Leelanau Pines Campground

Our family spent 5 days here. The experience was positive! High marks for good customer service on a variety of fronts. The campground was well maintained and very clean. Also, very pretty/picturesque. The location was outstanding for touring the Leelanau Peninsula. When we departed back to Kentucky, my thought was, "It's too bad we live so far away as we'd visit on a regular basis." Good campground!

Being from Ohio, Michigan was always a land bridge to Canada. As long as my father was alive, we would travel to Canada for walleye fishing each summer, the best fresh fish to catch in the world. Traveling through southern Michigan was much like Ohio, allot of people, concrete and cities. But once you get north of Flint, things rapidly began to change. As we would travel through the night and into the morning, the concrete would give way to the white pines and birch, coming to the highway to show us the way north. Recently my wife wanted to plan a camping trip to northern Michigan; Sleeping Bear, UP, and Mackinac Island. I had to cancel the UP portion of the trip so we had a couple of days to fill and I found Leelanau Pines on beautiful Lake Leelanau and I’m glad I did. We camped right on the lake and the check-in was seamless, even though we arrived a bit early. The people running Leelanau Pines were very helpful and the other campers were friendly, sites were large enough and allot of stuff for the kids to do. My daughter and I spent a day on the lake fishing for Walleye and I caught one, enough to treat my family to a fresh fish appetizer and my daughter caught her first fish, which I believe was a crappie that we returned to the lake. Thank you Lake Leelanau for providing memories for my family. Michigan is still a land bridge to Canada, but now it is also a destination, we will be back.

I made a last minute decision to go camping on Labor Day weekend and it was slim picking. However, Leelanau Pines did not disappoint! There were only glamping pods available, but it was a great first experience for glamping! Posted right next to the water, waking up to the sounds of the ducks coming in, and I still got some privacy. It was a fantastic experience!

We loved our vacation in northern Michigan. The campground feels remote, but most tourist cities are a short drive away. We loved the sports amenities like the jump pad, basketball, and pickleball court. Chess in the forest is fun too. Our only criticism was the fishing areas and the swimming area, both were terrible. The access into the water was unkept steps and the swimming area was small and under a tree.