$20 - $32 / night

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Rice Creek Campgrounds

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Please note that campsites in F Loop are for tents only and campsites in E Loop can accommodate tents or pop up trailers. Trailers must be less that 2500 pounds dry weight and less than 20 ft in travel length.

The campground offers 80 secluded and shaded sites, ranging from rustic to modern with water and electrical hookups. There is one group site that can accommodate up to 60 people, using tents, with water and electricity hook-ups. The campground also offers 2 camper cabins.

Only 25 minutes from Minneapolis / St. Paul. Biking, fishing, boating, golf, and swimming are just a few of the many activities you will find within the park. Nature programs are held regularly at the campground amphitheater and at nearby Wargo Nature Center (one mile north of the campground). You can also get in a quick round of golf at Chomonix Golf Course, located just a mile down the road. (Long term camping is not permitted. Reservations are allowed for up to 7 consecutive nights and cannot exceed 7 reserved nights in a 30 day period.)

Fee Info

There is no charge for using the canoe campsites and they are available on a first-come, first-served basis. If there is a need to park one vehicle in the park overnight, please complete the special use permit request form and submit it to the Anoka County Parks Department via email or mail 14 days prior to the requested date of the overnight stay.

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Location

Rice Creek Campgrounds is located in Minnesota

Coordinates

45.17083045 N
93.06806097 W

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Access

Drive-In
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Walk-In
Park in a lot, walk to your site.
Boat-In
Sites accessible by watercraft.

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WiFi
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Verizon
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AT&T
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T-Mobile
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Site Types

Tent Sites
RV Sites
Standard (Tent/RV)
Group
Cabins

Features

For Campers

ADA Access
Trash
Picnic Table
Firewood Available
Phone Service
Reservable
Showers
Drinking Water
Electric Hookups
Toilets
Alcohol
Pets
Fires

For Vehicles

Sanitary Dump
Water Hookups
Pull-Through Sites
Big Rig Friendly

$20 - $32

/ night

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Roger D.

Scout

Reviewed Oct. 2, 2023

Visited from Red Deer, Highly Impressed

Being from Alberta my campground standards are high but I also prefer a neat and simple campsite. When Rice Creek Campground opens up again in April I'd highly recommend going there if all you want is a simple camping experience to get away from the city grind. I had my tent, fire and books to read and was the happiest camper in the world. I went there no joke because my driver from tow truck red deer recommended it and I stopped while in the area. So glad I did!

SiteTent site

Month of VisitJuly

Sergio Z.

Traveler

Reviewed Aug. 13, 2023

Peaceful and beautiful

I went camping alone on this campground, I brought my smaller 20ft trailer and had the most peaceful experience

SiteB 17

Month of VisitAugust

Bruce M.

Scout

Reviewed Aug. 6, 2023

Great campsites, bad firewood

Many campsites are fantastic with good spacing and shade. Access to lake is great. Firewood at $7 a bundle doesn't burn, it just smokes. I asked for a refund. Buy firewood elsewhere.

Lenora H.

Scout

Reviewed Aug. 21, 2022

Nice quiet campground just outside of the city

Nice campground with lots of trails, a beach, and many playgrounds. Only recommendation is to get the firewood from down the road and not at the campground.

Month of VisitSeptember

Corey P.

Guide

Reviewed Jun. 11, 2022

Great campground

Level private sites, lots of trees, Showers were clean. Would definitely camp again.

Site15

Month of VisitJuly

Amy G.

Legend

Reviewed Aug. 30, 2021

Spaced out nicely and they have a tent only loop!

I booked this on a whim since we needed an overnight close to the State Fair. I loved the look of the "TENT ONLY" loop - you don't see this often - so it was a good fit. Seemed that the whole campground was booked up and I assumed, for a similar reason. The State Fair.

Booking was fairly easy through their website, and you can "hover" over the sites to see a photo of it. I chose the one I wanted and hoped it would be what we wanted it to be.

You DO need a park pass to stay at the campground.

We arrived after dark, but in the dark you could still tell it was lovely. I couldn't see any neighbor on the one side where there was a campsite (the other was a field...which is why I chose it). So we set up a tent, enjoyed the last of the evening and crawled into our bags.

In the morning, when I could see everything, I was thoroughly impressed by the space, the maintenance of the property, the size of the campsites. All of them were impressive and big! A few were only separated by swathes of grass, but most had enough trees you couldn't see your neighbor. And the fact that this loop (F LOOP) was "tent only" meant no generators! It was very quiet! There were port-o-potties (cleaned about every 3 days) and a centrally located water source (potable) that was in the middle of everything for easy access by everyone. The spaces seemed fairly level, lots of mature trees, fire rings at all of them (with cooking grates that flipped out of the way) and picnic tables at most (resin tables, not wood).

I took a quick look at the other loops. The tent/small trailer loop didn't appear to have electric either. And the RV loops obviously did. All were very nice! And there is a shower house (didn't go in) that was for all to use if you had a site.

We'd stay here again in a heartbeat.

**I've seen the other reviews here which seem to be based on the bugs. I know that bugs are part of camping, so I don't review based on that, but I'll add details, if needed. This one didn't have many, but it was raining, so I'm sure that factored in. When I camp, I come prepared and I try to focus on reviewing the campsite itself, not the bugs, which I can not control. I can, however, come prepared for them**

Site54 (F Loop)

Month of VisitSeptember

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Ariel H.

Scout

Reviewed Jun. 24, 2021

Horsefly Camping Trip From Hell🥺

My husband and I paid for one night at a non electric drive in tent site with the disabled discount it came to $11.50. When you first pull in to the park there we’re an average amount of annoying bugs, especially for an 85 to 90 degree, summer day in a highly vegetative, woodsy park. Staff was not present due to the COVID-19 but we submitted our cash payment and grabbed the site map and park guide and drove to the left to find our camp site. As we slowly whined down a gravel road the trees became more dense, our site seemed perfect for the two of us! Picnic table and fire pit centered and to our left a designated tent landing area, to the right was just enough space to park our Mercury Sable Sedan. They had shower and restroom facilities within a short walking distance from our site, that is when we started noticing the horseflies were making it known that we were “trespassing on their turf”. We entered the shower and restrooms to bugs, bugs, BUGS!! Nasty 🤢. Neither of us showered there. Walked back to set up our tent, horseflies nonstop attacked us. To not get bite we had to run around like chickens with our heads cut off! No joke. So when our tent was finally set up instead of enjoying marshmallows at our fire pit we watched Netflix on our tablet instead our tent. Next day taking the tent down was even worse hot 90 degree day, horseflies and no breeze.. So my husband and officially nicknamed this campground “Horsefly Hell”. And no we don’t recommend this one.

SiteA5

Month of VisitJuly

Justin Q.

Traveler

Reviewed Aug. 17, 2020

Overnight at drive in site 77

The family had an absolute blast! Beach was closed but we still got some good walks in. Fire ring was a little shallow for my liking so had to get some solid coals going to get dinner on the table. Nice clean site, community water pump worked great!

Staff at the visitor center were super friendly and informational.

The mosquitoes were absolutely nuts!