Campsite #18 at Black River Harbor Campground, MI

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Campsite #18

13 reviews

Drive-In	8 people
46 ft	Back-In
1	weak

5/22

6/29

Campsite #18 Features: Drive-In access, Back-In parking, 46ft driveway, Fire ring, Picnic Table, RV Site, Tent Site, Trailer Site, Pets Allowed

Campsite Reviews (13)

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@BarbaraYCD2B90 · Camped on Jul 7, 2024 at Campsite #18

Everything was great!but would be even better with water!

@MichaelS838841 · Camped on May 24, 2024 at Campsite #18

Campsite #18 is absolutely amazing! Hoping it is still there next year (the sloughing of the bluff overlooking Lake Superior is getting close to the campsite ).The nearby waterfalls are amazing to visit. A little sad the Gorge Falls viewing areas were closed, but still amazing! The only nit to pick is the lack of water...please make the water available Even if it is non-potable.

@MarkV8262617 · Camped on Jul 19, 2023 at Campsite #18

Campgrounds were nicely kept, and the your workers worked in the rain to cut the grass. This is a great campground with many well spaced sites. I would encourage the US Forrest Service to continue to work on getting water to the campground. You have the biggest fresh water lake in your backyard, and not a drop to drink. I am sure there are legitimate reasons for this, but did talk with others who have camped there several years ago when there was fresh water. One opportunity of improvement was the Sanitary Company used by the US Forrest Service to clean and drain the toilets. I went to one of the toilets after the service was completed, their were spills from the "solution" below on the floor of the toilets. I immediately left the toilet as the toilet was unsightly. At other US Forrest Service locations, the Sanitary Company after finishing with the withdrawal of the toilet contents, they will spray the toilet with a cleaning solution when finished. This was not done here, and would suggest cleaning after servicing the toilet needs to be completed.

@sherriet932279 · Camped on Jun 16, 2023 at Campsite #18

Great view at site 18.

@AMYS5542485 · Camped on Aug 25, 2022 at Campsite #18

Loved the size of the sites, and the proximity to Lake Superior. The only drawback was the lack of potable water, but we came prepared. Site #18 was beautiful, and has the best view.

@JamesK1667053 · Camped on Jul 14, 2022 at Campsite #18

We always love our visit to Black River Harbor, and the addition of Black top was nice. However, it was disappointing that the work although just complete 2 weeks ago was poorly done, the base applied was not properly compacted which left the shoulders soft and road already with sinking low spots. So enough of the poor construction paid for by tax payer money. We were there from Thursday through Sunday, the pit toilets were without toilet paper and not cleaned, in fact we did not see any park staff until just as we were leaving on Sunday at which time they did mow and clean the bathrooms. There is no working water potable or non-potable. The bathrooms and water we were prepared for and easily dealt with. The most disappointing is the horrible condition of the trails along the falls, the wooden walks are in disrepair, rotten sections blocked off, stairs with large chunks of rebar sticking up. I have never seen National Forest trails is such disrepair. If you like to hike be extremely careful, loose, and rotten trail boards are the norm. It certainly looks like the Ottawa National forest management has just checked out on the Black River Recreation area. Sad.

@MaryBlissP783 · Camped on Sep 28, 2021 at Campsite #18

We love Black River Harbor Campground. Really nice sites, good size with lovely vegetation borders. All have fire rings and nice picnic tables. It is remote with limited services; no connectivity. but near stunning waterfalls and good hiking. No hook-ups; clean vault toilets. Presumably the water issues have been solved and they expect to turn it on in 2022...we hope so. We understand that the harbor area has been rebuilt and the 15 mile road to/from town is nicely paved. One BIG PROBLEM: the campground road is in very bad need of repair...it is an obstacle course and almost impossible to avoid dropping into the many potholes. They need to repave it! (We also hope they reinstall a bridge at the end of the campground trail to the harbor.)

@DianeG945 · Camped on Sep 19, 2021 at Campsite #18

One of my favorites!

@StephenH603 · Camped on Aug 24, 2021 at Campsite #18

Although we loved our campsite (18) the campground road really needs re-paving and the lack of water at the entire complex is really unheard of in our National Forest CG experience. Time for reinvestment in this beautiful park.

@JaneB495 · Camped on Aug 16, 2021 at Campsite #18

This is a nice campground but there was no water and we had no notification ahead of time (they are repairing it and then have to do water quality tests so it was going to be at least a few more weeks after mid-August). The sites are well spaced and shaded. Lots of road potholes but they make good speed bumps :-) There is no campground host. It’s a nice less-packed alternative to the Porcupine Mountain State Park campgrounds, with a drive that’s less than an hour. The harbor is very quaint, small with a great beach around the corner to the right; the waterfalls are great, there’s access to the North Country Trail. Overall good experience other than the lack of water.

@AllyG296 · Camped on Jun 13, 2021 at Campsite #18

Toilets were clean & campground was quiet

@RyanP575 · Camped on Sep 28, 2020 at Campsite #18

Words cant describe

@DaveG794 · Camped on Sep 27, 2020 at Campsite #18

Nice, quiet, well maintained campground. The big attractions are the waterfalls (hike or drive and view, though there is quite a bit of walking and stairs to see them) and the beach. No water currently due to Covid so you need to bring it. I tried to hike to all the waterfalls on the trail (North Country Trail), but lost the trail between the second and third waterfall, due to leaves on the ground and some downed trees. While you can't really get "lost" (you're between the river and the road, just walk one way or the other) and the trail is marked with blue blazes, you still have to pay close attention to stay on it, particularly in the fall when there are some leaves on the forest floor.

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