Freeland, Michigan, is located about 10 miles from Saginaw Bay, between Midland and the town of Saginaw. MBS International Airport is located in Freeland, and the town is only few miles from Interstate 75. These features make Freeland a place where the industrial south of Michigan gives way to its more forested north, and a place with convenient transportation options, making it a logical place for campers to look for a place to pitch their tent or park their RV.
The campgrounds in close proximity to Freeland represent a mix of public and privately owned campgrounds, all of which accept RVs and camping trailers to some extent. The state of Michigan operates a campground at Black Creek State Forest (dnr.state.mi.us), located about a dozen miles to the northwest. Other campgrounds in the area include Finn Road Park (finnroadpark.com), Lake of Dreams Campground (lakeofdreamscampground.com) and River Ridge Campground (riverridgecampgroundsmi.com).
Although all of Freeland's campgrounds accommodate RVs and trailers, some are more accommodating than others. At the bottom of the scale is Black Creek State Forest, which has no hookups and where the campsites can only handle rigs up to 40 feet long. Other RV campgrounds in the area offer at least water and electrical hookups, and Finn Park and River Ridge offer at least some campsites with full hookups. Picnic tables and fire pits are typical campsite amenities at Freeland's RV privately operated campgrounds, as are features such as bathhouses and playgrounds.
Although no campground in the area explicitly bans drive-in tent camping, some of Freeland's camping areas are better suited to tent camping than others. Finn Park and Lake of Dreams are strongly oriented toward RV camping, although a tent camper could simply park his car or truck in the paved RV space and pitch his tent on the adjacent grass. Black Creek State Forest is primarily a tent-camping area, however, and River Ridge offers separate areas for tent campers.
Michigan's harsh winters mean that Freeland's campgrounds operate on a season that starts in April or May and ends in October or November. The privately owned campgrounds, such as Finn Road Park and Lake of Dreams, accept reservations for campsites on a daily, weekly, monthly and even seasonal basis. Black Creek State Forest operates on a first-come, first-served basis and charges a daily rate.
Thomas, Edwin. "Campgrounds Near Freeland, Michigan." Travel Tips - USA Today, https://traveltips.usatoday.com/campgrounds-near-freeland-michigan-57370.html. Accessed 26 April 2019.