National Park System · MI

Camping in Isle Royale National Park

The Recreation.gov record puts 36 campgrounds inside the park, all first-come, first-served. Entrance fees, alerts and hours for the park itself are on our sister site, Park Atlas.

36 campgrounds36 first-come

The park in figures

recreation visits in 2025: 29,091
campsites: 30

The entrance fee and visit count come from Park Atlas open data. The campground figures are totals across the 36 Recreation.gov records listed below.

First-come · MI

Malone Bay Campground

30 sites

First-come · MI

Beaver Island Campground

First-come · MI

Belle Isle Campground

First-come · MI

Birch Island Campground

Every campground

Campground	Booking	Sites
Malone Bay Campground	First-come	30
Beaver Island Campground	First-come	·
Belle Isle Campground	First-come	·
Birch Island Campground	First-come	·
Caribou Island Campground	First-come	·
Chippewa Harbor Campground	First-come	·
Daisy Farm Campground	First-come	·
Duncan Bay Campground	First-come	·
Duncan Narrows Campground	First-come	·
East Chickenbone Campground	First-come	·
Feldtmann Lake Campground	First-come	·
Grace Island Campground	First-come	·
Hatchet Lake Campground	First-come	·
Hay Bay Campground	First-come	·
Huginnin Cove Campground	First-come	·
Intermediate Lake Campground	First-come	·
Island Mine Campground	First-come	·
Lake Richie Campground	First-come	·
Lake Richie Canoe Campground	First-come	·
Lake Whittlesey Campground	First-come	·
Lane Cove Campground	First-come	·
Little Todd Campground	First-come	·
Mccargoe Cove Campground	First-come	·
Merritt Lane Campground	First-come	·
Moskey Basin Campground	First-come	·
North Desor Campground	First-come	·
Pickerel Cove Campground	First-come	·
Rock Harbor Campground	First-come	·
Siskiwit Bay Campground	First-come	·
South Lake Desor Campground	First-come	·
Three Mile Campground	First-come	·
Todd Harbor Campground	First-come	·
Tookers Island Campground	First-come	·
Washington Creek Campground	First-come	·
West Chickenbone Campground	First-come	·
Wood Lake Campground	First-come	·

Nothing here takes a reservation. Arrive before checkout on a weekday and take what is open. The first-come playbook