Name: Mackinac Lake Trail Motel
Address: 9730 US Hwy 23, Bois Blanc Island, Bois Blanc Island, Bois Blanc Island, MI 49701, United States of America
Rating: 8

Smoke-free property

Ticket assistance

Garden

No elevators

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Wheelchair Accessible

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Free Wi-Fi

Internet

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Hiking

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Free parking

Parking

Seasonal outdoor swimming pool

Pool and beach

Pets Not Allowed

Pets

Extra decontamination measures

Additional measures against COVID-19

Health and Safety Measures

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At the mini-hotel

Jack Pine Lumberjack Show

Mackinac Island Airport

Emmet County Airport

Mackinac Lake Trail Motel

Bois Blanc Island

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lounge

treatment

no-window

bay-view

bosphorus-view

canal-view

city-view

courtyard-view

garden-view

golf-view

harbour-view

inland-view

lake-view

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ocean-front

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park-view

partial-ocean-view

partial-sea-view

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pool-view

river-view

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with-view

annex

basement

main-building

1-bedroom

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not-guaranteed

wired-internet-access

smoking

sauna

duplex

safe

mini-bar

breakfast-for-1

breakfast-for-2

pets-allowed

wi-fi

kitchen

Mill Creek is a large, absolutely beautiful, campgrounds.  The entire campground is very well maintained, and includes a lot of amenities - miniature golf, a swimming pool, a large camp store (with ice cream!), and outdoor sports.  There are a lot of individual sites, all of which are well maintained.  And, if you're fortunate enough to get a waterfront or water-facing site....well, then, you're in for a treat!  We were fortunate enough to snag a bridge-facing site, and couldn't have been happier...from sitting on the campsite behind hedges, to looking out our camper door...we had an absolutely gorgeous waterfront view.  

We really enjoyed our time here, and can't wait to return.

Beautiful Campgrounds

Excellent campground! The views of the bridge  and lake are fabulous. The campground is great of walking and bike riding. Very family friendly. There is also a great path that leads right into Mackinaw City.  The campsite were all a decent size and some allowed for full hook-up.

Excellent Campground

We used to love coming here, my wife, myself and my four year old son.  We loved it until they insisted on charging us a 50$ fee for smoking.  No one in my family smokes, never have, never will.  We don’t smoke anything unless you count brisket.  That was absurd and we will patronized other campgrounds in the future.  

Warning to potential future cabin guests

Pretty nice for a campground experience.  Not really any cooking available, except for an outdoor grill.  Neighbors were friendly and being on the lake is a big plus.  It does have a view of the Mackinac Bridge in the distance.

Fun getaway

We rented a medium cabin that slept 4. It had a large bathroom, a main room with a queen bed and a bedroom with a twin bunk bed. There was a small fridge in the kitchen as well as a picnic style table. Outside was a metal ring to have a fire, with a grate over top and a large picnic table. Cooking is strictly not allowed in cabins so you need to bring an outdoor camp stove. The cabin was immaculately clean when we arrived. There was ample parking for the car.
The campground is huge and we were with others who had camped elsewhere in the park. You can get lost unless you take the map provided when you go out. Roads are well marked.
The park is on the lakefront and has an amazing view of the Mackinac Bridge and Mackinac Island. It is very beautiful at night as well. Having seen some of the other cabin locations I would definitely get one on the lake next time. 
The park has a free shuttle to take you to the ferry to the Island. It will bring you back after. The store had ice, groceries etc.
If I were to make suggestions I would say a couple of hooks in the kitchen would be handy to hang dishtowels. Also they should make a drive up drop 
 box to leave your keys when you leave.

