Directions

Directions to Campgrounds in Kalkaska, MI
 

TO: 1450 Lake Valley Road N.E. Kalkaska, Michigan. 49646

 

From Oak Park:

1) Start on the I-696 East for about 3 1/3 Miles.
2) Merge onto the I-75 (exit 18) North towards Flint (Stay on the I-75 for about 195 Miles). 
3) Exit on the LEFT - exit 254, towards Downtown Grayling/Traverse City. Stay on that street for about a mile and a half untill an intersection. (You will notice strip malls to your sides). 
4) Turn left to the M-72 (if you see signs to M-93, stay on the M-72). Stay on there for about 12 Miles. Watch out for a small yellow sign under a traffic sign that says "Lake Valley Road". 
5) Make a Right on Lake Valley Road (dirt road) for about 2 Miles. 
6) Make a Right on THE SECOND TURN with a sign to "Camp Gan Israel (North entrance)" (the first sign heads to the "other side" of camp). (The turn to the right is as the Lake Valley Road turns left.) 
7) Stay straight on the roads (no turn). When you see trailers and bunks and sports fields with people walking around (watch out for them...), you know you arrived...

 A Safe Trip!

From Detroit Metro Airport:

1) Start out going on Merriman Rd. towards I-275 North. 
2) Merge onto the I-275 North and stay for approx. 25 Miles. 
3) Merge onto the I-96 West and stay for approx. 20 Miles. 
4) Merge onto US-23 North and stay for approx. 80 Miles. 
6) Merge onto the I-75 North (Stay on the I-75 for about 120 Miles). 
7) Exit on the LEFT - exit 254, towards Downtown Grayling/Traverse City. Stay on that street for about a mile and a half untill a intersection. (You will notice strip malls to your sides). 
8) Turn left to the M-72 (if you see signs to M-93, stay on the M-72). Stay on there for about 12 Miles. Watch out for a small yellow sign under a traffic sign that says "Lake Valley Road". 
9) Make a Right on Lake Valley Road (dirt road) for about 2 Miles. 
10) Make a Right on THE SECOND TURN with a sign to "Camp Gan Israel (North entrance)" (the first sign heads to the "other side" of camp). (The turn to the right is as the Lake Valley Road turns left.) 
11) Stay straight on the roads (no turn). When you see trailers and bunks and sports fields with people walking around (watch out for them...), you know you arrived...

A Safe Trip!

From Chicago:

1) Get on the Edens Expressway I-94 EAST at Touhy or Peterson Avenue. 
2) Merge onto the Kennedy Expressway I-94 towards Chicago from Peterson Avenue for  a distance of 13.0 miles. 
3) Keep LEFT to take DAN RYAN EXPRESSWAY EXPRESS LANES EAST I-94 / I-90 EXPRESS LANE EAST toward GARFIELD BLVD and INDIANA for 3.9 miles. 
4) Merge onto I-90 EAST / I-94 EAST DAN RYAN ESPRESSWAY EAST TOWARD SKYWAY / INDIANA TOLL ROAD for .9 miles. (There are tolls for both the SKYWAY and TOLL ROAD.)
5) Keep LEFT to take I-90 EAST via EXIT 59A toward INDIANA TOLL ROAD (Crossing into INDIANA) for 28.1 miles. 
6) Merge onto I-94 EAST via EXIT 21 toward DETROIT (Crossing into MICHIGAN) for 64.7 miles.
7) Merge into I-196 / US-31 NORTH via EXIT 34 toward HOLLAND / GRAND RAPIDS for 45.3 miles. 
8) Keep RIGHT to take I-196 EAST towards GRAND RAPIDS for 32.0 miles.
9) Merge onto US-131 NORTH via EXIT 77A on the LEFT toward CADILLAC for 132.0 miles. (The town before Kalkaska is South Boardman).
10) Turn RIGHT at BLINKING RED LIGHT onto M-66 / M-72.  Continue to follow M-72 SE for 12.8 miles.(if you reach downtown KALKASKA or MARINE DRIVE, you’ve gone a little too far.)
11) Turn LEFT onto LAKE VALLEY ROAD and go down the road for 1.5 miles with the campgrounds on your right. (it is mostly an unpaved road).
12) YOU HAVE SUCCESSFULLY REACHED CAMP GAN ISRAEL AT 1450 LAKE VALLEY ROAD NE IN KALKASKA, MI 49646. 

A Safe Trip!