Au Train Lake Campground — how to get a site when it's sold out

Booking Au Train Lake Campground

Sites at Au Train Lake Campground are reserved through Recreation.gov. Sites here can be reserved in advance through the official system, and they are claimed fast — cancellations then trickle back all season, unannounced, at any hour of the day or night.

Site facts

Total sites	34
Site types	Standard
Location	Munising, MI
Book through	Recreation.gov
Official listing	Recreation.gov

The cancellation play at Au Train Lake Campground

Because sites are booked months ahead, a steady share of reservations get cancelled as trips fall through. Each cancellation instantly returns that site and those nights to the official calendar — first-come, first-served, no waitlist, no announcement. Refreshing the booking page yourself, every few minutes for weeks, works in theory. In practice, the people who get these sites are the ones who hear about the opening first.

ItOpened scans the Recreation.gov calendar for Au Train Lake Campground around the clock. When a site matching your dates and your vehicle opens, you get a text with a direct link to it. You book it yourself, in your own account, at the normal price. We never book, hold, or resell — your fee pays for monitoring, and openings are first-come, so speed is the whole game.

Other campgrounds in Hiawatha National Forest

Brevoort Lake Campground	Cancellation alerts available
Bay Furnace Campground	Cancellation alerts available
Pete's Lake Campground	Cancellation alerts available
Soldier Lake	Cancellation alerts available
Monocle Lake	Cancellation alerts available
Colwell Lake Campground	Cancellation alerts available
Camp Seven Lake Campground	Cancellation alerts available
Little Bay de Noc	Cancellation alerts available
Lake Michigan At St. Ignace	Cancellation alerts available
Widewaters Campground	Cancellation alerts available
Bay View (Hiawatha National Forest, MI)	Cancellation alerts available
Carp River Campground	Cancellation alerts available
Grand Island National Recreation Area	Cancellation alerts available
Three Lakes	Cancellation alerts available
Island Lake	Cancellation alerts available
Lyman Lake Campsites	Cancellation alerts available
Flowing Well Campground	Cancellation alerts available
Cookson Lake Campsites	Cancellation alerts available
Little Bass Lake Campsites	Cancellation alerts available
Chicago Lake Campsites	Cancellation alerts available
Council Lake Campsites	Cancellation alerts available
Swan Lake Campsites	Cancellation alerts available
East Lake Campsites	Cancellation alerts available
Gooseneck Lake Campsites	Cancellation alerts available
Grand Island Cabins	Cancellation alerts available
Jackpine Lake Campsites	Cancellation alerts available
Leg Lake Campsites	Cancellation alerts available
Mowe Lake Campsites	Cancellation alerts available
Steuben Lake Campsites	Cancellation alerts available
Triangle Lake Campsites	Cancellation alerts available
Bass Lake Campsite	Cancellation alerts available
Bear Lake Campsite	Cancellation alerts available
Camp Cook Campsite	Cancellation alerts available
Carr Lake Campsite	Cancellation alerts available
Clear Lake Campsite	Cancellation alerts available
Crooked Lake Campsite	Cancellation alerts available
Ewing Point Campsite	Cancellation alerts available
Ironjaw Lake Campsite	Cancellation alerts available
Lake Nineteen Campsite	Cancellation alerts available
Mckeever Cabin	Cancellation alerts available
Minerva Lake Campsite	Cancellation alerts available
Tom's Lake Cabin	Cancellation alerts available

Page data refreshed 2026-10-29. Site facts come from the official directory listing for Au Train Lake Campground; cancellation statistics come from our own scanning logs.