East Bluff Bike Park and Campground

Reviews

• MS

  Matthew Stiles

  Sep 23, 2025
  1.0
  I'm sure the trails here are awesome like everyone says, but I wouldn't know since the bike shuttle bent my front rim beyond repair on the first ride up when I visited Oct 2024. It was bent so far that it could no longer turn past the fork. Luckily they did refund the shuttle ticket, but it would have been nice if they offered to cover a rental bike for the rest of the day or offered to cover part of the cost of the new wheelset I had to buy. I know they are not required to, but something to offset the fact that I had to miss the last few rides I had planned for my trip would have made it hurt less. As it was, they just took me back down in the shuttle, and sent me on my way with barely an apology. The shuttle driver confirmed I did nothing wrong, that the bike was loaded correctly and he didn't understand how it happened either. I think the shuttle's design is just bad - it holds your bike by a small portion of the front wheel, which is held at a 45 degree angle so the entire wight of your bike is levering on that small part of the wheel. That combined with the super bumpy road that makes the bikes bounce all over the place, I'd be shocked if I was the only one who's had something broken. Maybe I'll come back and just skip the shuttle altogether, or rent a bike for the shuttle, but I won't be putting my own bike on it again unless they switch to a different type of mount that doesn't bend rims.
• AA

  ana

  Sep 13, 2025
  1.0
  no toilet paper or hand sanitizer this weekend (fri-sun) in only bathrooms in campground. no showers. terrible unpaved road at the end of hwy 41 to access, a bit out of the way and ~15 min to copper harbor. you have to preregister for campsites ($30/night) with a QR code but there’s no cell service. campsites were great though, super spacious, and everything was very new and still in development.
• CK

  Cody Kidder

  Sep 2, 2025
  1.0
  Visited for Trails Fest over Labor Day (busiest weekend of the year up there) and the shuttle was sold out over 3 weeks in advance. They don't run a second when the first fills up. And even if you are fortunate enough to get a seat, they only do 9 laps up the hill all day long.
• CV

  Cecily Valdez

  Aug 21, 2025
  5.0
  Absolutely loved it! We can't wait to go back! All the sites are a little different, some more secluded than others. The bathrooms were so clean! It even smelled good like fresh wood. We only tried the practice park at the end because we had biked earlier that day. The practice park is great!! Such a gem. Thanks!!
• JY

  Jeff Young

  Aug 9, 2025
  5.0
  Just completed our second stay (4 nights) at East Bluff Bike Park & Campground. Excellent experience all around. The campsites are well kept, large and spaced appropriately. Pit toilet is a pit toilet, but it was clean and stocked. Camping: Reserve on their website or at the entrance to the campground. There is WiFI provided if you don't have cell service. We didn't (Verizon) They are in the process of building cabins on some of the sites, but most are available for tent camping as of August 2025. Sites vary greatly in size and configuration, but it seems like all would fit a camper van, tent, pop up or small travel trailer. A few of them would be fine for a large tow-ed camper - we saw one guy with a 35'+ 5th wheel. As of our stay, no potable water was available on site, so plan on bringing yours in. Also, no showers present, but your nearest Lake Superior access is Horseshoe Bay just back up the road and makes for a great cold plunge / rinse. Other campers were quiet and respectful (minus the guy with the side-by-side running a generator all day and night) Any supplies you forgot or ran short on you can pick up at The Genny back in Copper Harbor (10 minute ride). The kids called this store the "Everything But Ice Store" because they had literally everything but a working ice chest. Also had a lot of gluten and allergy friendly items we didn't expect to find in a small shop. Pricing on a camp site here was very reasonable. You could opt to dispersed camp along Mandan road or down at Highrock Bay, but the pit toilet is a nice feature and being right on the bike trail access is great. We did see one black bear on the way in, but I feel like there's enough noise between SxSs, construction and bikes that there isn't much concern when camping. Basic camp cleanliness should suffice, no need to go overboard. Fire rings are provided on each site, and they sell firewood at the campground entrance. Buy it here and help support this place. Biking: Seeing the evolution of this park from last year to this was awesome. The Hub at the top is really something to see. Climbing Summer School and Magic Carpet is a lot of work. My Kids - 11 and 13 - were pretty much good for one climb and ride down per day, but they were very happy hanging out in the skills park at the end of the camp area road and riding BlueJay picnic until they were exhausted. We rode Flo'Rion and Whipsaw with the kids. They haven't ever seen terrain like this and handled it really well. I would rate both as good family trails for kids with some single track experience who are ready to up their game. No required complicated features. Flo'Rion is a longer ride down, a little more flowy and playful. Whipsaw is more of a fast, straight get down the hill. Both pretty appropriately named. I'm happy our warmup trail was Flo'Rion, not Whipsaw. The Keeweenaw Point trail is a great flowy ride out the Rocket Pad and High Rock Bay. Pack drinks and lunches and swim in Lake Superior. Make a day of it. Signage is everywhere and getting around is easy. I was never concerned about anyone in the party getting lost. Because we stayed during the week, the shuttle wasn't running. I would absolutely do a shuttle day for the four of us on our next stay, just to maximize our time and get some playful downhill runs in. It would be helpful to have a picture and/or dimensions of each site so people know which sites would fit their camping equipment. TL/DR: Place is amazing all around. Go here every year. I know I'll be making the 500 mile drive.