National Park Service · Sleeping Bear Dunes Wilderness Area · MI
Popple Campground - South Manitou Island
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First-comeAccess
7Sites
7First-come
The place
The Popple Campground is the furthest from the dock (about 3.5 miles), so you are likely to have fewer people camping there. The campground is close to the beach on the northern tip of the island. Bring water filtration equipment since there is no source of purified drinking water. There are 7 individual sites
SRC · Recreation.gov RIDB full extract · 2026-08-23
No reservation needed
First come,
first servedArrive early — popular areas fill by afternoon
first servedArrive early — popular areas fill by afternoon
SRC · Rules verified against recreation.gov · 2026-08-24
Your representative
This campground sits in MI-01. This member’s public-lands record →
SRC · U.S. Census TIGER · MTJP Scorecard