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National Park Service · Sleeping Bear Dunes Wilderness Area · MI

Bay Campground - South Manitou Island

Bay CampgroundPhoto · NPS
Not publishedStatus
MixedAccess
28Sites
25First-come

The place

The Bay Campground is the closest campground to the dock. Bring water filtration equipment because there is no source of purified drinking water. There are 25 individual sites and 3 group sites.

SRC · National Park Service API · 2026-08-24

Booking

183 daysBooking window before arrival

Recreation.gov default: most campsites can be booked six months prior to arrival date. Most campgrounds go on sale at 7am PT / 8am MT / 10am ET, but not always; check the facility Seasons and Fees tab. Some locations also offer shorter supplemental booking windows.

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SRC · Rules verified against recreation.gov · 2026-08-24

Fees

Bay Campground for 1-4 persons$10.00
Bay Campground Group SItes$30.00
SRC · National Park Service API · 2026-08-24

Your representative

This campground sits in MI-01. This member’s public-lands record →

SRC · U.S. Census TIGER · MTJP Scorecard