Best RV Parks near Esko, MN

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Best RV Sites Near Esko, MN (81)

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Recent RV Reviews In Esko

415 Reviews of 81 Esko Campgrounds


  • TThe Dyrt PRO User
    Camper-submitted photo from Moose Lake State Park
    Oct. 7, 2024

    Moose Lake State Park

    Beautiful & Quiet

    Very well laid out campground with large sites. Unbelievable AGATE MUSEUM at the main entrance. Men’s bathroom was very clean and showers worked great. Nice well groomed trails, well maintained campsites and campgrounds. Tall pines trail is beautiful, not real long. Nice picnic area on the trail across the blacktop road.

  • Briana H.
    Camper-submitted photo from Buffalo Valley Camping
    Oct. 6, 2024

    Buffalo Valley Camping

    Clean, amazing staff, great bar & grill!

    We loved this campground! We didn’t have a long enough hose for the water hookup, so Darrel (the manager) brought one out immediately and we could keep it all night. All the staff was so nice and welcoming. Campground was so clean and nice trails to walk around. The bar & grill had great food and service. 10/10!

  • Wayne W.The Dyrt PRO User
    Camper-submitted photo from Knife Island Campground
    Sep. 2, 2024

    Knife Island Campground

    Tight

    Overall a very nice camp for a 4 day. Roads are tight for 30+ rigs. Very rutted. Having a ground guide for the tight parking is a must. Reviews dont mention the 4am horn blowing train. Great time had here.

  • MickandKarla W.The Dyrt PRO User
    Camper-submitted photo from Minnesota National RV Park
    Sep. 1, 2024

    Minnesota National RV Park

    Golf is the Thing Here

    As this was our second time here at Minnesota National, we had no problem finding the course or RV park. The RV navigation in our new Ford 450 was also spot on. When you turn in at the golf course, drive all the way to the club house/lodge parking lot and there’s a road to the right that takes you into the campground (CG). As you check-in online prior to arrival, you simply proceed to your camp site. As you turn down the short road to the CG, there’s a sign to help you identify your site location. We proceeded to back-in site 25 with full hook ups. The utilities are in the back of pad in this CG, so you may need 20+ feet of electric, sewer, or water cord/hose depending on your rig’s configuration. The sewer grade is a bit up hill. We got 3 bars LTE on Verizon and no CG WiFi. There is only a vault toilet/out house in the CG. We came here to golf for two weeks. The 18 hole course is quite challenging where the 9 hole Savannah is shorter and a little bit easier. The golf course restaurant has decent food and a good deal on draft beer during their Sunday to Thursday Happy Hours.There is not much more to do here except golf. McGregor is about 15 minutes away and is where we did laundry and got our groceries.

  • Bjoern C.The Dyrt PRO User
    Camper-submitted photo from Spirit Mountain Campground
    Aug. 21, 2024

    Spirit Mountain Campground

    Good site to explore duluth

    The camp site was big enough for our car and our 6 person tent. The office had weird opening ours. I would recommend getting ice and wood at the nearby gas station. Overall a quiet campground. Was a pleasant experience

  • Carissa J.
    Camper-submitted photo from Castle Danger
    Aug. 13, 2024

    Castle Danger

    Well hidden dispersed spot

    This area is definitely off the beaten path. Super skinny road with lots of rocks/hills and puddles coming in. I would recommend a car with 4WD for it and would not suggest pulling a camper unless you have experience bringing it over rough terrain. The sites themselves appeared to not be visited often. I went in early August and a lot of the places were over grown with plants! It was nice to be right by the north shore but in a spot that felt very much secluded. There was also no bugs here which was amazing! Great spot to hang out by a campfire without getting swarmed. You’ll be able to find plenty of wood from the nearby trees for a fire as well.

  • B
    Camper-submitted photo from Jay Cooke
    Aug. 10, 2024

    Jay Cooke

    Hike in site: Highland

    The campsite was perfectly good: nice and spacious over looking the river. It is well off the main hiking trail and quite private. The view of the river is heavily obstructed and there really is no easy and safe way down the cliff to the river. Still it is nice to hear the river. You need to bring on drinking water, otherwise you need to go about 1/8 of a mile to a small creek to get filterable water.

