Michigan State Parks
Michigan State Parks (DNR Parks and Recreation Division), run by Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Parks and Recreation Division, has 77 state parks, 22 recreation areas, 1 historic site, 4 scenic sites and waysides, 5 state trails in this directory. 71 units offer camping and 0 allow dogs under park rules.
Current alerts 3 parks
Fees, passes and reservations
Entrance fees and passes
Per vehicle with resident/nonresident difference: Recreation Passport (residents add it at Secretary of State vehicle registration; nonresidents buy daily/annual passes).
- Recreation Passport. Vehicle entry to Michigan state parks and recreation areas (resident passport bought with vehicle registration; nonresident passes sold separately) Details
Browse Michigan parks by activity
All 109 parks and units
Listed by designation. Fees shown are the main entrance fee where the park posts one.
State parks (77)
Albert E. Sleeper State ParkState Park · Pigeon · Camping
Algonac State ParkState Park · Algonac · Camping
Aloha State ParkState Park · Cheboygan · Camping
Baraga State ParkState Park · Baraga · Camping
Bay City State ParkState Park · Bay City · Camping
Belle Isle ParkPark · Grosse Pointe Park
Bewabic State ParkState Park · Crystal Falls · Camping
Brimley State ParkState Park · Sault Ste. Marie · Camping
Burt Lake State ParkState Park · Petoskey · Camping
Cambridge Junction Historic State ParkHistoric State Park · Adrian
Charles Mears State ParkState Park · Ludington · Camping
Cheboygan State ParkState Park · Cheboygan · Camping
Clear Lake State ParkState Park · Alpena · Camping
Coldwater State ParkState Park · Coldwater
Craig Lake State ParkState Park · Ishpeming · 1 alert
Dodge 4 State ParkState Park · Keego Harbor
Duck Lake State ParkState Park · Muskegon
F.J. McLain State ParkState Park · Houghton · Camping
Fayette Historic State ParkHistoric State Park · Gladstone · Camping
Fisherman's Island State ParkState Park · Charlevoix · Camping
Gete Mino MshkiiganPark unit (no designation in name) · Petoskey
Grand Haven State ParkState Park · Grand Haven · Camping
Grand Mere State ParkState Park · Stevensville
Harrisville State ParkState Park · Alpena · Camping
Hartwick Pines State ParkState Park · Grayling · 1 alert · Camping
Hayes State ParkState Park · Tecumseh · Camping
Holland State ParkState Park · Holland · Camping, Swimming
Holly Oaks ORV ParkORV Park · Holly
Indian Lake State ParkState Park · Manistique · Camping
Interlochen State ParkState Park · Traverse City · Camping
J.W. Wells State ParkState Park · Menominee · Camping
Keith J. Charters Traverse City State ParkState Park · Traverse City · Camping
Lake Gogebic State ParkState Park · Wakefield · Camping
Lakeport State ParkState Park · Port Huron · Camping
Laughing Whitefish Falls State ParkState Park · Marquette
Leelanau State ParkState Park · Charlevoix · Camping
Ludington State ParkState Park · Ludington · Camping
Maybury State ParkState Park · Northville
Meridian-Baseline State ParkState Park · Mason
Muskallonge Lake State ParkState Park · Newberry · Camping
Muskegon State ParkState Park · Muskegon · Camping
Negwegon State ParkState Park · Alpena
Newaygo State ParkState Park · Big Rapids · Camping
North Higgins Lake State ParkState Park · Grayling · Camping
Old Mission Point State ParkState Park · Traverse City
Onaway State ParkState Park · Cheboygan · Camping
Orchard Beach State ParkState Park · Manistee · Camping, Swimming
Otsego Lake State ParkState Park · Gaylord · Camping
P.H. Hoeft State ParkState Park · Rogers City · Camping
P.J. Hoffmaster State ParkState Park · Norton Shores · Camping
Palms Book State ParkState Park · Manistique
Petoskey State ParkState Park · Petoskey · Camping
Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State ParkState Park · Wakefield · Camping
Port Crescent State ParkState Park · Bad Axe · Camping
Sanilac Petroglyphs State ParkState Park · Cass City
