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GROOTs OFF GRID

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· Baroda, Berrien, Michigan
40 acres hosted by Peter G.
7 RV/tent sites
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Family-friendly
Recent Hipcampers say this Hipcamp is great for families and kids.
Private sites
95% of recent Hipcampers say the sites felt private.
Off-leash friendly
Pets can be off-leash at this Hipcamp.
GROOTs OFF GRID lets you have freedom to do as you wish have fun doing just that! – Unlike the State Parks many surrounding campsites. You can have privacy, you are not stacked next to your neighbors! You have your space! This Offers the responsible camper here to keep your fire burning and maned all evening long if you chose. Play your music! Drink quality Michigan craft booze and beer out of glass bottles! Laugh out loud at night after 8 pm without bothering anyone! Smoke Quality Michigan Cannabis! Come and go as you please, Park your cars by your campsite! Enjoy your pets! Just do all of these wonderful things responsibly! So Groot won’t kick you OFF the GRID! GROOTs OFF GRID, you will find a wonderful private nature experience. With areas and private nooks that created many unique coves. Creating their own presence of solitude and privacy each of the individual campsite areas unique amongst themselves! This is a slice of wonderment that you can take in your memories and enjoy in all the off seasons the fun you had here! Come back and try a different spot next year! GROOTs OFF GRID has got the A1 Prime location! With all our local activities at the right season. 10 mins from: BEACH- WINERIES- CRAFT BREWERIES. FINE FOOD, LOCAL MARKETS, ANTIQUE SHOPS, ART STUDIOS and GALLERIES. THE WARREN DUNES, & WARREN WOODS NATURE TRAILS. PLENTY OF WOODS, CANOE / KYAK, BIKE, HIKE, FISHING and CANNABIS SHOPS. GREAT STAR LIGHT NIGHTS, AND ALL NIGHT CASINOS ALL NEAR BY! The Wine hay wagon tour bus stops for pick up @ the entrance each Saturday @ request! GROOTs OFF GRID Featured Amenities for its campers! A new rented PORTA JOHN with A WEEKLY CLEANING SERVICE! WELL WATER ON TAP! BRAND NEW! CLEAN PICNIC TABLES @ each site! LARGE CAMP FIRE RINGS @ each site! FIREWOOD TO PURCHASE for your convenience. OR you are welcome to PICK UP FREE FALLEN DEAD STICKS IN THE WOODS! & then of course… best part of all…TO STAY AT A TRULY UNIQUE AREA, EQUIVOCAL TO ALL OTHERS! @ GROOTs OFF GRID you will be staying at an active nursery in the off season that specializes in over 300 different antique fruit trees and Wholesale large ornamental trees and shrubs that envelops the entire 40 acre property! We started planting Windbreaks, then a huge array of Nursery Stock since 1956! GROOTs OFF GRID is an oasis of cooling shade and green abundant tree and plant life! That is totally surrounded by nothing but a long creek, wine grapes, beans and corn the average rotating crops that hold the oppressive heat of the days sun. However! The moment that your crew pulls onto the GRID property you will experience a 20 degree drop in temperature! With the overhead lush green canopy of established trees and the stress of your journey getting here will drop 45 more degrees! GROOTs OFF GRID is surrounded by an open plane farming land, of wine grapes and rotating corn and bean crops all around the property. Which in turn caused the attention and inhabitation of all the surrounding indigenous wonderful species of animals and birds, like Turkeys, hawks, owls, sparrows, storks, blue heron, geese and ducks. Beavers, woodchucks and lots of aquatic life! Too many to list! GROOTs OFF GRID sports a diversity of plants that has always been of interest to our customers. However as time moves forward the landscape gradually has changed. When an old world Dutch Nurseryman, plants a living block of wonderful arborvitae, junipers or honey suckles and everything in between, we sell what we can and leave the rest of the plants to get larger and more valuable in time. Which in turn creates a beautiful arboretum with a countless collection of varieties of mature plant life never to be recreated in on one property in a life time! GROOTs OFF GRID is a bird watchers delight! No end here of Hawks, Vultures & other birds of prey and flocks of sparrows, Blue Jays, finches, Oreos, more than can be mentioned! & home to Great horned Owls, Hooting in the evenings. Wake up to the soothing coo of the mourning doves that all the creatures enjoy this oasis of shade and natural cover and protection to thrive & make their nests and raise offspring. GROOTs OFF GRID sports the Natural Organic progression of trees and shrub growth that has created a cornucopia of attraction of life to a vast array of wild life that outdoes any nature center you may have attended before, because of GROOTs OFF GRID location and long periods of isolation due to a seasonal business and a lot of land. GROOTs OFF GRID Organic nursery has 3 ponds and natural flowing water ways that were laid out and dug by a Dutchman who understood that rain water will flow downhill to end up into The Fowler Creek at the back of the property were you can see large Salmon, Carps, Turtles, Blue Gills Bull Frogs & much more aquatic life! GROOTs OFF GRID Activities available here on the property! 