We met Ellen, the owner, as she graciously welcomed us to the campground in August 2022. We stayed for about a week as we explored the UP. Excellent 30 amp service with potable water. Easy and clean dump site available. The bathrooms, showers, were super clean and perfect! Only shortfall was Verizon cell service was very weak but the campground had wifi available most of the time. We will definitely come back again if we’re in the UP.

We were dupped into a lakefront site with boat for 120 a night. On arrival we discovered our site was dirt, rocks, lots of geese poop, a view of the moat portion of the lake and no boat. -The boat- After inquiring about our boat, we found out we really don't get the boat we paid for. We can leave our ID at the office, walk down to the boat rental, take the boat 200 yards to our site, but only temporarily. They didn't have enough boats for us to have one at our site, even though our site came with a boat. Side notes -all nice lakefront sites are seasonal campers -the bathrooms were not clean and outdated -the campstore was nice so was the breakfast -the beach isn't the cleanest -the sewer tank is above ground and visible. -Also- I hardly write any bad reviews, I am not a hard to please person. That being said, if you are charging over 100 a night for camping, it has to be special experience. This was not it. The site we had should have been $60 max.

Campground was clean, we didn’t use bathrooms though. Store was incredible for a camp store. When we first arrived one of the 2 reservations we had made couldn’t be found - the teenagers running the store are less than helpful and several times told me to hold on while they went to scoop ice cream or make a pizza. Once the female owner was contacted and came to the store we were checked in and good to go in 5 minutes. We arrived at our site to find the male owner, George, ready to lend and make sure we could get our rig in the spot. This is not a campground where all is quiet at 10 PM, so if that’s what you’re looking for you’ll likely be disappointed. Small beach but has nice sand - we didn’t actually go down until people started leaving Sunday but had it to ourselves Sunday afternoon/night and this morning, otherwise it was packed and social distancing wasn’t a thought. Some sites are incredibly small and you’re packed in. Ours was sufficient for our 42’ coach and 1 vehicle. There is absolutely no cell service or WiFi at this park - my husband has Verizon and could text but sprint, t-mobile, at&t phones were not working at all. Not the parks fault, but power went out 10 minutes after we got set up for 2 hours. Gout back on, and the park was still having issues so everyone was asked to use gas to heat hot water. The owners are who really saved this from a “I’ll never go there again” to a “Wasn’t perfect but we still enjoyed ourselves” review. They are friendly and helpful!

This is our 12th season. Everything electric.

When you first drive back into Genesee Otter lake campground it is deceivingly beautiful . The store is very clean and well stocked, but the prices are very high. Then as you go over the hill you notice this park is about empty. It makes you wonder when all the other parks in the area have waiting list to get in and this beautiful park is empty. Beach is nice though very small. Lake is beautiful, so why is this park empty. Seasonal fees to camp in this park have become very expensive and they offer nothing for the cost. There is no full hook up and only dump a week , which they also charge for. Campers camping on non- seasonal sites find that there is only one dump station in this park and after a busy weekend you wait in line for a long time. They have a monthly fee which they call park maintenance, which is very expensive. I’m not really sure what all it is for , because they don’t tell you. Nothing is free in this park.You can rent boats from them or pay $20 to bring in your own boat, they claim they have to inspect it, they look it over, takes about two mins., i have never been charged before at any other park. Guest over 18 are $5 a day pass and dogs are $2 a day. usually when you’re having guests thats when owners or one of there workers decide to come to be rude, I found not worth inviting our friends out. Gate card does not come with site rental either, that is another charge they get you with after your in the park. You learn fast that nothing in this park is done as a courtesy, you will be billed for it. They always somehow manage to get extra charges on their billings, and you constantly have to watch this and then get them to change it. If your a non- seasonal that wants to reserve a lot, be prepared to pay the whole thing up front with no cancelation refund. The bathroom are old and nasty but they do keep them clean enough. They say this is a family friendly campground and they allow no foul language and fighting. I don’t think owners swearing and yelling in front of campers and children is family friendly. you couldn’t make the things I have seen the owners of this campground do.