Best Tent Camping near Carlos, MN

Recent Tent Reviews in Carlos

263 Reviews of 21 Carlos Campgrounds

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  Lee D.

  Legend

  

  Jan. 21, 2025

  Tipsinah Mounds City Park

  Lakefront camping

  General: RV style camping on Pomme de Terre Lake and Kenny Lake. Many sites are lakefront or have a view of the lake. We were one of the few (if not only) non-seasonal campers at this campground. 

  Site Quality: Our site was located directly behind the store/office but had a view of the lake. Parking was on grass. The site was level and had an electric hookup. A wooden picnic table (in good shape) and a fire ring complete the site. When I called to make a reservation, I asked for a non-electric site but was told the primitive sites are far from the restrooms. I’m glad we settled on an electric site as the primitive ones, besides the distance from the restrooms, would also only be suitable for tents. 

  Bath/Shower house: Reasonably clean but I’ve seen better. Two showers, two toilets, and one sink. The shower had hot water and good flow, but it was cramped with little room to get dressed (plus the showers are located right inside the door, impeding privacy. 

  Activities: All the activities you would associate with lakefront camping. None of these applied to us but it was a good overnight location for passing through. Several speed boats zoomed by on the lake, and I imagine that on a summer weekend, the boat traffic would be much increased. There is a fish cleaning station. There are nice docks with benches to enjoy the view of the lake/sunset. 

  This campground is not our preferred type of camping – no privacy between sites but on a weekday toward the end of August, it was very quiet (but still HOT). We appreciate that we were assigned a lakeview site as not all of them are.

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  Tori K.

  Legend

  

  Jan. 2, 2025

  Sinclair Lewis City Campground

  Small town

  My extended family has gatherings here a couple times a year as it is close to everybody and a great location! The campground is open for the season from May 1st to October 1st each year, weather permitting.

  Reasons we like this campground: lakefront sites are available, the town is small so pretty quiet but there are gas stations, restaurants, and stores (including Walmart), it is close to home for everybody so this tends to be the first trip of the year to get water in everything and make sure there are no fun surprises after wintering the campers for 5 to 6 months, has bathrooms, there is a walking trail close to the campground that goes around part of the lake. 

  Additional details and amenities: 80 sites, 52 sites with full hookup which include water, sewer and electricity and 24 sites with water and electricity only and 4 primitive sites. All campsites contain a fire pit. Three sets of restrooms are contained within the campground with showers. Other amenities include: picnic tables, storm shelter, dump station, fish cleaning house, kayak rental, lake access with boat ramp and docks. Public beach, splash pad, bike trail, and playground adjacent.

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  Tori K.

  Legend

  

  Nov. 13, 2024

  Linwood Resort & Campgrounds

  Great lake

  Amenities I remember when we had a seasonal spot here: cabins with beautiful lake view, boathouse lodge and game room, sunbathing dock on the water, large picnic grounds, sand-filled playground, paddleboard &kayak rentals, boat ramp and launching service, boat & pontoon rental, boatlifts, gas, oil, tackle and live bait, screened-in fish cleaning house, sand volleyball, mini golf, laundry.

  The nearby town of Osakis has convenience stores, grocery, liquor stores, gas, bars and restaurants, etc. Lake osakis is usually pretty good for fishing.

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  Tori K.

  Legend

  

  Oct. 15, 2024

  Sinclair Lewis City Campground

  Great small town campground

  We stay every year typically for the legion's annual beer run! Great lake views and close to town. Boat launch is close by, bathrooms, showers, fish cleaning house provided.

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  JOSHUA G.

  Scout

  

  Oct. 14, 2024

  Games Lake County Park

  Great Land, best place to relax and play my fav video game

  Really happy to be able to see some pictures of this lovely place, enjoying with family and pet is one of the most entertaining experience in life. Also have had a good time playing with the D2R items of my favourite video game. Will come back in this zone in the future.

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  Shell L.

  Traveler

  

  Sep. 21, 2024

  Sauk River City Park

  Lovely, new, accommodations in small town

  Rolled up in the middle of the night. $10 cash in the box for a tent site. Clean bathroom with shower. Felt safe and fell asleep quickly with the sound of the creek next to our site. Would definitely stay again.

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  Greg S.

  Scout

  

  Sep. 15, 2024

  Maplewood State Park Campground

  Perfect Fall get away

  Simple beautiful park with the fall colors, plenty to due and see. Amazing fishing both trout and bass! Well maintained facilities in the park and friendly staff!

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  Sumiran K.

  Scout

  

  Aug. 23, 2024

  Games Lake County Park

  Great ONE

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  Maria H.

  Scout

  

  Aug. 23, 2024

  Games Lake County Park

  Nice Place Very Interesting

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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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  Mukesh A.

  Scout

  

  Aug. 1, 2024

  Games Lake County Park

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  Marasha

  Guide

  

  Jul. 4, 2024

  Maplewood State Park Campground

  Spacious and buggy

  For established camping, this park is lovely and spots are spacious. The place is bumpin’ with people but trees provide some sense of privacy but large, louder group was definitely in our vicinity—we couldn’t enjoy the birdsongs as we’d have liked (over 150 species can be found here). Staying at Grass Lake, we might have been able to launch our paddleboards from our site, but would have been a little tricky. Energy was better spent on keeping a fire tended with onslaught of unavoidable mosquitoes. Also, park doesn’t permit burning of found woods in the pits…

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  Clarence C.

