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Sam Freel, park officer at Hoeft State Park, points out recently upgraded campsites on a map at the park’s campground on Wednesday.
ALPENA With temperatures inching upward and snow melting, Michiganders are beginning to make plans for summer nights around a campfire, according to reservation numbers at Michigan state park campgrounds.
Camping reservations are up by 15% over this time last year, when people were beginning to worry whether they would be able to take their summer vacation, according to Eric Ostrander, unit supervisor for Harrisville and Negwegon state parks.
Last summer, when state parks reopened in late June after a spring shut-down to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, campsites and day-use areas filled with campers.