Best Dispersed Camping near Champlin, MN

Recent Dispersed Reviews in Champlin

14 Reviews of 4 Champlin Campgrounds

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  Ryan P.

  Traveler

  

  Oct. 31, 2024

  South of Sand Dunes State Forest

  Nice place. Lots of traffic

  Plenty of spots. Fairly small spots. This road is pretty busy for a dirt forest road and people FLY down it. Almost got hit a few times walking. Even through a Wednesday night cars are flying down the road.

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  Joslyn H.

  Guide

  

  Jul. 28, 2024

  South of Sand Dunes State Forest

  Absolutely love it

  I love that it's so close to home. I was able to walk in and find an incredible spot to camp and lay in my hammock.

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  samuel C.

  Ranger

  

  Jul. 18, 2024

  South of Sand Dunes State Forest

  Good forest road, nothing special

  For the proximity to the city and nearby highways, this was a good spot. Didn’t expect to see as many campers as I did, but all seemed to be friendly. I stayed here for one night and roads were totally fine for any vehicle. Most spots are like the pictures shown. There are a few spots that have great views or pull-through areas, and there are limited spots that are big-rig friendly. Saw lots of dogs, and mine had a blast, even had what seemed to be a stray husky quickly roll through camp around dusk. Something to keep on your mind. The road goes for a long ways, I parked near the front and closer to numbers, always like to be safer. Overall there was some shouting and yelling but for the location I was happy.

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  Heather W.

  Traveler

  

  Jul. 17, 2024

  South of Sand Dunes State Forest

  Very Quiet

  There’s lots of little spots off the main gravel road. Nothing allowed further into the forest. One pull through area that I found. Couple vehicles pass a day. Stand storks are very protective. Stay away from them. They attack. 🤣

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  Jason B.

  Scout

  

  Jul. 2, 2024

  South of Sand Dunes State Forest

  Quiet with lots of different bird sounds

  this is a nice quiet area. Some younger people coming through sporadically playing with their trucks but nothing serious and not often. Be aware if you have an rv though. I had a county sheriff person tell me it's not lawful to park a trailer and they kicked me out. I called the dnr and they said that wasn't right but I decided to leave anyway. County sheriff's not pleasent around here.

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  Marie G.

  Traveler

  

  Jun. 4, 2024

  County Road O Landing Dispersed River Camp — Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway

  Good Spot, in June, too many mosquitoes

  We camped here on our way to the badlands starting from michigan. It was easy to find, and the spot itself was good and had restrooms. The only problem was the mosquitoes.

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  Skip H.

  Ranger

  

  Jan. 29, 2024

  South of Sand Dunes State Forest

  Came back for round two

  Came back on a warm weekend. A bit more traffic, but after 12 p.m., not much of anything. I really recommend this for an easy stop if you're looking for a place to put up. It's peaceful and tons of spots to park.

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  Skip H.

  Ranger

  

  Jan. 17, 2024

  South of Sand Dunes State Forest

  South sand dunes DNR

  Great spot. Plenty of parking. Best for straight vehicles or very small trailers.

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  Rachel B.

  Guide

  

  Oct. 20, 2023

  South of Sand Dunes State Forest

  Some road noise

  Campsites were pretty far apart. Not bad, quiet, aside from the occasional truck speeding through.

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  Jennifer H.

  Guide

  

  Sep. 18, 2023

  County Road O Landing Dispersed River Camp — Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway

  Quiet and easy to find

  We arrived in the late afternoon and drove all the way down the road, there are a few spots near the boat ramp and bathroom, but we parked near the trailhead and it was perfect! There were a few hunters out but they weren’t anywhere near us, I’d definitely recommend this spot

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  Adam W.

  Traveler

  

  Jul. 23, 2023

  South of Sand Dunes State Forest

  Good easy access. Clean spots to camp

  I just did an overnight camp one night in a truck camper and it was very easy to navigate and it was cleaned quiet area to spend the night. The bad part a lot of the side roads are closed to motor vehicles due to some issues they had a couple years ago but are now taken care of like people dumping

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  aly E.

  Guide

  

  Jun. 29, 2023

  County Road O Landing Dispersed River Camp — Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway

  Quick night

  I pulled into the campsite late at night and was really confused where to go. There are bathrooms and 1 bar of Verizon (no T-mobile service). We ended up staying in the parking lot near the boat ramp and woke up to amazing bird calls and left before 6am. Pretty campsite with boat ramp to St Croix river.

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  Gregory

  Guide

  

  May. 16, 2023

  South of Sand Dunes State Forest

  Quiet and off the beaten path

  Drove past several sites, most of which were by water. We did find one we thought we liked, but branches over hung, and rested on our camper (8ft high) and in fact most sites were shaded. As to be expected, mozzies were present, but after 5mins of the door being opened and several flying in, we decided the area wasn't for us. There were other branches of the road that could be explored as well.

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  Travis B.

  Traveler

  

  Apr. 23, 2023

  Sandy Cove on the St. Croix River

  Hard to say

  The spot is along the ice age trail. Well managed gravel trail to the south and single wide footpath to the north.

  There is a pad at the bottom of the path up to the open air vault toilet, a fire ring, and a table. The table has an extra long side for those in a wheelchair. The crushed gravel path to the south makes travel to the nearby Lions park easy.

  The ease of access probably makes this a hangout spot as we saw a good amount of refuse around the pad. The pictures are probably worst case scenario. We visited in April after historic snowfall and thaw causing the river to flood. I'd imagine when the river is lower with the fire ring and table where they're supposed to be this would be a nice place for the night. Right on the beautiful st.croix river.