as well as the lift station.
Sleepy Hollow State Park
The modern campground will be closed from April 15 through Oct. 31, 2025, for replacement of the toilet and shower building, as well as paving campground roads and updating the beach building.
Tahquamenon Falls State Park
The Lower Falls Portage Loop is closed through May 2025 for electrical upgrades. The Hemlock Loop is closed through May 2025 for water upgrades.
Tawas Point State Park
The modern campground is closed through April 30, 2025, for electrical upgrades.
Yankee Springs Recreation Area
The Gun Lake Camgpround is scheduled to reopen in Spring 2025, however the state has not provided a specific date. The closure is for improvements to the electrical and sewer systems, as well as the park roads.
Other park closures
In addition to the campground closures listed above, the state has closed and is closing miscellaneous day-use areas, beaches, trails and more at various state parks and recreation areas. To view more details and the complete DNR list, visit the state’s website.
In addition, a special announcement was made in October about Traverse City State Park closing for renovations in early July 2025 and not reopening until the 2027 camping season. We have a blog post dedicated just to that project.