Best Tent Camping near Baxter, MN

Recent Tent Reviews in Baxter

264 Reviews of 28 Baxter Campgrounds

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  Tori K.

  Legend

  

  Nov. 13, 2024

  Dower Lake Recreation Area

  Has everything you need

  offers sites with no hookups and sites with electric (no water, but potable water station is provided to fill up prior to parking) bathrooms and showers in the campground. Fire ring and picnic table provide for each site. Firewood and sewage dump station also provided for free to registered campers. There is a dock, sand swimming beach, horse shoe pits, disc golf, basketball court, and softball field.

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  Tori K.

  Legend

  

  Nov. 1, 2024

  Sunnybrook Park

  WOW!

  park features fishing in Whiskey Creek, (stocked with rainbow trout, crappies, and sunfish), picnic area, children's playground, semi-enclosed shelters, campground area with full hook-up and tent sites, two camping cabins, softball fields, frisbee golf, volleyball area and a children's zoo, which includes buffalo, whitetail deer, peacocks, and golden pheasants. Site had picnic table and fire ring.

  We thoroughly enjoyed the frisbee golf and the zoo!

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  Tori K.

  Legend

  

  Nov. 1, 2024

  Lazy Days Campground

  Lots of amenities

  full hookup sites with picnic table and fire ring. Pool, playground, sand volleyball court, basketball court, shuffleboard, horseshoes. Showers and flush toilets in campground. Office has firewood, ice cream, candy, and other miscellaneous items for sale.

  Dog friendly; Roscoe definitely enjoyed some lazy days here!!

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  Tamra V.

  Scout

  

  Sep. 16, 2024

  Memorial Forest Park

  Green and Peaceful

  This is a beautiful quiet place to park it for a while. There is everything here from 43 ft Class A rigs to tents. We were the only ones for about four days when we got here and now the campground is completely full. It’s the middle of September, and you wouldn’t know you were practically in the middle of the city with all the foliage. The only downfall is you have to unhook to go dump every so often. Thankfully the dump site is inside the campground

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  Lee M.

  Scout

  

  Sep. 14, 2024

  Clint Converse Campground

  Peaceful

  Was here every summer in the late eighties and early nineties as a kid with my family and it’s still as nice and peaceful as it was then. I’ll continue to keep coming back every summer

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  Tracy B.

  Guide

  

  Sep. 5, 2024

  Wilderness of MN Campground

  Nice camping near Mille Lacs Lake

  The campground was nicely maintained. Had a nice pool and friendly seasonal campers. The management and reservation process was less than desirable. Very difficult to get ahold of management and upon arrival they had given our reserved site away to someone else and moved us. Paid for a water/ electric site and were moved to an electric only site and no cost difference or refund offered.

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  Denny K.

  Traveler

  

  Aug. 7, 2024

  Crosslake Campground

  Bad time

  We got to the site and we had low branches asked them to cut them. They said they were at there standards so we had hold it up. Them the site next to us had to have rock concrete us and 4 others called several times nothing

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  Sid D.

  Traveler

  

  Aug. 6, 2024

  Charles A. Lindbergh State Park Campground

  Nice and Clean, SUPER buggy

  Came through on an evening in July to meet a buddy canoeing the misssissippi. This was easily the buggiest site we stayed in all summer. Mosquitos so thick we had to wear nets over our faces. Maybe we’re just sensitive about it, but it was hard to get anything done.

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  Erin G.

  Guide

  

  Jul. 28, 2024

  Rum River State Forest Dispersed

  Secluded, Quiet, Good Cell Coverage, Bugd

  There are many different sites (most just pull offs) in this area! I did see one that was pull through further down game refuge road. The cell service with Verizon is good enough to stream videos and work on your laptop with ease. There aren't too many people in the area, even on a Sunday in July. The bugs are not great but that's just what you're going to get in an area like this one. Overall I would definitely stay here again.

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  vincent W.

  Guide

  

  Jul. 15, 2024

  Mille Lacs Kathio Petaga Campground — Mille Lacs Kathio State Park

  nice Campground in Midsotta

  Nice campground. We were dry camping in the RV since there was no water. Still a nice place for a winter getaway. Will go back in the fall!

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  Tom

  Ranger

  

  Jun. 10, 2024

  Crow Wing State Park Campground

  Beautiful trails, easy to walk

  Nice trails along the Mississippi River, easy to walk, good signage on trails, and good information signs with history of each site along the trail.

  Very Clean men’s bathroom. One shower needs a new shower head.

  Sites 40 to 45 are very nice and secluded. Sites 58 and 59 are prime secluded sites.

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  Teresa T.

  Ranger

  

  Jun. 7, 2024

  Snake River Campground

  I think this place is great

  Friday afternoon 5:00 finished out my work day here. I've had great wireless I'm getting 5G Verizon believe it or not. We're the only ones here it is pretty rustic coming in so if your camper is very sensitive you need to take your time. But the river is going past it's lazy it's quiet I hope it stays quiet all nice and it's $20. Hi Summer might be hot most of the park spots are in the sun but if you had a tent you can find a shady spot down by the river. Their are mosquitoes this year and I don't think the four wheeler trails are highly used I was hoping there would be hiking trails we'll probably just stay one night because the limited walking and I won't go in the high grass with the ticks in the mosquitoes. But it's beautiful I'll upload some pictures in a video.

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  Teresa T.

