Best Tent Camping near Fort Ripley, MN
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Best Tent Sites Near Fort Ripley, MN (28)
1. Canoe Landing Campsite — Crow Wing State Park
Baxter, Minnesota3 Reviews•12 Photos•9 Saves- Pets
- Fires
- Phone Service
- Tents
- Trash
- Picnic Table
$22 / night
2. Ogechie Campground — Mille Lacs Kathio State Park
Isle, Minnesota7 Reviews•27 Photos•4 SavesOgechie is the more rustic of the park’s two campgrounds. This scene showcases campsite #11, which is a double site with vehicle parking on two sides. This shaded site offers tent pads, fire rings, and picnic tables.
- Pets
- Fires
- Reservable
- Tents
- Group
- Picnic Table
$23 - $46 / night
3. Baxter Canoe Camp
Baxter, Minnesota1 Review•15 Photos•11 Saves- Pets
- Fires
- Phone Service
- Tents
- Trash
- Picnic Table
4. Overlook Park Canoe Campsite
Baxter, Minnesota1 Review•10 Photos•8 SavesCanoe in camp site, but can hike in as well. On the Mississippi River.
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- Phone Service
- Tents
- Trash
- Picnic Table
7. Bullard Bluff Campsite
Staples, Minnesota1 Review•12 Photos•6 Saves- Pets
- Fires
- Tents
- Group
- Trash
- Picnic Table
9. South Bend Watercraft Site
Pequot Lakes, Minnesota1 Review•4 Photos•5 SavesBoat in canoe campsite on the Pine River
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- Fires
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- Picnic Table
- Toilets
Recent Tent Reviews in Fort Ripley
313 Reviews of 28 Fort Ripley Campgrounds
Amy G.
Legend
Mille Lacs Kathio Petaga Campground — Mille Lacs Kathio State Park
Winter camping- very quiet with the electric hookups
This is one campground in Minnesota that offers a handful of electric hookups for winter camping. The beauty of this campground, is that while the campsites available are in a row, there's plenty of space between sites and some of them are even pulled through. Making it easy for RVs to pull in and hook up.
The vault toilet is not easy to find from where the electric openings are in the winter. While these spaces are right next door to a shower house with toilets, this is closed in the winter. The vault toilet is several rows over and down, making it hard to find if you don't already know where it is. But it was clean, and it was available.
The campfire rings seemed clean, and each had a picnic table as well. We loved the pull-through site because then we were a little more protected from the road, although it's not busy this time of year at all. So it was very quiet except for our neighbors, and they didn't make much noise at all.
There are trails nearby that are easily accessible on foot from the campground, and you can make loops that come back to the campground as well.
There are two campgrounds at this park, but this is the one that has availability in the winter time. Ironically, they also have a couple of walk-in spots that are also open this time of year. If you're willing to brave the temps without an electric hookup. Not hard to find, not hard to access, but no electric hookups at these sites.
Tori K.Legend
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.
- Tori K.Legend
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.
- Tori K.Legend
Lake Carlos State Park Campground
Lake views
stayed here in the winter when the park was doing their lantern-lit snowshoe trail. They have 1 site available in the winter (125e I believe.. in the lower campground). We had room for a truck bed camper and a pop up clam ice fishing tent. Fire ring and picnic table at the site. The bathrooms and showers were closed for the season but cannot recall. Firewood is available at the office.
- Tori K.Legend
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!
- Tori K.Legend
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!!
- Tori K.Legend
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.
- SShell L.
Traveler
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.
- TTracy B.
Guide
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.
Denny K.Traveler
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
- SSid D.Traveler
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.
- EErin G.Guide
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.
- vvincent W.Guide
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!
- TTom
Ranger
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.
- KKara B.Traveler
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.
Willis M.
ScoutLake 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.
Teresa T.Legend
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.
- Teresa T.Legend
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.
Emelia O.GuideCrow 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
- Teresa T.Legend
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
- Teresa T.Legend
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.
- RRob E.Scout
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.
Renee H.RangerCrow 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.
Fred S.LegendLake 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.
- Fred S.Legend
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.
- BBrandon S.Scout
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.
- Tori K.Legend
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.
Guide to Fort Ripley
Explore the beauty of tent camping near Fort Ripley, Minnesota, where lush landscapes and serene waters create the perfect backdrop for outdoor adventures.
Tips for tent camping near Fort Ripley
- The Canoe Landing Campsite — Crow Wing State Park offers a well-maintained area with picnic tables and fire rings, ideal for a comfortable camping experience.
- At Baxter Canoe Camp, you can enjoy the soothing sounds of the Mississippi River while having access to amenities like a pit toilet and ample firewood.
- For a more secluded experience, consider the Overlook Park Canoe Campsite, which features a picnic table and a lovely canoe landing area, perfect for those looking to escape the crowds.
Tent campers like these nearby activities
- Enjoy hiking and exploring the scenic trails at Canoe Landing Campsite — Crow Wing State Park, where you can also learn about the historic townsite nearby.
- Paddle along the Mississippi River and take in the stunning views while camping at Baxter Canoe Camp, a great spot for canoeists and kayakers.
- The Overlook Park Canoe Campsite provides access to rugged trails along the river, making it a fantastic choice for those who love to hike.
Tent campers appreciate these amenities
- Canoe Landing Campsite — Crow Wing State Park features vault toilets and trash disposal, ensuring a clean and convenient camping experience.
- At Baxter Canoe Camp, you'll find a picnic table and a well-maintained area with trash cans, making it easy to enjoy your stay.
- The Overlook Park Canoe Campsite includes multiple picnic tables and a fire ring, providing a comfortable setting for meals and evening gatherings.
Frequently Asked Questions
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