Gaylord, Michigan: Otsego Lake State Park and Outdoor Adventures Benjamin's Beaver Creek

 June 2021, two different stays, one weekday and one weekend

It has been over a month since our stay in these parks. I am providing only brief details with a few photos about specific memories from both campgrounds.

View of lake from campsite 70 at Otsego Lake State Park

Otsego Lake State Park, campsite 70

This was our second stay in Otsego Lake State Park, and you can find more park details in my first review from October 2020. This trip, we stayed one night on a weekday.

Campsite 70 at Otsego Lake State Park

This stay was a last minute decision for us, and we were fortunate to get site 70. There is a good view from this site, as long as site 71 across the road is open. Although site 71 had been reserved before we made our reservation, the occupants did not arrive until the next morning, shortly before we departed.  

Campsite 70 at Otsego Lake State Park

Campsite 70 is a spacious site with a tar pad. It is on the corner, and there is no campsite on the other side. The closest campsites are site 71 across the road, and site 48, which is quite a distance behind it. It was very quiet during our stay.

View from inside camper on campsite 70 at Otsego Lake State Park
We should have moved the truck off to the side! 😁

The restrooms are kiddy corner behind campsite 70, not too far off to the left when looking at the site from the road in front. The building is partially visible in the corner road photo above.

View toward lake between sites 44 and 46 at Benjamin's Beaver Creek Resort

Outdoor Adventures Benjamin's Beaver Creek Resort campsite 44

We used our last Outdoor Adventures free night stay at Benjamin's Beaver Creek on a weekend for one night. This time, we were not charged the daily resort fee that we had been charged at Rifle River. Apparently, this is a subjective fee.

Campsites 44 and 46 at Benjamin's Beaver Creek Resort

This property had recently been acquired by Outdoor Adventures, and apparently some of the regulars have not been too happy about the purchase. (The person checking me in gave me far more information than I wanted to stand around and listen to). 

Campsite 44 at Benjamin's Beaver Creek Resort

Our campsite was peaceful. We had unknowingly chosen a site in the quieter section of the park with no kids or noisy neighbors. We were in the section with full hookup on the south side of the lake. Most of the families and larger groups were camped in the north section, which has water and electric hookup only.

This property was quite neglected at the time of our stay. The grounds and amenities needed some serious TLC. The putt-putt course was overgrown with weeds. Much of the course grass and boards were damaged. My husband went down the water slide, which he said was extremely fast, and a bit dangerous. We have been down many slides, and he usually plans to position himself for speed, yet he was quite shocked when he got to the bottom.

Water slide and putt-putt course across lake at Benjamin's Beaver Creek Resort

There are many cabins at this resort, which looked well maintained from the outside. 

Let me know if you have any questions. Happy and safe travels!