    The hike in is easy, but once you are off the main trail (the first mile) the trail is grass—be prepared for lots of ticks.

  • Lindsay T.
    Camper-submitted photo from Savanna Portage State Park
    Aug. 5, 2024

    Savanna Portage State Park

    Savanna Portage Long Weekend

    Lovely sites with plenty of trees so most sites are quite private. Mosquitoes are brutal here, especially on the hiking club trail and to a somewhat lesser degree in the campground. We were thankful to have a screen tent for this visit. No Verizon cell service at the campground. Surprisingly good cell service at the Loon Lake area of the park, which also has a beautiful short hike!

  • L
    Camper-submitted photo from Amnicon Acres Campground
    Aug. 4, 2024

    Amnicon Acres Campground

    Lovely couple of nights

    A last-minute change in our travel plans found us in the Lake Superior area with no camping reservations. We secured a tent site (T-1) here and were quite pleased. The site was private and level, and close to a shower area and laundry, both of which we sorely needed. As an added plus, the restaurant offered an opportunity for a hearty meal and drinks. The pizza here was great, as were the cheese curds, and the hospitality was wonderful. The owner gave us good advice on a drive up the North Shore of Superior.

    If we found ourselves in the area again, we'd return here for sure.

  • SThe Dyrt PRO User
    Camper-submitted photo from Sandy Lake
    Jul. 8, 2024

    Sandy Lake

    Small clean park with active host and rangers

    Base camp for fishing Big Sandy. Stayed here several times in a tent and a trailer. Nice sites but surrounded by swampy areas so mosquitoes are thick.

    Very clean, pay attention to north or south entrance. Have to drive on either end can’t cross the dam with a vehicle.

    But firewood before hand as well.

  • Stacey N.
    Camper-submitted photo from Pattison State Park
    Jul. 7, 2024

    Pattison State Park

    Lovely!

    The only drawback for us is the 6 hour drive! Huge, wonderful pull thru sites. Wooded for privacy. Easy access to bath and shower rooms from most anywhere. Lots of places to fill water bottles, too. Highly recommend and one of the smartest laid out campgrounds we’ve seen.

  • S
    Camper-submitted photo from Jay Cooke
    Jun. 25, 2024

    Jay Cooke

    Peaceful corner

    As a tent camper, i prefer quiet and private sights. The circle this site was part of, was just that. The walk to the updated bathrooms (with showers) is pretty pretty. It was buggy (mosquitoes) but fire and bug spray kept it manageable. The pit toilet next to site 18 had an occasional waft of smell but nothing too lingering or bad.

  • Emelia O.
    Camper-submitted photo from Banning State Park
    Jun. 15, 2024

    Banning State Park

    Average State Park

    Nice campground well maintained. The water and subsequently bathrooms were not available but this information was available ahead of time of the state park website. The vault toilets were in great shape

  • Emelia O.
    Camper-submitted photo from Jay Cooke
    Jun. 15, 2024

    Jay Cooke

    Beautiful Hiking

    The site was nice a secluded but still close to water and bathrooms. The downside to this specific site is that it is close to the group camp so it was pretty noisy.

  • R
    Camper-submitted photo from Carrol Truck Trail
    Jun. 5, 2024

    Carrol Truck Trail

    Arrived after dark

    Easy to access, trails are all obvious, and near a water supply. We decided to go off the cuff, and the only thing we weren’t ready for was the damn mosquitos! Will be bringing repellent next time. BEAUTIFUL SPOT.

  • S
    Camper-submitted photo from Castle Danger
    Jan. 18, 2024

    Castle Danger

    Great dispersed camping!

    This spot is pretty well hidden in the woods with a tight trail in. There are a few spots you could camp with stone firepits. Didn't look to be visited often, but I came in winter. There are low sites, and if you have 4x4, you can drive up to another plateau of sites. There's plenty of wood, but depending on location, you'll have to walk for it.

