Pines Campground

Nice hike in campsite. No privacy between sites. It's tucked off the hiking/equestrian trail so that was nice. No water on site, need to hike a mile north to the stables where you can find fresh water. Vault toilet was really bad. No fires allowed (even though that was a bummer, people still seemingly felt entitled to have a fire regardless of park rules) I stayed 7/11/2020 and picked up ALL the trash left behind by other campers. Use of campground is not a right however it is a privilege that can be taken away. All in all an ok place to set up camp for the night. Wish the park would pay a little more attention to this campground

Rustic, peaceful, great place to get away from it all.

Nice little, quiet campground, that you hike to. Would be better if you could have campfires. But, I'll return.

Great campsite! It's hike in only, mostly for Waterloo-Pinckney through hikers. But you can do overnight trips too. It's 10.5 miles from Portage Lake campground, 11.5 miles from Green Lake campground (11 miles from the external parking lot on the trailside), and about 6 miles from the Eddy Discovery Center. Those are the only official parking areas that I know of... you may be able to park at the Waterloo headquarters but I'm not sure if they allow overnight parking, from there it's about 4-5 miles to the Pines.nnThere are 5 official sites, a vault toilet, no fire rings (and no ground fires allowed), and no water pumps. So you've got to pack all your water. There is a seasonal creek about .5 mile west and a flooded reservoir about .5 mile east (if you don't mind walking in mud you can access the reservoir from the south side of the campsite by about .1-.2 mile hike and some cattails)...for those with water filters.nnThey have a few horse posts and steps (for the smaller riders). However, horses are not allowed to stay overnight and/or enter the campground. Oh and for what it's worth, the first almost 4 miles of trail to the east is horse/foot traffic. The first 2 miles is horse/foot traffic to the west. Hiking East to West also might open up another parking option, about 3 miles from the east is a horseman's campground with water pumps/seasonal reservoirs.

The campground was great. Going that 1mile to get to the campground was a mess! 50%of the trail was muddy and filled with horse poop!