![Betsie River Campsite is Perfect for Summer Trips to Frankfort and Sleeping Bear Dunes](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Betise-River-Campsire-Frankfort-Michigan-470x140.jpg)
We mostly stay in Michigan state parks when camping each summer, but sometime we check out new privately owned campgrounds that better fit our destination….
![Cheboygan Lighthouse Ruins, Cheboygan State Park](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Cheboygan-Lighthouse-Ruins-Feature-Photo-State-Park-Michigan-470x140.jpg)
Michigan once had more than 200 lighthouses, and roughly 120 of those structures survive today. We recently had the chance to hike to the ruins of…