Grand Haven State Park

If you like camping in a Walmart parking lot (no trees, no shade, no privacy, way to many rules, very undog friendly, extremely crowded), this is the place for you!

I go to Grand Haven every year for the last five years. I love the beach there and especially when the coast guard festival is going on. I an going there for my honeymoon and can't wait to go there. Its my favorite place.

This beachfront campground is beautiful and the town awesome. However, the campsites are the smallest we have ever tried to fit into. Never made for campers and their vehicles. In fact, you are expected to park your vehicles 300-400 yards away in a fisherman's parking area. No one tells you this when you check in. They also assigned us a site way too small for a 35' fifth wheel, and we had to move. After setting up in our second assigned site, our slideout hung over the yellow line about 6 inches and a park ranger left a warning on our camper to move it over even though the campground was only l/3 full. This was ridiculous since lots of people parked their vehicles in empty campsites without any warnings being posted on their vehicles. We had to hookup again, move out and squeeze in one more time. The park ranger did state that they are working on the problem.

I love the way the set up is laid out; everything is along the shore in a U shape rotation, so to see everything. I love the hill side attractions, and the house that has a tree growing through it. The shops are excusitly in fashion and have a good sense of the things tourist want to see and buy. The one thing I don't like is it seems the only thing to do is the beach area stuff, outside of the harbor there isn't much to do. However, I recommend it to anyone who loves the beach and the tourist beach town setting.

I loved this beach because it was so comfortable and warm, with the greatest sand in the world! Fresh water is also an added bonus, along with the musical fountain, and the Coast Guard festival!