Traverse City State Park, Michigan, United States

4rodavidrich 5:00 PM Aug 4, 2021

Great location with noise to go with it.
My rating is overwhelmingly based on the location and the beach. It is a few minutes away from downtown Traverse City and the Old Mission Peninsula, with the Leelanau Peninsula and Sleeping Bear Dunes not far away. The TART ITraverse Area Recreation Trail) allows you to bike to downtown Traverse City or jog or walk on a paved trail. The campground is also pleasantly treed and modestly priced. Noise is a problem, with a busy highway adjacent and an airport 2-3 miles away. There is one vehicular entrance and exit to the park, and turning west as you exit is a challenge as the road you are entering is extremely busy, with traffic moving fast, and no traffic control to help you out.

3michigander311 5:00 PM Aug 18, 2021

Nice park, but not so quiet.
Go for the overall location as a home base in the Traverse City area and the access to the beach across the street, those are the biggest benefits. It has been upgraded which is nice, and the crew does a good job of maintaining the park. But....if you're looking for a nice, quiet peaceful camping experience it would do you well to look elsewhere. Like many state parks, the sites are quite close together, and this park is almost always at capacity. The road out front of the park is very, very busy and getting in and out is quite risky at most times of the day. Traffic is either gridlocked in the late afternoon, or like the Indy 500.