White Pine Backcountry Campground

Campers store food in provided boxes

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White Pine Campground is a backcountry camp located in the Platte Plains area of the Lakeshore. Six campsites lie among wooded ridges that border the low dunes to Lake Michigan. Since the hike-in is only 2 miles, camping at White Pine is a good introduction for beginning backpackers.

Pets are NOT allowed in the campground.

A single community fire ring and food locker serve the camp. There is a vault toilet but no potable water. There is a half-mile path leading to the shore. Water from Lake Michigan must be treated before drinking. Pets are prohibited.

Campsites are first come, first served. Register and pay for a site at the Platte River Campground Ranger Station during the summer and the Philip A. Hart Visitor Center off-season.

Park at the Platte Plains trailhead 5 miles south of Empire going west to the end of Trail's End Road. Hike in traveling counter-clockwise on the Bass Lake Trail. Turn west at post #5 onto the .8-mile spur to the campground.