Saugatuck Dunes State ParkState Park · Holland
Seven Lakes State ParkState Park · Holly · Camping
Silver Lake State ParkState Park · Hart · Camping
Sleepy Hollow State ParkState Park · St. Johns · Camping
South Higgins Lake State ParkState Park · Grayling · Camping
Sterling State ParkState Park · Monroe · Camping
Straits State ParkState Park · St. Ignace · Camping
Sturgeon Point State ParkState Park · Alpena
Tahquamenon Falls State ParkState Park · Newberry · Camping
Tawas Point State ParkState Park · East Tawas · 1 alert · Camping
Thompson's Harbor State ParkState Park · Alpena
Twin Lakes State ParkState Park · Houghton · Camping
Van Buren State ParkState Park · South Haven · Camping
Van Riper State ParkState Park · Ishpeming · Camping
Warren Dunes State ParkState Park · Bridgman · Camping
Warren Woods State ParkState Park · Three Oaks
Watkins Lake State Park and County PreserveState Park · Tecumseh
Wilderness State ParkState Park · Petoskey · Camping
William G. Milliken State Park & HarborState Park · Hamtramck
William Mitchell State ParkState Park · Cadillac · Camping
Wilson State ParkState Park · Harrison · Camping
Young State ParkState Park · Boyne City · Camping
Recreation areas (22)
Bald Mountain Recreation AreaRecreation Area · Lake Orion
Bass River Recreation AreaRecreation Area · Grand Haven
Brighton Recreation AreaRecreation Area · Brighton · Camping
Fort Custer Recreation AreaRecreation Area · Springfield · Camping
Highland Recreation AreaRecreation Area · Milford · Camping
Holly Recreation AreaRecreation Area · Holly · Camping
Ionia Recreation AreaRecreation Area · Ionia · Camping
Island Lake Recreation AreaRecreation Area · Brighton
Lake Hudson Recreation AreaRecreation Area · Adrian · Camping
Lime Island Recreation AreaRecreation Area · Sault Ste. Marie
Menominee River State Recreation AreaState Recreation Area · Iron Mountain · Camping, Hiking, Boating, Fishing
Metamora-Hadley Recreation AreaRecreation Area · Lapeer · Camping
Ortonville Recreation AreaRecreation Area · Grand Blanc · Camping
Pinckney Recreation AreaRecreation Area · Chelsea · Camping
Pontiac Lake Recreation AreaRecreation Area · Milford · Camping
Proud Lake Recreation AreaRecreation Area · Milford · Camping
Rifle River Recreation AreaRecreation Area · West Branch · Camping
Rockport Recreation AreaRecreation Area · Alpena
Tippy Dam Rec AreaRecreation Area · Manistee
W.C. Wetzel Recreation AreaRecreation Area · New Haven
Waterloo Recreation AreaRecreation Area · Chelsea · Camping
Yankee Springs Recreation AreaRecreation Area · Hastings · Camping
Historic sites (1)
Fort Wilkins State Historic ParkState Historic Park · Houghton · Camping
Scenic sites and waysides (4)
Agate Falls Scenic SiteScenic Site · Ontonagon
Bond Falls Scenic SiteScenic Site · Iron River
Houghton-Douglass Falls Veterans Scenic SiteScenic Site · Lake Linden
Wagner Falls Scenic SiteScenic Site · Munising
State trails (5)
Fred Meijer White Pine Trail State ParkTrail State Park · Big Rapids
Kal-Haven Trail State ParkTrail State Park · Allegan
Mike Levine Lakelands Trail State ParkTrail State Park · Chelsea
Van Buren State Park Rail TrailTrail State Park · Benton Harbor
William Field Memorial Hart-Montague Trail SPTrail State Park · Shelby
Coverage notes
Inventory source: Michigan DNR Parks Unit Boundary (ArcGIS Online open data, owner MichiganDNR; DNRManagementBoundariesOPENDATA layer 8). We re-check it weekly and keep renamed, merged and closed parks traceable.
Not included: Mackinac Island State Park, Colonial Michilimackinac, Historic Mill Creek Discovery Park (managed outside the state park system or not a visitor destination); State forest campgrounds, state forest pathways, state game/wildlife areas, boating access sites, harbors (stand-alone) (Forest Resources / Wildlife divisions or standalone facilities; not park units.).
Statewide information last reviewed Oct 29, 2026.