About this campground
Nurnberg Trailhead is one of two primary points of access to the Nordhouse Dunes Wilderness Area. This popular trailhead offers a 24-vehicle parking lot, picnic sites, a newly installed automated fee collection station, interpretive signage, and invasive species shoe cleaning stations. This trailhead is not lit. This trailhead offers access to a Nationally Designated Wilderness Area, please familiarize yourself with the enforced regulations and restrictions for use while recreating in this year. Leave No Trace and reduction of invasive species efforts are encouraged to ensure this area for future generations. NOTE: Lake Michigan Recreation Area site trailhead offers 60 parking spaces and additional amenities to day use visitors. Nordhouse Dunes Wilderness Area (pdf)
Getting there
From Manistee - Travel south on US-31 for 7 miles. Turn right and travel west on W. Forest Trail Rd. for 2.5 miles. Turn left and travel south on Quarterline Rd. for 1.5 miles. Turn right and travel west on Nurnberg Rd. for 6.5 miles.
Activities
- SWIMMING
- PICNICKING
- FISHING
- WATER SPORTS
- WILDLIFE VIEWING
- HIKING
Nearby federal campgrounds
- LAKE MICHIGAN AT MANISTEEHuron-Manistee National Forests2 mi
- Udell TrailheadHuron-Manistee National Forests21 mi
- SAND LAKE CAMPGROUNDHuron-Manistee National Forests26 mi
- Low Bridge Canoe LandingMichigan28 mi
- BOWMAN BRIDGEHuron-Manistee National Forests29 mi
- Bowman Lake AreaHuron-Manistee National Forests29 mi
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Nordhouse Dunes Wilderness - Nurnberg Trailhead doesn't take campsite reservations — but plenty of nearby Michigan campgrounds do, and we'll alert you the moment a sold-out site opens up.
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