  • jThe Dyrt PRO User
    Camper-submitted photo from Amnicon Falls State Park
    Oct. 8, 2023

    Amnicon Falls State Park

    Beautiful waterfalls

    Big sites. Trails around the Amnicon River and at least three waterfalls

    Great staff, very helpful. Very quiet. One of my absolute favorite state parks!

  • Jasmine L.The Dyrt PRO User
    Camper-submitted photo from Carrol Truck Trail
    Oct. 8, 2023

    Carrol Truck Trail

    Hidden Gem!

    Beautiful! Absolutely dispersed, we went all the way down the gravel road 5 miles in by SUV to the landing. Couple spots where you could clearly tell people were here before. (garbage, but we picked up as we came across) no one else out there but us! Couple fire pits already built. No bugs! Lots of wildlife for sure. But a pack of yoties or wolves was making our dog very alert they ran right next to us when we had our fire going. We had to pack up and take off they were not scared of the car horn or anything. Our dog wouldn’t sleep so had to take off. Otherwise definitely going back again!

  • TThe Dyrt PRO User
    Camper-submitted photo from Banning State Park
    Oct. 6, 2023

    Banning State Park

    Very nice State Park

    Nice well maintained State Park. Some sites (12e) are hard to back a trailer into because the main road is VERY NARROW and not enough radius to back a 24ft trailer using a full size truck, extended cab, with long bed. Nice sized sites and picnic tables.

    BRING DRINKING WATER! The water is VERY RUSTY! We even ran the water through a filter and still couldn’t get it cleared up. Sign says better water is by the park office.

    Can hear the interstate highway in the park during the night.

    Great trails.

    We will try site 34 next time, nice location.

  • MickandKarla W.The Dyrt PRO User
    Camper-submitted photo from Minnesota National RV Park
    Sep. 21, 2023

    Minnesota National RV Park

    Great Campground for Golfers

    Our RV GPs took us to the golf course, but we called the info phone number, which was the golf course clubhouse, to find out exactly how to get to the campground(CG) area. We were told to take the main road into the clubhouse, and right at the clubhouse, there’s a road to the right with a sign that shows the CG and where the sites are situated. We went in that way, where our other travel partner went past the golf course entrance(on the left side of the road) and took the unmarked RV park entrance less than a 1/4 mile past on the left. Either way works fine. We had registered online so we could go straight to the CG and to site 25 with FHUs. We had no issues backing our 40’ Brinkley TH into the site and still had room to put our patio down and park our F-450. The only problem with site 25 is that the entrance to site 24 comes in at a weird angle right next to the entrance of site 25. If our truck was centered on site 25, someone coming into site 24 might clip our truck. The utilities are in the far back of the site. I needed about 20’ of sewer, electric, and water hose to reach my rig. We got our Starlink maneuvered around the trees to get a good north shot of the sky. The loop we were in had quite a few trees along with the first loop as you come into the CG from the clubhouse area. The 44-50 loop more towards the golf course had fewer trees to block satellite. We got 3 bars LTE on Verizon, and there was no CG WiFi. The water pressure is very good at 60+ psi, so suggest a reducer. The sites were gravel with a picnic table and a nice fire pit. There were three 5th wheels in our group, and we parked in adjacent sites and did not need to use levelers; all the sites here are FHUs, and the CG does not have a dump station. There was one outhouse in the CG, along with a dumpster. The clubhouse has a locker room and shower, but there is no CG information or rules we saw at the clubhouse about the CG or whether you can use the showers, and we did not ask. The workers at the pro shop could answer simple questions about the CG. There is no playground or lake to fish, just golf. We had no issues, so did not need any more info or help. Occasionally, a worker drove a golf cart around checking campsites, and when we stayed, there was no CG host. The registration email stated that they charge 10 dollars a day for each dog. During our 7-night stay, along with the four seasonal campers, only one other camper came in for 2 days. The 27-hole golf course was in good shape and fun to play. McGregor is about 15 minutes away and has grocery, gas, hardware store, and restaurants. We plan to come back to this CG sometime in the future.

