# Pickerel Lakeside Campground and Cottages See photos, check availability, and book on Hipcamp: https://www.hipcamp.com/en-US/land/michigan-pickerel-lakeside-campground-and-cottages-r57h6p6y - **Location:** Bitely, Michigan, United States - **Price:** from $40.00/night - **Rating:** 85% recommend (34 reviews) - **Sites:** 41 - **Size:** 10 acres - **Host:** Pickerel Lakeside Campground And C. ## Overview Pickerel Lakeside Campground and Cottages offers a fantastic getaway for relaxing family vacations. Campground offers 26 lakefront, 15 spacious pull-through lake view and 4 rustic sites. Our "just like home" cottages are fully modern, spacious, neat and squeaky clean. Sliding glass doors overlook the lake and wooded settings. Each has fully modern bath and kitchen facilities, living/dining rooms with comfortable furnishings, private bedrooms, air conditioning, ceiling and/or floor fans, television, picnic table, fire pit and charcoal grill. There is also a swimming area, boat launch and dock usage. Everything you need to feel right at home! Fun family activities may include boating, fishing, swimming, volleyball, basketball, horseshoes, hiking and biking. There is also a covered lakefront pavilion with electric and a fish cleaning station to clean your day's catch. Over 35 wooded acres and over 700 feet of Pickerel Lake frontage is the setting for our quiet, family orientated campground. Get back to nature while you sleep under the stars and wake to fresh air, warm breezes and birds singing. You may find yourself picking up a new hobby – studying our great Michigan wildlife or locating constellations in the star-filled sky! Our 45 site campground with level lakefront, pull-thru and rustic sites, has 20/30/50 amp electric, fire ring and picnic table on each site. There is a disposal station, centralized water, and extremely clean outhouses. We do not have flush toilets or showers. We have an expansive 700 feet of lake frontage with grassy beach, buoyed swimming area, covered lakefront pavilion, boat launch, beach volleyball, basketball, horseshoes and walking trails. ## Highlights - **Creature comforts:** Enjoy the comforts of home at some sites—including flush toilets, showers, and a kitchen. ## Amenities - **Amenities:** Pets, Potable water, Toilets, Campfires, Showers, Trash, Cooking equipment, Picnic table - **RV amenities:** Electricity Hookup, Water Hookup - **Terrain:** Forest, Lake ## Sites - **Lakefront** (rv-tent, up to 4 guests, $40.00/night) - **Cottage #1** (cabin, up to 4 guests, $137.50/night) - **Cottage #2** (cabin, up to 6 guests, $148.50/night) - **Cottage #4** (cabin, up to 4 guests, $137.50/night) - **Lake View Pull Through Sites** (vehicles, up to 4 guests, $40.00/night) - **Site #2** (rv-tent, up to 4 guests, $40.00/night) - **Cottage #3** (cabin, up to 6 guests, $159.50/night) - **Site #1** (rv-tent, up to 4 guests, $40.00/night) - **Site #4** (rv-tent, up to 4 guests, $40.00/night) - **Site #5** (vehicles, up to 4 guests, $40.00/night) ## Recent reviews > We LOVED IT HERE. The hosts were amazing people, the lake morning views are simply breathtaking. I quite literally cannot wait to come back here. Two weeks here, is not enough time. > > - Neu Era M., October 26, 2026 > Nice quiet campground. Great cell service aswell. > > - Nathan T., September 8, 2026 > place is really good, peacefull and isolated. definitely recommend this place and its worth considering to come back here again > > - Siddharth K., September 7, 2026 > Having camped in 20+ states and many more campgrounds, this one is... unique. Views from lake-front sites are nice. The location is very quiet and peaceful, especially when the power boats and jet skis aren't running. You can also launch your boat onsite. Almost not worth mentioning is a train track not too far away; we barely noticed it. Overall, the vibe is super chill and the lake activity is not bothersome. Seasonal campers were nice, welcoming and helpful. A few younger kids / grandkids were running around having fun; really a great place to let kids run feral. On the other hand, “you get… > > - Jamey D., August 30, 2026 > I really enjoyed my stay at Pickerel Lakeside Campground! I stayed at Site 1, which had both 30A and 50A electrical service. There are no water or sewer hookups at the site, but potable water and a dump station are available at the campground. The site is not a concrete pad, but I found it to be reasonably level and had no trouble getting set up. The absolute highlight was the incredible view of the lake — it made the site well worth it! The campground has pit toilets but no showers. Trash needs to be taken to one of two designated receptacles, both of which were within a reasonable distance f… > > - Deborah M., August 18, 2026