Sherman Lake YMCA Outdoor Center - Augusta, Michigan

Myra Cassady

Just attended MACC 2025 at Sherman Lake YMCA! All the staff were amazing. The food was wonderful! Spencer was an amazing lifeguard. Very preventative lifeguarding style and welcomed patrons as they entered the pool deck while keeping his eyes on the water. Nya was so positive, kind and helpful! Facilities were clean and roads/sidewalks were well taken care of during the ongoing snowfall. Great job Sherman lake! Can’t wait to return some day 😊

Dave Skorupski

Beautiful landscape and facility. Very clean with well-marked trails. There are play areas, as well as access to the lake.

There is a Chapel area, which is ideal for outdoor weddings.

Free parking is near the main entrance, and there is car access to the cabins to load and unload your gear. Parking is not allowed at the cabins.

Kady Brady

I and my siblings every year come to the overnight and day camps! It's always so fun and adventurous, and the staffing they have is amazing! Day camps are definitely more fun when you're younger, but overnight camps are fun for all ages!

Andrea Nance

My kids have gone two years in a row and we love Sherman Lake. Great activities, great counselors and good food. We will be back!

Tara Fletcher

My daughter went to camp here with school and I would never send her or any of my other kids back. She’s been to other camps and had a great time, but her counselor at Sherman Lake clearly didn’t like her. She stood in the bathrooms and counted while the girls brushed their teeth. They weren’t given enough time to shower and were told that it’s camp and they’re supposed to be dirty. Yet the counselor got up every morning and showered and even blow dried her hair. I sent my daughter with sunscreen and she came home sunburned because she was told she didn’t have time to put it on and didn’t need it anyway. My daughter shared various other stores of the counselor being unkind or unempathetic. I am sure my child was tired and wasn’t perfect, but if you’re a counselor at an overnight camp, isn’t that your job to deal with tired kids and be kind? Kids should not come home feeling like the counselor hated them.

Tracy Livengood

This place is nestled in the woods, driving up is beautiful. The facility is very clean, gorgeous pool. Several workout rooms. All top of the line equipment. They have pelaton bikes. And much more the staff was very friendly , gave me a wonderful tour. I would recommend this business.

Jennifer Klok

Sherman Lake allows the opposite sex to share sleeping quarters, bathrooms and changing rooms during school overnight functions! They will not tell you or provide any information as it is “not your business “ as a parent to know. Do not allow your child to do the overnight school camps. They pick and choose what children to protect!

Emily

Anticipating a fulfilling workout experience at a potential new gym, I took on a 30-minute drive filled with anticipation. This particular facility had been on my mind for some time, especially considering the closure of my current home gym. However, upon arriving at the YMCA, I was met with the disappointing fact that day passes were no longer available. Despite the kind offer of a brief tour by the front desk attendant, the quick exploration revealed a lack of essential equipment, notably the absence of a deadlift area and squat racks, with machines densely packed in close proximity making it extremely awkward to work out alone. The realization that I had already prepared myself with pre-workout supplements only to discover I couldn't utilize the facility was disheartening. How can they expect individuals to commit to a monthly fee of $60+ without the opportunity of a trial run? It became apparent that the establishment's priorities lay elsewhere, perhaps more focused on their retreat programs than on maintaining a well-equipped gym. Unfortunately, this setback further diminishes the already limited options for establishing a new home gym in the area.