Tippy Dam Campground-MDNR

"This campground is a wonderful place to come with family. I'm very close to the river, which is Tippy Dam and Sawdust River. It's definitely a place you can bring your family and have a good time while learning about the outdoors and fishing. Now, on the other hand, I would definitely have a strong stomach to handle the smell of the bathrooms because if you don't know what a vaulted toilet is, there's no water, just a hole full of urine and feces. But overall, this is a great location for camping, sightseeing, hiking, and fishing."

"Not one of the nicer DNR campgrounds I've been to. No water fill or dump station for campers, little lake access (there's 1 dock), and the bathrooms are extremely smelly. On the plus side, the sites are very large and well separated with vegetation."

"This is one of my happy places. Tippy Dam Pond, besides the occasional boat ramp (or the dam), is mostly left natural. And that really makes this campground special. You won't find sport boats zipping around the lake. You won't see a ton of people out on the water, besides those staying at the campground or national forest campground, and there's beauty around every corner. We go up yearly now for almost a week to hang out and fish the pond. But I can't understate how nice it is to be on a lake where the entire shoreline isn't someone's private property - but - state or national forest. It's just beautiful. The actual campground is fairly small, but well set up. Two sets of outhouses that are fairly well maintained by the staff. Each site has at least a table and fire pit. The cabin, while rustic, is wonderful with 4 bunk beds, gas heater and solar panel for light. The far side of the campground has a really nice set of stairs, and dock, out on the lake to fish from, swim from or launch a small paddle boat from. Because there isn't power at the campground, you don't typically see campers (a lot of tent camping). Which I find nice. Sometimes a person will run a generator but it isn't as common as other sites I've stayed at."

"A great place to take a fishing trip. Clean campgrounds with friendly people. Close enough to lake Michigan to take a day trip. Overall a great place to go."

"Amazing. Magical at night when the lightening bugs are out and the stars are so bright. Huge camping spots. Had a perfect trip there. Will be back. This is for camping not glamping. Very enjoyable."