U.S. Forest Service · Ottawa National Forest · Michigan

Pomeroy Lake Camp

First-come, first-served

Sites are first-come, first-served. Recreation.gov lists this campground for paying on site, and you may be able to pay with the Scan and Pay feature of its app.

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Pomeroy Lake Camp
Photo from the area. Ian Shackleford (CC BY 3.0), via Wikimedia Commons
4fires
active
Black River · 20 mi away · 300 acres
3 more within 50 miles
Incident details ↓

Site map

17 campsite locations mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. The site numbers are theirs and may not match the posts at the campground. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Weather by month

NOAA climate normals →
Weather by month near Pomeroy Lake Camp10°20°30°40°50°60°70°January: 1.21 inches of precipitation, 16.7 inches of snowFebruary: 0.93 inches of precipitation, 12.7 inches of snowMarch: 1.50 inches of precipitation, 10.9 inches of snowApril: 2.54 inches of precipitation, 7.2 inches of snowMay: 3.69 inches of precipitation, 0.3 inches of snowJune: 4.38 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowJuly: 4.13 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowAugust: 3.30 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowSeptember: 3.66 inches of precipitation, 0.1 inches of snowOctober: 3.57 inches of precipitation, 2.9 inches of snowNovember: 1.93 inches of precipitation, 9.1 inches of snowDecember: 1.42 inches of precipitation, 15.3 inches of snowJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanuary: 10.2°F averageFebruary: 14.0°F averageMarch: 25.2°F averageApril: 38.9°F averageMay: 52.8°F averageJune: 62.1°F averageJuly: 65.9°F averageAugust: 64.1°F averageSeptember: 56.1°F averageOctober: 43.1°F averageNovember: 29.3°F averageDecember: 16.8°F average0 in5 in10 in15 in20 inTemp °FInches
The line is the average temperature and the bars are average precipitation at Rest Lake, 18 miles from the campground at 1,612 feet, station USC00477092 in the NOAA monthly climate normals for 1991 to 2020. Precipitation totals about 32 inches a year. The dotted line is average snowfall, about 75 inches a year on the same inches scale.

Getting there

Coordinates46.2815° N, 89.5740° W · Directions ↗

Fire nearby

  • Wildfire
    Black River

    20 mi from the campground · 300 acres

  • Wildfire
    Black River

    20 mi from the campground · 382 acres · 60% contained

  • Wildfire
    Bog

    21 mi from the campground · 94 acres

  • Wildfire
    Camp 4 Grade

    27 mi from the campground · 16 acres

Distance is to the reported incident point, not the fire edge. Call the managing office before you drive.

Supplies & services

Dump stationDump station ↗12.2 mi
Outdoor gearOutdoor gear ↗25.8 mi

Locations © OpenStreetMap contributors. Call ahead; hours change seasonally.

Limited data for this unit

No site-by-site records, no amenities, no fee schedule or directions in the Recreation.gov record. What is here comes from the agency's own listing. The rest lives there.

Checked nightly. Modules appear as soon as the record fills in.

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Trails nearby

Forest Service trail data →
  • 0.5 mi
    Nfst-6846
    0.2 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike, motorcycle and 2 more
  • 0.7 mi
    Nfst-7398
    0.1 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike, motorcycle and 2 more
  • 0.8 mi
    Nfst-7397
    0.1 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike, motorcycle and 2 more
  • 0.8 mi
    Nfst-6826
    0.1 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike, e-bike
  • 0.8 mi
    Nfst-6827
    0.6 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike, motorcycle and 2 more
  • 0.9 mi
    Nfst-7396
    0.4 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike, motorcycle and 2 more

Trail and trailhead records are the Forest Service's. Distances are straight-line to the nearer trail end. Trail conditions are not tracked here.

Public land it sits in

On Wilderness Atlas →

This campground sits inside Ottawa National Forest.

Each unit is published as a centre point and an acreage rather than a boundary, so this section stands it in for a circle of the same area. Whether a campground is inside, and how far it is from one it is outside, are both approximate.

Guidebooks for Michigan

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  • Best Tent Camping: Michigan
    Matt Forster, 2015
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  • Camping Michigan
    Kevin Revolinski, 2013
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  • Rail-trails Michigan & Wisconsin
    Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, 2017
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Reference

Questions people ask

Do I need a reservation at Pomeroy Lake Camp?

No. Pomeroy Lake Camp is first-come, first-served. Sites are taken on arrival and paid at the fee station.

Source: How first-come camping works

What if Pomeroy Lake Camp is full?

The nearest public campgrounds are Moosehead Lake Camp (3.1 mi, first-come), Bobcat Lake Camp (7.1 mi, first-come), and Henry Lake Camp (10.9 mi, first-come).

Source: Campgrounds nearby