contact-details

  • Phone Number: 219-395-1882 Voice

  • Email Address: indu_communications@nps.gov

  • Description:

Fees

Cost: 25.00
Description: $25.00 per night. Title: Standard Night Fee
Cost: 12.50
Description: The Access Pass provides a 50% each night. Title: Access Pass
Cost: 12.50
Description: Senior Lifetime and Senior Annual Title: Senior Pass

Reservation

Number Of Sites Reservable: 5

Number Of Sites FirstComeFirstServe: 5

About

The Central Beach Walk-In Sites has 5 sites, and you will walk a distance to get to your campsite. There is a primitive toilet (porta-potty) by the Central Beach parking lot for the entire season. There is no drinkable water in the area so you must bring your own water.

Directions

Reservation Details

Reservation Info: Reservations can be made up to 6-months in advance. Reservations are made through recreation.gov.

Regulations Overview: • Stays are limited to 14 days in a 30-day period. • Check-out is noon. New "check-ins" cannot occupy a site until noon unless the site is vacant. • Quiet hours are daily from 10:00 pm to 6:00 am. • All tents and equipment must be set up in the designated camping area. • A maximum 8 people per site. • A maximum of 2 vehicles per reservation. Park in the Central Avenue Beach parking lot. You cannot drive to your campsite. These are primitive, walk-in only campsites. • Pets are allowed but must be attended to and on a leash of 6 foot or less. • Bicycles are allowed. • Docking and launching of kayaks and canoes is allowed from Central Avenue Beach. • Responsible alcohol use is allowed. • Wood and charcoal fires are allowed only in the communal fire ring using the wood provided or by carrying in charcoal. Fires are strictly prohibited everywhere else including at the campsites and at the beach. • Gas cooking stoves are permitted at the campsite. *More regulations can be found at the link below.

Reservation Link

Reservation URL: https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/10177495

Regulations URL: N/A

Accessibility

  • wheelchairAccess= The site is not wheelchair accessible.

  • internetInfo=

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  • fireStovePolicy= All fires must be made in the provided fire ring. Please do not collect sticks for fires. • Damaging trees, especially cutting down or driving nails into trees is prohibited. • Fireworks, including sparklers, are prohibited.

  • rvAllowed= 0

  • rvInfo= Trailers and RVs cannot fit into the Central Beach parking lot. There is no space to turn around.

  • rvMaxLength= 0

  • additionalInfo= • 1 picnic table at each site. • 1 communal fire ring with 2 picnic tables. Firewood will be supplied by the park. • Primitive toilet (porta-potty) located at the parking lot for the entire season. • No potable water is available at the campsites. Bring your own, use the comfort station (do not count on the comfort station as a water source), or purify water from Lake Michigan. • No trash receptacles at the campsites or parking lot. Pack out all trash to your home. • Parking for 2 cars per site at the Central Avenue Beach parking lot. You cannot drive to your campsite. These are primitive, walk-in only campsites.

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  • adaInfo= There is a large hill with uneven terrain to walk up to get to each site. The site is grass covered. There is a porta potty at the entrance of Central Beach and seasonal restrooms are located downhill at the Central Beach shoreline.

  • trailerAllowed= 0

  • accessRoads= No Roads

    SubValue: "No Roads"

  • classifications= Primitive Camping Areas

    SubValue: "Primitive Camping Areas"

Amenities

  • trashRecyclingCollection= No

  • toilets= Flush Toilets - seasonal, Portable Toilets - seasonal

    SubValue: "Flush Toilets - seasonal"

    SubValue: "Portable Toilets - seasonal"

  • internetConnectivity= No

  • showers= None

    SubValue: "None"

  • cellPhoneReception= Yes - year round

  • laundry= No

  • amphitheater= No

  • dumpStation= No

  • campStore= No

  • staffOrVolunteerHostOnsite= No

  • potableWater= No water

    SubValue: "No water"

  • iceAvailableForSale= No

  • firewoodForSale= No

  • foodStorageLockers= No

campsites

  • totalSites=5

  • group=0

  • horse=0

  • tentOnly=5

  • electricalHookups=0

  • rvOnly=0

  • walkBoatTo=0

  • other=0