Synopses & Reviews
Written to steer campers away from concrete slabs and convoys of RVs,
Best Tent Camping: Michigan points tent campers to the most scenic and serene campsites in the state. This guide has a campground to suit nearly every camper's taste. Youand#8217;ll find essential information about each campground (including season, facilities, rates, directions, GPS coordinates, and Web sites), as well as a description of the campground, the best sites, and nearby activities such as hiking, canoeing, fishing, and mountain biking.
Review
"This new Michigan travel book makes us want to get up and go!" and#151;
Detroit Free Press, September 2011
About the Author
BTC Michigan author
Matt Forster is not new to bylines. His works include:
Backroads and Byways of Michigan, Countryman Press, 2009; and
Colorado: An Explorer's Guide, Countryman Press, 2008.
He is the founder of Big Words, a business that provides writing and editing services to book and magazine publishers across the United States. Clients include In Trust magazine, devoted to topics about higher education; and Organic Producer magazine, for which he writes about eco-savvy architecture. As an editor, Forster has handled projects for Oxford University Press and Random House, among other publishing houses.
He holds a B.A. in English from Oakland University, Rochester, MI, and a Master of Divinity from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, in South Hamilton, MA.
Table of Contents
Partial TOCSOUTHEAST MICHIGAN
Albert E. Sleeper State Park
Pinckney State Recreation Area
SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN
PJ Hoffmaster State Park
Warren Dunes State Park
Yankee Springs State Recreation Area
NORTHWEST MICHIGAN
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Barnes Park
Fishermanand#8217;s Island State Park
Beaver Island Township Campgrounds
NORTHEAST MICHIGAN
Hartwick Pines State Park
Rifle River State Recreation Area
Ausable River Camping (Huron National Forest)
UPPER PENINSULA
Porcupine Mountains State Wilderness
Lake Gogebic State Park
Sylvania Wilderness Area
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
Tahquamenon Falls State Park