Mwr Navy Great Lakes Rv Campground

Bill Szabo

07/06/2024

Nice location on the water. That's the only good thing I can say. It's full of fulltimers that live here permanently, one guy said he's been here 2 years. The fulltimers have the water view. Electric only, water and dump about a mile down the road. Grounds are unkept and dog feces all over even though there dog stations around. Sadly it looks like base command doesn't care about the campground.

Phil Roos

10/02/2024

We so wanted to love this park but no, we could only like it. It's perfectly located on the water and it's perfect when visiting friends and family. We didn't mind the tight parking, or even the potholes and occasionally wet gravel. The sites are easy to get in to. The quality of the power was great. No issues. What really got us was the lack of enforcement of MWR's own park rules on site maintenance and minimizing clutter. We saw a couple of sites where the long-term Sailors were professionally maintaining their sites (Site #12 - you rock!!) but many simply were not and it takes integrity to follow the guidance and leadership to enforce established standards. Both of these were missing. This is a Navy base and honestly, this should be easy. We greatly appreciated the staff's friendliness, especially when their site was down. They just need base help in getting the full-time attendants to get out, clean up their sites, eliminate the ugly clutter, and get back into standards. Moreover, this could be a great moneymaker for MWR programs with just a little extra effort. Thanks for the accommodation. We spent time visiting family and loved the shopping at the NEX which we don't get to do often enough. It was fun.

Gard “CampingCoastie.com” Snyder

07/20/2022

The view of Lake Michigan is great! Making the reservation was simple. The camping spots are level. That is the good points. The spots are a bit on the small side, sadly only electric hookups, no water or dump. It still is a great place to stay, just that it could be a lot better. We have been to many FamCamps and this one is pretty much in the middle, many nicer, but many worser.

Deborah Tracy

07/27/2021

I was not expecting much as the reviews were very bad, but I like to save my opinion to experience things for myself. Which I did, and here are my thoughts. 1. Full time campers with their sites full of junk. *see photos. One guy even had an inflatable hot tub, which I could not figure out where he got the water from as all the sites are without water and sewer. 2. Pit toilets were nasty dirty and not cleaned once during our stay. 3. Campsites so cramped you could hear water running in the next RV. 4. One full timer had his black/gray tank hose emptying into and open home depot bucket. 5. Showers are dirty and in another building a mile away. 6. Lets not forget the loop road! Pot holes as big as a crater. Third world countries have better roads than this. This Naval Station is absolutely gorgeous. Chock full of historic buildings and so well preserved. It was utterly shocking to see this gem of a base have such a poorly maintained and embarrassing campground. The view from camping was stunning and should be capitalized on. The CO should be ashamed for not overseeing better management.

Troy “TBones” Westbrook

10/01/2022

Park has a ton of potential. However, staff has no pride of ownership and no work ethic. Watched an electrician fix a 20amp outlet and he left his trash on the ground when he was done. Simple RV Campground stuck out on the beach of Lake Michigan at the Great Lakes Naval Trng Station. You would think that a base dedicated to instilling pride in it's recruits would find it easy to care for this small 20 spot FamCamp. 20 electric only sites. No water, no sewer. They are both available but 1/2 mile from the park and they aren't in the same location and the dump station is difficult for big rig access. It would be easy to solve by adding sew/wat to the sites. Access is pretty easy but the road in the park is gravel and not cared for. Potholes galore. Big rigs beware. Also, each site suffers from lake affect issues. Meaning, when it rains a lake is formed in front of your rig. All of these are easily solved with #1 asphalt or #2 a grater from time to time. All that said, this is a beautiful location with tons to do. Which is why it got a 3 rating. It just needs some TLC from the NAF staff that "should" keep it "spit and polished" like the recruiters who are trained here. Come on, show the military personnel, veterans and civilians who visit your base and enjoy your grounds some pride in ownership. Come on Great Lakes...show us how it's done!