Grand Island Cabins
1Heads up1 fire 45 mi away
- Right now
- Closedrecreation.gov lists every site closed this weekend, read 16:37 UTC
- Sites
- 2In the agency’s record
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 9 notices
In the agency’s own words
Grand Island Cabins are remotely located on forested Grand Island, surrounded by Lake Superior, 1/2 mile off the mainland community of Munising, Michigan. The cabins are placed in individual settings providing an excellent base for hiking, biking, and other outdoor activities. Keep reading
Recreation
Recreation opportunities include: kayaking, biking, hiking, fishing, swimming, beachcombing, and hunting.
Facilities
Each cabin is 14' x 16' with an attached 8' x 14' screened in porch and offers four full size beds, bunk bed style. Maximum sleeping capacity is eight people per cabin. Picnic table and campfire ring with cooking grate are located just outside each cabin.
Natural Features
The cabins sit amidst a forest of old-growth trees within walking distance of Lake Superior. Grand Island's scenic natural beauty and interesting history make it an attractive place to spend your vacation. The island's miles of trails provide ample opportunity to view wildlife, picturesque sunsets, and enjoy pristine beaches.
Nearby Attractions
Lake Superior is the largest body of fresh water in the world. It is the coldest, cleanest, and deepest of the five Great Lakes. The lakes’ clear water enables viewing of several shipwrecks from in a boat.
What the agency tells you
Transportation to and from island is the responsibility of guest.
No refunds due to weather conditions.
Please contact Grand Island Ferry Service for transportation schedule if needed +1 906 387 2600
Everything else this campground posts · 6
Bring own equipment including: drinking water, food, dishes, utensils, toilet paper, bedding, pillows, garbage bags, lantern, etc.
Dogs are allowed on a leash.
Firewood is provided.
Please call (906)387-2600 between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. EST before arrival for the combination code to a cabin.
Don't move firewood: To limit the spread of invasive tree-killing pests, firewood from outside the area is not permitted. Some states have quarantines and may confiscate your firewood. Please help protect our forests from invasive species by obtaining your firewood at or near your camping destination and burning it on-site. Visit dontmovefirewood.org for more information.
Generators are prohibited.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 2 · 2 cabin
- Hookups
- None
- Accessible sites
- 2
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- Every site
Around the campground
- On the water
- Lake, Beach
- Fishing
- Historic site
- Hunting
- Wildlife viewing
- Winter sports
Nothing to book until it reopensread 16:37 UTC
recreation.gov lists every site closed this weekend
Every one of the next thirty nights is in recreation.gov’s record and not one site is being offered on any of them. That’s a campground closed or not yet released for booking, not a sold-out one.
Tell me when it reopens
Watch for it to come back
One email when the agency reopens it, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.
We check the agency’s own record once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time it stops saying closed.
Scanners that check every few minutes exist, and most of them charge. This one is free, it reads the same calendar, and it won’t always be first.
Every line of the receipt · 11
What you actually pay
Who keeps the booking fee
The agency’s own policy text says the reservation fee and the cancellation processing fee are “retained by the reservation service contractor”, and that a campground concessionaire will decline to refund them because “they did not receive these fees”. Recreation.gov is run under contract by Booz Allen Hamilton. What share of your booking fee the contractor keeps isn’t published in any federal dataset we can read, so we print no number for it. Our reporting on the contract →
How we know this receipt · 4
Why this page can’t say why
recreation.gov lists every site at Grand Island Cabins closed this Friday and Saturday night. The U.S. Forest Service has published no closure notice we hold, so this page can’t say why, and it won’t fill the gap with a guess. A closed night isn’t a sold-out one: the reservations its record still carries were taken before the sites were closed.
There’s no notice to quote and no reason to argue with, so this page offers you the watch and the list below, and no letter.
Open within 150 miles · 4
The agency’s own word that these are open, not our reading of a season.
- Three LakesHiawatha National Forest · 82 mi · 13 sites
- Perch Lake CampgroundOttawa National Forest · 95 mi · 20 sites
- Norway Lake CampgroundOttawa National Forest · 96 mi
- Lake Ste Kathryn CampgroundOttawa National Forest · 98 mi
recreation.gov availability, read 16:37 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
2 sites · the site map
All 2 sites
The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 2 of the 2 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| GRAND ISLAND CABINS | Merchant Cabin | cabin nonelectric | yes | 275 ft | $130 |
| GRAND ISLAND CABINS | Sunset Cabin | cabin nonelectric | yes | 711 ft | $130 |
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Grand Island National Recreation AreaHiawatha National Forest · 3.1 mi
Bay Furnace CampgroundHiawatha National Forest · 3.5 mi
Cliffs Individual Backpacking SitesPictured Rocks National Lakeshore · 5.6 mi
Cliffs Group Backpacking SitePictured Rocks National Lakeshore · 6.1 mi
Potato Patch Individual Backpacking SitesPictured Rocks National Lakeshore · 7.4 mi
Mosquito River Group Backpacking SitePictured Rocks National Lakeshore · 9.5 miBeginning in fall and throughout winter, ferry service to the island is closed. Access to the island is only by personal watercraft, or, if the lake is frozen, access via foot or snowmobile. Please call ahead to find out if there is ice or open water. Crossing Lake Superior to get to Grand Island is at your own risk. Once on Grand Island, cabins can be accessed by hiking, biking, skiing, or use of snowmobile depending on the season. Sunset Cabin is located on the West Rim Trail approximately 3.6 miles from the island ferry landing.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Munising, MI
Typical weather
Typical October night 39°F, day 55°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical February night 12°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.
Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or more
A normal is the 1991-2020 average for the month, not a forecast: about half of all Julys are colder than the July line. The seven-day forecast above answers the other question.
The land, and who answers for it
who answers for it
Who answers for this land
Grand Island Cabins is in Michigan’s 1st congressional district. Its representative, Jack Bergman (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →