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Soul Fire Forest

Hosted by Mike · Montague, Michigan

5 sites · Tent · 8 acres

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Come camp beneath the trees at Soul Fire Forest, our 8-acre permaculture homestead and growing intentional community in Montague, Michigan. This isn’t a conventional campground. Soul Fire Forest is a living, working place where we’re experimenting with what a more connected, land-based way of life can look like. We grow food, tend the woods, make biochar, practice natural building and old skills, host workshops and gatherings, raise kids, and slowly build community together. Our campsites are tucked into the woods along a quiet forest camping area. Guests often tell us the sites feel very private, especially once you’re back in the woods, though we can’t guarantee complete seclusion. You may occasionally see or hear other campers or residents. All campsites are walk-in. Vehicles cannot be driven to the campsites. You’ll park in the designated parking area and carry your gear into the woods. The walk varies depending on which site you choose. We keep a wagon available for campers to use for hauling gear to and from the sites. Campsites are currently first come, first served, so you’ll choose from the available sites when you arrive rather than reserving one specific campsite. Because the campsites are in the woods, open fires are not allowed at individual campsites. Campers are welcome to use our shared community fire pit outside the woods when fire conditions allow. Residents or other campers may be there at times, so it can become a nice little gathering place. Please bring your own firewood. We do not provide firewood, and firewood, branches, plants, mushrooms, herbs, or other natural materials may not be collected from the property. Firewood is often available from roadside stands nearby. We ask guests to enjoy the forest without harvesting from it. Independent foraging is not allowed unless you have specific permission or are participating in one of our workshops. These woods are actively managed for habitat, heating wood, mushroom logs, lumber, biochar, and the long-term health of the forest. Potable water is available at the house, and campers have access to designated compost toilet facilities. We do not have trash service, so please plan to pack out your trash and recycling. Quiet hours are 9 PM to 9 AM, and pets must be leashed and under control. Our trails wind through the property, but some connect with trails on neighboring land. Please stay within Soul Fire Forest and do not cross brush barriers marking the property boundary. The woods are real woods, so expect roots, uneven ground, mud, ticks, wildlife, and the occasional bit of forest chaos. Soul Fire Forest is home as well as a campground. Depending on when you visit, you might see kids playing, ducks wandering around their area, residents working in the gardens, a building project underway, a workshop happening, or people gathering around the community fire. Other times, the camping area is remarkably quiet and you may hardly see anyone. We’re about 5 miles from Lake Michigan, 1.4 miles from the Hart-Montague Trail, and close to Montague, Whitehall, the Huron-Manistee National Forests, and plenty of West Michigan adventures. Want to know where you’re actually coming to camp? Visit the Soul Fire Forest website to see more of our community, events, workshops, building projects, land-based experiments, and the bigger vision behind this place. Come wander the woods, slow down for a while, and maybe catch the fairy folk when they think nobody is looking. 🧚🌿

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Our tent sites are tucked into the woods along a quiet forest camping area. Guests often tell us the sites feel very private, though we can’t guarantee complete seclusion and you may occasionally see or hear other campers or residents. These are walk-in campsites. Vehicles cannot be driven to the sites. Park in the designated parking area and carry your gear into the woods. The walking distance varies depending on which site you choose, and we have a wagon available to help haul gear to and from camp. Sites are currently first come, first served, so you’ll choose from the available wooded sites when you arrive. There are no campfires at individual campsites. Because the sites are in the woods, open fires are only allowed at our shared community fire pit outside the woods when conditions allow. Other campers or Soul Fire Forest residents may be using the fire pit too. Please bring your own firewood. We do not provide firewood, and wood may not be gathered from the property. Campers have access to designated compost toilet facilities. There is no running water at the compost toilets. Potable water is available separately at the house for drinking and washing needs. We’re a pack-it-in, pack-it-out property, so please take all trash, food waste, and recycling with you when you leave. Please do not forage or gather plants, mushrooms, herbs, firewood, or other natural materials from the property without permission. Expect real woodland terrain: roots, leaves, mud, ticks, uneven ground, and plenty of forest life. If you’re looking for a rustic tent site that feels tucked away in the woods while still being part of a living homestead and intentional community, you’ll probably feel right at home here. Lake Michigan is 5 miles down the road, the Hart-Montague bike trail is 1.4 miles down the road, and Manistee National forest is also nearby. The cute lake towns of Montague and Whitehall are also nearby with all the amenities. Also near Electric Forest music festival, Double J ranch, Lewis Adventure farm and zoo and many other adventures!

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No showers

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