3 Hiking & Biking paths A. B. and C. Trails. All grass mowed and all trails marked with directional signs leading to different directions on the property. BIKE PATHS leading to safe back roads leading to breweries and wineries, local lakes and parks. & Lake Michigan Wine Trail. Large trees to climb! Bird watching, Turtle racing, reptiles and interesting Butterflies and insects! There is lots of open space to play corn hole, badminton, frisbee. Toss the football around or play a baseball game! Better yet, you can set yourself up in the sun and get a great tan! Or slip into a nice slow swinging hammock with a good book under a cool shade tree and make that your plan! Either way its Ok if you like your stay, book another day! GROOTs OFF GRID is a new Campground. That is slowly growing larger. Operations were put in place in 1998 to start to make this large area to become available and open for the public to come and enjoy. Only on a limited level of occupation at each season is allowed here, to insure the animal presence is not overly disturbed. By too many visitors at a time. This is to preserve a true experience for the campers to understand actual living in the wild of Michigan’s original forests with its natural animal inhabitants! A unique experience many kids in time, will never see again. WHAT ENTERTAINMENT IS AVAILABLE AROUND GROOTS OF GRID? ·      LAKE MICHIGAN! Swim & Sun! Several beaches with local access! ·      Weko Beach about 8 miles away Bridgeman Mi. ·      Warren Dunes state Bridgeman Mi. ·      Cherry Beach Harbert Mi. ·      Lakeside Beach. Lakeside Mi. ·      Union Pier Beach Union Pier Mi. ·      New Buffalo Beach. New Buffalo Mi. ·      Or Silver Beach In St. Joseph Mi. ·      Lions Beach St. Joseph Mi. ·        ·      HIKEING AND BIKEING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ·      Lake Michigan Wine Trail ·      WARREN WOODS 3 OAKS MI. ·      WARRN DUNES STATE PARK. ·      New Buffalo Board Walk ·      St. Joseph Lake Blvd. Beach Run. ·      Three Oaks (Home of Prancer) Apple cider century Bike ride. ·        ·      FISHING! & EXPLOREING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ·      3 PONDS ON THE PROPERTY WITH NATIVE FISH & Aquatic life! ·      LOCAL FISHING & BOATING & SWIMMING LAKES!!!!!!!!!!!! ·      SINGER LAKE 5MIN. HESS LAKE 10MIN. BOYLE LAKE 15MIN. DAYTON LAKE. 20 MIN - ST. JOE RIVER 20 MIN. TO LAKE GALIEN RIVER. 20 MIN. TO LAKE. ·      BEAR CAVE HIKE FISH & HARIOT TUBMAN UNDER GROUND RAILROAD SAFE HIDEING PLACE. CAVE TOUR! BUCHAN, MI. ·      HOUSE OF DAVID. ·      BIT OF SWISS – DECADENT PASTRIES!
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Cory C.recommends
October 23, 2023
Groots Off Grid Overlook Hotel
We stayed at the Overlook Hotel spot at Groots and had a blast. The location is a bit more secluded than the other sites and offers a lot of space and great views of the surrounding property. The location is a great launching point for trips to wineries, breweries, the Warren Dunes, and Weko beach, or perfect for just lounging and enjoying the scenery. Peter is a solid dude with a lot of knowledge about the area and was very welcoming. Great spot!
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Travis C.recommends
October 23, 2023
Groots Off Grid Overlook Hotel
Groot's is Great!
Groot's is Great! Stayed 2 nights in site 7 and would recommend anyone who likes rustic camping to check this place out. The property is unique, the sites are large, and spaced far enough away from each other for privacy. Had a chance to wonder the property a bit and there is a huge variety of trees and plants. The woods are cool. Ended up walking through a hidden orchard, then stumbling upon a grove of arborvatie, then finding a pond. The sites are extremely clean, and Peter is a cool guy who clearly loves his property and takes exelent care of it. He shared his knowledge of some local history as well. Thank you Groot for being a great host and sharing your land with the hipcamp community!
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Mark A.recommends
October 19, 2023
Groots OG - Honeysuckle Grove
Mark
Peter was an amazing host with a fabulous location and grounds. Lots of space and fairly easy to navigate- once you get the directions! I look forward to a return trip for sure! The weather won’t matter when you’re at Groots!
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Will P.recommends
October 17, 2023
Groots Off Grid - Big Sky
Big Sky car camp
We had a wonderful time at Groot's. The sites are very basic and that suits us well as we bring our own gear. We pitched a tarp of the van's roof rack, set chairs by the fire ring, hung out around the picnic table and took it easy. If you like cooking over a fire you'll want to bring a grill or grate. We set up in the rain but Peter provides a good supply of dry firewood (bring cash) within walking distance of the sites so we were warm and cozy in no time. I was charmed as heck by the surrounding woods, dense enough to screen sites from each other, with well-cleared paths for early morning coffee walks and access to the portable toilet (which was clean and well taken care of) . There were deer grazing in the apple trees from sun-up to sunset, and the night sky was dark and full of stars. Just what I was looking for in a weekend trip. Peter's very friendly, informative, and takes pride in his place. For car/ tent camping less than 2hrs from Chicago, the price was excellent. I'll keep Groot's in mind for future trips.
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Victoria B.recommends
October 17, 2023
Groots Off Grid - Sunset Sight
Girls Gone Off-Grid
We had a delightful girls weekend at Groot's Off-Grid. In fact, we never left the clean and spacious #6 site. A small generator provided all the modern amenities needed to cook and frolic in the woods. Peter is a joyful dude who provided all the info needed for a good weekend at check-in. One note for those bringing campers: With an extended cab / short bed F150 and a 20-foot camper, a 612-point turn was required to turn the camper around facing the out direction. One huge bonus with Groots - there weren't any helpful men around to interfere with parking the camper - a welcome change from my experience rolling into a traditional campsite as a woman.
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Marty K.recommends
October 17, 2023
Groots Off Grid - Sunset Sight
Dry Wood and Great Vibes
Groot’s is the best! We had a big group of friends, many camping for the first time, and everyone had a blast. We had some rain on our first night and Peter had a ton of very dry wood for us to buy. Great vibes all around!
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Baroda, Berrien, Michigan, United StatesTraditional, ancestral territory of Peoria, Bodwéwadmi (Potawatomi), and Kaskaskia First Nations according to To respect the Host's privacy, the precise address of this land will be provided after booking
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Hosted by Peter G.Joined in May 2022
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