Yankee Springs Deep Lake Rustic Campground

I wanted to like this place, i had a good enough time, but i won't be back. The staff was great, helpful and nice. She let us change our campsight (a lot of the campsites are crammed in next to each other). We chose one that made us feel a little more secluded but didn't actually provide much privacy once people started showing up. Come friday night, there were lots of kids and it was pretty loud. Music started blasting at 6 am on Saturday along with various other loud scrappings and bangs. We were here may 30 - June 1, and this place is infested with spongey moth catapiller. They are everywhere! A terribly invasive species that is destroying the environment. If you go here, make sure you don't take any of these home with you. Each female can lay up to 1000 eggs. Please stop the spread! The hiking trails are great. There's a 12 mile loop mountain biking trail. We took a short cut to make it a 6 mile loop. The only downfall was the catapillers dropping out of the trees on your head, or hanging in the air on a thread or crawling up your legs. This place is probably much better in the fall, or if you wanted to use the boat launch. It was just to open and populated for my idea of rustic camping, and the catapillers were something else. Honestly, I'm surprised we stuck it out. We drove an hour and a half to get here and almost threw in the towel when we realized we didn't have our tent polls. Thankfully, there's a Walmart about 15 minutes away where we were able to purchase an emergency tent, a bug fogger( didnt really help), and a box of overpriced firewood. On the way back we found a firewood stand that was much more reasonably priced.

"We have a 16-foot trailer and booked site #69. Most sites are very spacious. However, when we returned to our site on a narrow one-way dirt road, we found someone else occupying it. We ended up driving around and found site #63, which was very nice, though it was a tight drive to get back there. The staff was fantastic, and the atmosphere was quiet and relaxing. Overall, we had a great weekend!"

A variety of sites, some large, some small, some open and some shady, boat ramp, walking, biking, dog friendly.

Nice quiet campground. Price is great, lots of trails and the lake. People here are always friendly too.

Deep Lake Unit is a wonderful rustic campground at Yankee Springs Recreational Area. We thoroughly enjoyed camping here. Site D70 was very nice and overlooked the lake from atop a hill and through a few trees. Many trails to walk and a trail directly from your campsite will lead along the water to the boat launch and fishing pier only about a 10 minute walk away. Mosquitos were not bad for mid-June but wear bug spray as we did find one deer tick on us (don't let that discourage!). Very friendly park staff always willing to give good suggestions on trails to hike or bike, or where the fish are biting. We will definitely return to camp here. Much more relaxed and in with nature than the modern sites, although equally nice in amenities if that's what you're looking for. Fun beach and water slide over at Gun Lake (still in same park), only a short 10 minute car ride away. A+++ Michigan State Park!