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Price
$15/night
Booking
Reservable
Sites
27 campsites
Season
Year-round
Cell
Unknown
Pets
Check Policy
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Spring trout anglers and families with kayaks or canoes will get the most from this place. The lake is stocked with rainbow trout after ice-out, the beach drops deep fast so strong swimmers thrive, and sites 19-27 handle RVs on asphalt pads without hookups.
No electrical hookups anywhere on the property, so if you need power for more than a cooler, plan to haul a generator. The campground is also compact and reservations are required through Recreation.gov, meaning walk-up arrivals won't find a spot on busy weekends.
Reference information about Kneff Lake Campground sourced from official USFS records and forestcamping.com. View official recreation.gov page →
<p><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/usfs-hmnf/albums/72157663392115239" title="Kneff Lake Campground"><img alt="Kneff Lake Campground" height="240" src="https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1454/24068111313_29d1c214d8_n.jpg" width="320" /></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p><p>Kneff Lake is a designated trout lake and is stocked with rainbow trout in the spring. The lake is a 20-acre shared private, state and federal ownership. A beach area is available for swimming.</p><p><strong><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/usfs-hmnf/albums/72157663392115239" target="external">Flickr Photo Album</a> </strong></p>
The elevation is 1,460 ft. The campground has paved aprons and a concrete wheelchair friendly ramp leading to the swimming beach which has a nice shade shelter (ramada). The small Kneff Lake is regularly stocked with Rainbow trout and contains Grayling for catch-and-release. Although not convenient to the Michigan Shore-to-shore Trail, the campground is near the Wakeley Lake Semi-Primitive Non-motorized area and has some good hiking opportunities.
Open May 1 through September 30
Flush toilets at host site.
Kneff Lake is 14 acres. Spring-fed lake; sandy beach.
The parking aprons are paved.
From Grayling, MI, take State Rt. 72 east for 8 miles to Stephan Bridge Rd. Turn right on Stephen Bridge Rd. and go 1.2 miles to campground sign. Turn left at sign and go 0.7 miles to another campground sign. Turn right at sign into campground.
Context for the broader area surrounding Kneff Lake Campground, sourced from the federal Recreation.gov rec-area record.
Lying between the shores of Lake Michigan and Lake Huron in the northern half of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, is the nearly one-million-acre Huron-Manistee National Forests.
Huron-Manistee National Forests Supervisors Office 1755 S Mitchell St. Cadillac, MI 49601 231-775-2421
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Best season: spring. Spring offers the best balance of comfortable temperatures (typically daytime highs around 50–70°F, nights 35–50°F) and active fishing as fish move into shallows after ice-out. Wildflowers and budding oaks/pines make the small lakeshore especially scenic, and crowds are generally light except around holiday weekends. Boating and shoreline fishing are at their peak before summer heat and high mosquito activity set in. Peak months: May, June, September, July Avoid: December, January, February
Described as the best balance: comfortable temps and active fishing as fish move in after ice-out.
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Campsites include picnic tables, campfire rings, and lantern posts. Sites 1-18 have crushed stone parking pads and sites 19-27 have asphalt parking pads. The campground and embedded day use area provide picnic tables and grills, handpump wells for drinking water, several vault toilets, and trash collection services. An onsite host is present during the season.
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