  Ranger

  

  Jun. 2, 2024

  Father Hennepin State Park Campground

  This place is great

  Smaller campsite with less spaces but right on the waters edge which provides a breeze and keeps the bugs down. Wet spring so Kathoy was terrible but works here. Trails, town which has a grocery store, place to wash cloths and a place to trade out the books I've ready for a new set. Good connectivity so easy to work from with decent bathrooms.

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  Teresa T.

  Ranger

  

  Jun. 2, 2024

  Mille Lacs Kathio Petaga Campground — Mille Lacs Kathio State Park

  Nice enough spots but not my kind of park.

  I came in the spring it was a wet spring there were a lot of bugs. The trails are probably not maintained because it was so wet but they were almost impossible to hike on simply because of the amount of mosquitoes. The bathrooms are nice the camp spots were nice they had good signage for the archaeological stuff. It was just very hard to enjoy it because it was so overwhelmingly buggy.

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  Emelia O.

  Guide

  

  Jun. 1, 2024

  Crow Wing State Park Campground

  Semi Secluded Site

  The campsite was pretty wooded on most sides. I visited in the late spring so there were quite a few mosquitos since the campground is near the river. Bathrooms/showers were cleanish, water was mid from the outdoor taps but not horrible

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  Teresa T.

  Ranger

  

  May. 31, 2024

  Charles A. Lindbergh State Park Campground

  Small state park

  Small, well spaced out camp spots and very quiet. This was a wet spring and under the trees, the bugs were overwhelming so keep that in mind. Few nice trails, several museums right across the street, really nice parks in little falls and neat views of the dam on the river

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  Teresa T.

  Ranger

  

  May. 28, 2024

  Crow Wing State Park Campground

  What you expect in the state park

  This is a more rustic State Park. There's lots of history here most of it is just a plaque not actually something to see. The river was really high and there was a fair amount of mosquitoes outside but a lot of trails and a lot of signs and a lot of history in the park.

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  Rob E.

  Scout

  

  May. 27, 2024

  Father Hennepin State Park Campground

  Nice weekend spot

  Hiking was great, we saw an albino deer on the hiking club trail! Site was a bit tight for our travel trailer and a tight fit to back up on the pad. Recent rain had the campsites pretty muddy but the paved spaces were well maintained.

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  Renee H.

  Ranger

  

  May. 23, 2024

  Crow Wing State Park Campground

  Wooded with abundant hiking and biking nearby

  Nice wooded campground. Gravel sites, fairly level. Water fill and firewood available at the registration building. The water was high in iron. Canoe and kayak rentals available. Lots of trails for hiking and biking. Bring bug spray in the summer!
  Historical sites along hiking path. Bathrooms and showers were decent. Dump station on site.

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  Stacy M.

  Guide

  

  Mar. 8, 2024

  True North Basecamp

  Great spot

  We stayed in a cabin for a week of biking. Excellent location with all the trails. It has a great swimming area, though it did get deep fast for little kids. We brought our paddleboard and had a great time on the quiet lake. We did hike up to the top of the camp area and were glad we stayed in the cabins. The shower/bathroom house was nice. Overall, we would stay here again.

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  Skip H.

  Ranger

  

  Jan. 26, 2024

  Rum River State Forest

  Great place to camp!

  Most of these spots are cutoffs on the sides of the dirt road. They are deep and have plenty of room, though. Almost all of them I could see have firepits. The spot I stayed in was the most secluded I could find. It was through a ditch and up a small hill and set back in the woods. There is a firepit up there as well. I spent 3 days here with only one car passing through on the first night. After that, nothing! You wouldn't have a problem finding a place if your pulling a trailer.

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  mark M.

  Scout

  

  Sep. 6, 2023

  Crow Wing Lake Campground

  Relaxing camping

  What a beautiful, peaceful sight in the woods next to the lake. Sit back and relaxing camping at it finest

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  Jeremy W.

  Scout

  

  Sep. 5, 2023

  Sunset Pines Campground

  Loved every minute of this trip!

  Lots to do here, very fun, very friendly staff. If you are looking for a good vacation, come here you won’t be disappointed!

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  Jane T.

  Traveler

  

  Aug. 23, 2023

  Father Hennepin State Park Campground

  Nice

  It nice place to camping

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  Daniel H.

  Guide

  

  Aug. 19, 2023

  Charles A. Lindbergh State Park Campground

  Windy roads in but nice wooded sites.

  I stayed here as a boy,  I stayed here with my kids. Now in a Class A RV it was bit tight getting in but still a nice heavily tree canopy.  No room for starlink.  Site are averagely spaced but blocked mostly by brush and trees. Its just minutes seconds from town and has access to the museum and L house across the street.  Lots look like they might be muddy during a rain.  tents would be an issue, though maybe better sites for tents I didn't see.

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  Ashley H.

  Traveler

  

  Aug. 1, 2023

  Mille Lacs Kathio Petaga Campground — Mille Lacs Kathio State Park

  Beautiful Park

  We stayed in one of the walk-in sites. It was great, not too too buggy. Mostly quiet. Hiking trails in the park are wonderful and there's a lot of history to discover within the park

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  Lee M.

  Scout

  

  Jul. 29, 2023

  Clint Converse Campground

  Loud

  Camped here years ago it was quiet. Now it’s after 10:00 pm and some jerk is running the loudest generator I have ever heard!