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Tent · RV · Cabins · 12 miles north of Marquette

Pitch your tent where the pines meet Lake Superior.

Tamarack Pines is a family-run campground in forty acres of birch and red pine on the big lake: walk-in tent sites on the bluff, RV sites with full hookups, five cabins, half a mile of agate beach and trails from your picnic table.

Book a site See the campground map
Sites & cabins
25
Trails from camp
5
Beach
½ mi
Trail-map illustration of the campground: tents and a cabin among birches and pines on a bluff above Lake Superior, with contour lines and a dotted trail

212 days to opening day

Now booking the 2027 season

We open Friday, May 21, 2027. Every site and cabin is open to book for the whole season.

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Ways to stay

A spot for every kind of camper

Compare all 25

Walk-in tent sites

Six sites on the bluff, a short carry from the parking area, with the lake through the birches and the beach stairs next door.

6 sitesfrom $32 a night

Tent sites on the map

RV & trailer sites

Fourteen sites on two loops: water and 30-amp on Birch Loop, full hookups and 50-amp on Pine Loop, with pull-throughs for rigs up to 45 feet.

14 sitesfrom $46 a night

RV sites on the map

Five cabins

Beds, heat and electricity, a porch and a fire ring, from a one-room cabin facing the lake to a two-story cabin up in the treetops.

5 cabinsfrom $89 a night

Meet the cabins

The cabins

Bring a sleeping bag. We’ll bring the roof.

Arvid built the first cabin in 1994 from tamaracks he cleared for the road. There are five now, each with its own porch, picnic table and fire ring, and a short walk to the bathhouse. Trillium Cabin has its own accessible bathroom.

All five cabins
Agate Cabin, a small board-and-batten cabin with a deck facing the lake

Agate Cabin

Lake view · sleeps 4
Osprey Cabin, a tall two-story cabin on cedar posts among the pines

Osprey Cabin

Treetop loft · sleeps 6
Chickadee Cabin, a red cabin with a screened porch and a fenced yard

Chickadee Cabin

Dog-friendly · sleeps 4

Out the back gate

Five trails, one lake and a lot of agates

Every trail starts in the campground, blazed in its own color. Walk the bog boardwalk before breakfast, climb Juneberry Ridge for the view to Granite Island, or paddle the shoreline when the lake lies down.

Trails & paddlingGuided programs

  1. Bunchberry Bog Boardwalk

    Pitcher plants and tamaracks, level all the way

    0.8 miEasy

  2. Loon Point Trail

    Along the bluff to a rocky point and a hidden cove

    2.7 miModerate

  3. Juneberry Ridge Climb

    Granite knobs and the best view on the property

    3.9 miHard

At the fire ring

Bog walks, star parties and stories by the fire

Josie, our naturalist, and Teemu, who runs the kayaks, lead something most days of the season. Programs are free for campers unless there’s a boat involved.

Full program calendar

Coming up

  • May21Campfire storiesFriday · 8 pm · Fire ring
  • May22Opening weekend pancake breakfastSaturday · 8:30 am · Camp store porch
  • May22Star party on the beachSaturday · 9:30 pm · Beach parking lot

Camp store

Firewood and pasties, waiting when you pull in

Pre-order from the camp store and we’ll have it bagged with your name on it at check-in: seasoned firewood, s’mores kits, ice, and pasties baked in Marquette that morning. You pay when you pick up.

Start a pre-order
  • Firewood $8
  • Pasties $9
  • S’mores $12
  • Thimbleberry jam

From the guest book

Notes left on the office counter

We fell asleep to waves on site T4 and woke up to a loon. The kids found eleven agates. We’ve already booked next July.
The Vang family, Green Bay
Pull-through on F2 fit our 41-foot fifth wheel with room to spare, and the sewer hookup is where it should be. Spotless bathhouse.
Doug and Carla, full-timers
Balsam Cabin in October with the wood stove going and the maples on fire outside. The star party was the best hour of our year.
Meera S., Ann Arbor

Booking now for the 2027 season

Open May 21 – October 17. Weekends in July go first.

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