  Scout

  

  Jun. 26, 2024

  Alexandria Shooting Park and RV Campground

  Stayed during State Trap Shoot

  We stayed for a few nights during the State High School Trap Shoot. Crowds were expected and it was a busy area. Surprisingly quiet in the evening given how many people were there. Facilities were clean. Will stay there again for sure.

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  Kara B.

  Traveler

  

  Jun. 4, 2024

  Sauk River City Park

  Exposed

  We arrived, checked it out and decided to leave. The grassy sites had recently been mowed, but were very muddy and right on top of each other. Lots of people fishing. We just felt exposed. Drive to Birch Lake State Forest instead.

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  Willis M.

  Scout

  

  Jun. 4, 2024

  Lake Carlos State Park Campground

  Bougie "camping". More like a living room with no roof...

  This is a great state park. Group camping comes with its own bathroom building and shelter building with wood stove. The water is quite clean. Also there's even hot water in the bathroom.

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  Teresa T.

  Legend

  

  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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  Fred S.

  Legend

  

  May. 21, 2024

  Lake Carlos State Park Campground

  Pretty Campground - Lower Loop

  Camped here on Oct 9, 2023. Large wooded campground on the lakefront. Easy access to the beach. Hiking trail. Very clean restroom/shower house. Level gravel campsite with metal fire ring and table. Water spigot short walk from campsite. Campground can accomodate all sorts of camping rigs. Paved campground loop road. Nice hosts and park ranger. Need to reserve online. Quiet. peaceful evening.

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  Wave G.

  Scout

  

  May. 21, 2024

  Games Lake County Park

  A great place with numerous facilities

  A great place with numerous facilities, including reliable Wi-Fi  Wave Executor and strong mobile service(Verizon). The office staff is very pleasant, making the experience even more enjoyable.

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  Fred S.

  Legend

  

  May. 21, 2024

  Sinclair Lewis City Campground

  Overpriced for Off-season

  Camped at Site #21 on Oct 8, 2023. Nice city park. Clean campsites along Sauk Lake. Fishing pier nearby. The office was closed for the season with the water & electric turned off, and the campground restroom closed. I don't mind this except that the $25 camping fee was high for the shut-offs & closures. (The was an open restroom down by the boat ramp.)  There was trash service. Close to town, the campground was well maintained. There was a table & hookups pedestal. Good place for an overnight stay.

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  Kathy D.

  Traveler

  

  May. 14, 2024

  Swan Lake Resort & Campground

  Beautiful Quiet Campground

  Wonderful office staff, very kind and helpful. We intended to stay at the tent site but when we arrived we saw a lovely cabin overlooking the lake and decided to give ourselves a treat. It was very clean and comfortable. You can tell they work very hard to make the interior inviting and the kitchen well supplied with nice kitchenware. Highly recommend.

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  JamesHickox

  Scout

  

  Apr. 28, 2024

  Games Lake County Park

  Games Lake County Park Experience!

  Nice to get it here. I know a little bit about this 'Games Lake County Park which is located on the east shore of Games Lake. Basically it is part of the “Norway chain of lakes,” which total 2,800 acres, and provides an excellent fish population. I'm sure that someone will enjoy this place a lot like playing boku casino games.

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  Shawn A.

  Traveler

  

  Apr. 14, 2024

  Beers Hike-In Site

  Great backpacking site to take your family

  Take the Maplewood church road into the site. There is enough room to park 1 (maybe 2) vehicles. The walk is an easy walk. There is a nice fire pit and good area for fishing right at the site. Also there is a picnic table and a vault toilet. Surprisingly there was toilet paper there!

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  Brandon S.

  Scout

  

  Apr. 11, 2024

  Sauk River City Park

  Update of website needed

  The linked website says this is a year round park. Called to make sure payment could be done after 5, which is when I found out that it’s in fact not open year round, even without hookups.

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  Tori K.

  Legend

  

  Mar. 31, 2024

  Sinclair Lewis City Campground

  Lakefront

  Lakefront sites are available. Picnic table and fire ring provided at each site. In town campground so it can be a little noisy at times. There is a boat launch right next to the campground. A fish cleaning house is provided at the campground. Bathrooms are also located within the campground. There is a public beach, skate park, splash pad, and bike trail all located within walking distance of the campground. Site are easy to back into and decent sized.

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  Brad J.

  Guide

  

  Oct. 12, 2023

  Sauk River City Park

  Brand new facilities, beautiful river.

  Very cute friendly town, laundromat within a few blocks away. Shower and bathroom facilities are brand new. Power at each site.

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  Roger B.

  Scout

  

  Oct. 4, 2023

  Alexandria Shooting Park and RV Campground

  Great place for the night

  Stayed here for one night...All lots, (lots of lots), were level and had water & electric. Super easy check in... Would definitely stay again..

  It is an active gun range so if shooting bothers you, may not be your place..

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  Teresa T.

  Legend

  

  Oct. 1, 2023

  Maplewood State Park Campground

  Amazing fall colors

  Second visit to the park but first time camping. Our spot was not private and a bit of a walk to the toilet but everyone was quiet and respectful. It is a very large park with miles of hiking trails and some pretty great mountain biking routes. It is a gem with the fall colors and was full the night we were there.