The following is a list of state parks/recreation areas in Michigan. The ones I’ve visited will be denoted in green, and the activities for which I visited the park will be indicated with different symbols – a tent for rustic camping, an RV for modern camping (even if RV was not used), a picnic table for day visits, a cabin for cabin rentals and a tipi with a dollar sign for tipi rentals.
As of August 2, 2020 – I’ve visited 62 of Michigan’s 106 state parks/recreation areas.
Agate Falls Scenic Site
Algonac State Park
Bald Mountain Recreation Area
Baraga State Park
Bass River Recreation Area
Bay City State Park ⇓
Belle Isle Park
Bewabic State Park ⇓
Fortune Lake at Bewabic State Park
Bond Falls Scenic Site
Brighton Recreation Area ⇓
Hiking trail at Brighton Recreation Area
Brimley State Park ⇓
Freighter view from Brimley State Park
Burt Lake State Park ⇓
Cheboygan State Park ⇓
On a clear day the Straits of Mackinac are visible from some parts of Cheboygan State Park.
Clear Lake State Park
Coldwater Lake State Park
Colonial Michilimackinac Historic State Park ⇓
Craig Lake State Park
DNR Pocket Park
Dodge #4 State Park
Duck Lake State Park
Father Marquette National Memorial
Fayette Historic State Park ⇓
You can see replicas and some ruins from an old town at Fayette State Park.
Fisherman’s Island State Park ⇓
Last time we were there Fisherman’s Island was a peninsula. But I’m hearing it might be an island again because of higher water levels.
Fort Custer Recreation Area ⇓
Fort Wilkins Historic State Park ⇓
Fort Wilkins, near Copper Harbor, was the site of a military outpost after the U.S. Civil War.
Fred Meijer White Pine Trail State Park
Grand Haven State Park ⇓
Grand Mere State Park
Harrisville State Park ⇓
Rental cabin at Harrisville State Park.
Hartwick Pines State Park ⇓
Hayes State Park ⇓
Highland Recreation Area ⇓
Historic Mill Creek Discovery Park ⇓
Hoeft State Park ⇓
Me on the white sand beach at Hoeft State Park near Rogers City, MI. See the freighter?
Hoffmaster State Park
Holland State Park
Holly Recreation Area ⇓
Indian Lake State Park
Interlochen State Park
Ionia State Recreation Area
Island Lake Recreation Area ⇓
Keith J. Charters Traverse City State Park ⇓
Interior of rental cabin at Traverse City State Park (now named for some guy named Keith).
Lake Gogebic State Park
Lake Hudson Recreation Area
Lakeport State Park
Laughing Whitefish Falls State Park ⇓
Leelanau State Park ⇓
Rustic camp site at Leelanau State Park.
Lime Island State Recreation Area
Ludington State Park ⇓
Mackinac Island and Fort Mackinac Historic Park ⇓
Maybury State Park ⇓
McLain State Park ⇓
Mears State Park ⇓
Rental popup camper at Mears State Park.
Menominee River State Recreation Area
Meridian-Baseline State Park
Metamora-Hadley Recreation Area ⇓
Mike Levine Lakelands Trail State Park
Mitchell State Park
Muskallonge Lake State Park
Muskegon State Park
Negwegon State Park
Newaygo State Park ⇓
North Higgins Lake State Park ⇓
Me at North Higgins Lake in the mid 1990s. I wouldn’t be able get back up easily if I tried sitting like that now!
Onaway State Park
Orchard Beach State Park
Ortonville Recreation Area ⇓
Otsego Lake State Park ⇓
Outdoor Adventure Center
Palms Book State Park
Petoskey State Park ⇓
Pinckney Recreation Area ⇓
Sunset over Bruin Lake at Pinckney Recreation Area.
Pontiac Lake Recreation Area
Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park ⇓
Port Crescent State Park ⇓
Proud Lake Recreation Area ⇓
Rifle River Recreation Area ⇓
Rockport Recreation Area
Sanilac Petroglyphs Historic State Park ⇓
Rock carvings at Sanilac Petroglyphs State Park.
Saugatuck Dunes State Park ⇓
Seven Lakes State Park ⇓
Silver Lake State Park ⇓
Sleeper State Park ⇓
Sleepy Hollow State Park
South Higgins Lake State Park ⇓
Sterling State Park ⇓
Straits State Park ⇓
Sturgeon Point State Park ⇓
Tahquamenon Falls State Park ⇓
You haven’t lived if you haven’t seen Tahquamenon Falls in each of the four seasons!
Tawas Point State Park ⇓
Me at Tawas Point State Park in 2016.
Thompson’s Harbor State Park
Tippy Dam Recreation Area ⇓
Tippy Dam area.
Twin Lakes State Park ⇓
Van Buren State Park
Van Riper State Park
Wagner Falls Scenic Site ⇓
Warren Dunes State Park ⇓
View from my camp chair at Warren Dunes State Park.
Warren Woods State Park ⇓
Waterloo Recreation Area ⇓
Watkins Lake State Park and County Preserve
Wells State Park
Wetzel State Recreation Area
Wilderness State Park ⇓
William G. Milliken State Park and Harbor
Wilson State Park ⇓
Yankee Springs Recreation Area ⇓
Young State Park ⇓