Camping for the non-camper

Their reservation policy for weddings need to be tightened up. I was literally robbed one night (over $200) because I told them the 3 nights and the “coordinator” told them 4 nights even though I had already made reservations on my own. The campground would not remove the charges for the extra night because they said the “coordinator” only was emailed the reservation confirmations and was supposed to inform the rest of us. So, ultimately a third party (the mother of the bride btw) was supposed to forward the email to everyone who had reservations for the wedding weekend. It’s not like she had any other responsibilities for that weekend. Other than that the campground is lovely, the cabins are lovely, but the showers are small and the beds are very uncomfortable. I probably will never return.

Wedding Festivities Overcharge

Pros:
- Location-wise, this is one of the best campgrounds we've been to. We had a 'narrow bridge view' site.  We had an excellent view of the water and the Mackinac Bridge from our campsite.  The waterfront area across the road was grassy and had firepits along it.  Our campsite was narrow, but we had enough room., There were trees between the sites for some privacy, but the campers were quite close together in this area.  Other sites further from the water were larger.
-The campground is very clean and very well maintained.
-The sandy beach area is very nice.
-The check-in process is very well organized.  This is a huge campground, but there were several windows for checking in.
-Area attraction tickets were sold at the camp store.  
-There was a shuttle from the campground to the Mackinac Island ferry, which was very convenient.

Cons:
-For a campground this large, there were few bathrooms/showers.  We were in an RV, but there were a lot of tent campers.
-There is no laundry facility at the campground.  There is one laundromat in Mackinaw City, and it closed at 7 PM - last load had to be started by 6. We had hoped to do our laundry one evening, but we got there too late, and had to go back a second time.
-The wifi was horrible.  There is an 800 number for support, but they were unable to help us.  We paid for upgraded wifi, but it would not stay connected.  The person at the 800 number ended up refunding our money for the upgraded wifi.
-There is no cable TV and not much TV available via antenna.

Beautiful Lakefront Campground

If you love camping this is the place for you . You can bring a tent or RV or Rent a Cabin On the Premises. They even have  Handicap Cabins . Amenities like a swimming pool ,store, Private showers or community showers, Bathrooms, playgrounds for kids and you can even rent a golf cart . but the store is kind of expensive but they have a W
Walmart about 15- 20 minutes drive from the campground

Nature's Calling

Crowded with big rigs requiring full electric, water and sewer  but with good infrastructure to accommodate them along with a few tent sites. Though close together sites are  are at least moderately privatized by rows of trees between each so, at the height of summer, green foliage makes an effective visual privacy screen if not soundproof. So watch your language. But in truth, the seagulls sometimes make more noise than the campers and their dogs.  

Mill Creek is exactly what we expected from prior reviews when making our reservations. Mill creek is a great location to park your Family RV and let the kids safely enjoy the park.  Though a far cry from Michigan’s Wilderness State Park just a half hour to the west and much closer in concept to its name one is much more likely to snag a full service reservation at Mill Creek than at one of the far fewer full service sites at Wilderness.  However if seeking a more traditional and remote camping experience but with a few full service hookups, hold out for one of those scarce  sites at Wilderness. Wilderness even has a dark sky location for campers to enjoy the star studded night skies or Northern Lights if your  timing is right.  But you cannot beat the convenience and proximity to down town Mackinaw city and the ferries to Mackinac Island when  staying at Mill Creek.

Nothing really to complain about here but given the concept of a huge full service camp ground on prime real estate is not our style 4 out of 5 says it for me. Proximity to ferries to Mackinac Island and good management of all services and amenities rates the 4 but a single central rest room and shower complex, which are indeed  cleaned twice daily also downgrades it a bit.the single central restroom makes for a sometimes inconvenient hike or  or drive for us small teardrop trailer campers who prefer to use campground facilities over on board facilities like the big rig folks do.

In spite of its size quiet hours are strictly adhered to and the place is quiet enough outside quiet hours. In truth. Seagulls make more noise than the campers and their dogs.

Location, location, location

My neighbors constantly complained even though before they arrived no one complained about us. When I stated this to the campground. They said no the workers also complained. Because our dog barked while they were making noise outside our camper while we were gone.

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