  • Jake C.The Dyrt ADMIN User
    Camper-submitted photo from Brno Farm
    Sep. 12, 2023

    Brno Farm

    Farm camping with tons of trails nearby

    Jake from the Dyrt here! Brno Farm is well spread out and has several ATV trails nearby for those who enjoy riding the trails.  Check them out and share some pics from your stay!

  • Tonya B.
    Camper-submitted photo from Moose Lake City Park
    Sep. 2, 2023

    Moose Lake City Park

    Will come again!

    We stayed in site 27 and it was perfect for our truck, 40ft fifth wheel camper, and utv trailer. Its nice that the campground allows utv/atv access. If you are double pulling with a atv/utv trailer it is very challenging to use the dump station!!

    Only downfall was all the goose poop and bugs, but thats to be expected on the lake. The weekend host and his wife were very nice people!



Guide to Esko

Camping near Esko, Minnesota, offers a mix of beautiful scenery and outdoor activities. Whether you're looking for a peaceful retreat or an adventure-filled getaway, there are plenty of campgrounds to explore.

What to do

  • Hiking and biking: The trails around Jay Cooke State Park Campground are perfect for both hiking and biking. One visitor mentioned, "The park has excellent mountain bike courses and is linked to the paved Gitchie-gumi bike trail."
  • Water activities: At Gooseberry Falls State Park Campground, you can enjoy the stunning views of the lake and the river. A camper shared, "There were multiple hiking trails accessible by the camping area."
  • Exploring waterfalls: Amnicon Falls State Park Campground is known for its beautiful waterfalls. One reviewer said, "Trails around the Amnicon River and at least three waterfalls make it a must-see."

What campers like

  • Spacious sites: Campers at Split Rock Lighthouse State Park Campground appreciate the large, private sites. A happy camper noted, "All of the sites are large and spacious with interesting rock features and vegetation that adds to the privacy."
  • Clean facilities: Many visitors enjoy the well-maintained facilities at Banning State Park Campground. One reviewer mentioned, "The vault toilets were in great shape."
  • Pet-friendly options: Campers love that several campgrounds, like Burlington Bay Campground, allow pets. A visitor remarked, "Clean showers and located close to Two Harbors."

What you should know

  • Limited amenities: Some campgrounds, like Indian Point City Campground, have limited facilities. A camper pointed out, "The bathrooms and showers are new but poorly designed."
  • Noise levels: Campers at Burlington Bay Campground noted the noise from the nearby highway. One reviewer said, "Very noisy from highway traffic."
  • Seasonal closures: Be aware that some campgrounds, like Gooseberry Falls State Park Campground, may have limited services during the off-season. A visitor mentioned, "Water and restrooms/showers in the campground were shut down for the winter season."

Tips for camping with families

  • Choose spacious sites: Look for campgrounds with larger sites, like Split Rock Lighthouse State Park Campground, where families can spread out. One camper said, "The loop with the '300’s' sites are the most spacious and interesting."
  • Bring bug spray: Mosquitoes can be a nuisance, especially at places like Jay Cooke State Park Campground. A visitor advised, "It was buggy (mosquitoes) but fire and bug spray kept it manageable."
  • Plan for activities: Make sure to have a list of activities to keep everyone entertained. One camper at Gooseberry Falls State Park Campground mentioned, "Hiking trails and walking paths lead to great views of the lake."

Tips from RVers

  • Check site accessibility: Some sites may be tricky for larger RVs. A reviewer at Banning State Park Campground noted, "Some sites (12e) are hard to back a trailer into because the main road is VERY NARROW."
  • Bring your own water: Many campgrounds, like Amnicon Falls State Park Campground, recommend bringing your own drinking water. A camper shared, "You need to bring on drinking water."
  • Look for electric hookups: If you need power, check for campgrounds with electric hookups, such as Spirit Mountain Campground. One visitor mentioned, "The camp site was big enough for our car and our 6 person tent."

Camping near Esko, Minnesota, has something for everyone, from families to RVers. Just be sure to plan ahead and enjoy the great outdoors!

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