National Park Service · Michigan
Village Campground - North Manitou Island
National Park Service · Michigan, United States · in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
- Sites
- 8
- Drinking water
- No
- Restrooms
- Yes
- Showers
- No
- Dump station
- No
- Laundry
- No
- Elevation
- 620 ft
- Dark sky
- Bortle class 1
- Cell coverage
- Verizon weak · T-Mobile none · AT&T none (carriers' 4G LTE filings to the FCC, 2025-12; not measured here)
- Lake
- Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
- Nearest town
- Empire
- Address
- 9922 Front Street, Empire, MI, 49630
- Phone
- (231) 326-4700
About
The small Village Campground contains eight first-come, first-served designated campsites, two fire rings and one outhouse. There is a limit of two tents and four people per site. Fires are permitted in the community fire rings at the Village Campground.
Fees
Village Campground Campsites for 1-4 persons: $10. Nightly fee for Village Campground campsites for 1-4 persons
Weather, month by month
| Month | Typical high | Typical low | Coldest night | Hottest day | Years with a night below 32°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30° | 22° | 1° | 40° | 11 of 11 |
| February | 30° | 22° | 8° | 44° | 11 of 11 |
| March | 35° | 28° | 12° | 49° | 11 of 11 |
| April | 41° | 35° | 22° | 59° | 6 of 11 |
| May | 48° | 42° | 36° | 60° | 0 of 11 |
| June | 60° | 53° | 42° | 68° | 0 of 11 |
| July | 68° | 63° | 57° | 76° | 0 of 11 |
| August | 71° | 67° | 62° | 77° | 0 of 11 |
| September | 68° | 63° | 54° | 75° | 0 of 11 |
| October | 57° | 49° | 39° | 67° | 0 of 10 |
| November | 43° | 39° | 23° | 57° | 3 of 10 |
| December | 35° | 30° | 13° | 54° | 10 of 10 |
Mid-month figures from 2016–2026 of daily weather at this spot (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0), in °F. Typical is the median; coldest and hottest are the extremes seen.
Nearby campgrounds
- Popple Campground - South Manitou Island · National Park Service · 9 mi · 7 sites
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- D.H. Day Group Campground · National Park Service · 17 mi · 4 sites
- Leelanau · Michigan State Parks · 22 mi
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