Best Tent Camping near Wadena, MN

Recent Tent Reviews in Wadena

317 Reviews of 35 Wadena Campgrounds

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  Tori K.

  Legend

  

  Jan. 28, 2025

  Tipsinah Mounds City Park

  Family Favorite!

  Restroom and shower facilities onsite, some lakefront campsites and some that are not. Public boat launch, sandy swimming beach, picnic shelters. WIFI is provided. There is a dump station, playground, nature trail, volleyball, basketball, horseshoes, and a fish cleaning station. Great place to go kayaking!

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  Tori K.

  Legend

  

  Jan. 28, 2025

  Lazy Days Campground

  Been multiple times

  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.

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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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  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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  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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  amber

  Scout

  

  Aug. 24, 2024

  Vagabond Village Campground

  Clean, lots to do

  Lots of amenities, $60+ /night, guest fees. More open with less “trees and camping” feel so not for everyone but we liked it.

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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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  Megan T.

  Scout

  

  Aug. 3, 2024

  Breeze Campgrounds

  Great place!

  We were scheduled for 5 nights, but extended to 8 because it was such a great spot. Don and his wife were very nice, and super helpful. We checked in late, and Don even helped us set up camp. Nice pool too. Showers and bathrooms are very clean. Laundry is nice. Highly recommend if you can snag a spot.

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  Heather N.

  Scout

  

  Jul. 29, 2024

  DeSoto Lake Backpacking Sites — Itasca State Park

  Great hike-in sites

  I recently camped at BP4, on Desoto Lake. They have maybe recently added bear boxes to these two sites (3&4), I didn't see that mentioned in any reviews or the MN park website. The trail was a bit swampy and horrible with mosquitoes but the camp sites themselves were not bad at all. A very nice spot, secluded and beautiful.

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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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  Lacie B.

  Traveler

  

  Jun. 23, 2024

  Valhalla Resort

  Rustic, primitive, and beautiful!

  Friendly family owned, will definitely be back!

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  Kaleigh F.

  Traveler

  

  Jun. 12, 2024

  Halverson Trail Camp on McCarty Lake

  Had an amazing time here!

  Very nice area with a water access, fire pit and outhouse. About a 10-15 min drive from main road and there are more campsites to find further in

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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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  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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  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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  Pamela N.

  Traveler

  

  May. 31, 2024

  Paul Bunyan State Forest Dispersed

  Large drive in camping spot

  Very large easy to access camping area. Could easily get 4-5 campers in this one. It is a bit rocky and not extremely level but open and better for less bugs. ATV trail leads right off camping area.

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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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  Teresa T.

  Legend

  

  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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  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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  Fred S.

  Legend

  

  May. 21, 2024

  Hungry Man Forest Campground

  Lakeside Primitive Camping

  Camped at site #7 on Oct 10-11, 2023. Beautiful wooded state forest campground along Hungry Man Lakes. I was able to bank fish right from the campsite. Dirt surface campsite with table and metal fire ring. Trash containers along campground road. Two clean vault toilets with tp & air freshener. Two hand water pumps. Some sites are not level; #7 was level and pretty large. The campground can accomodate a truck camper and smaller; would not recommend larger rigs. A gravel road looped through the campground, offering a pleasant walk through the pine forest. Can not reserve a site here. Had to use the Yodel app to pay. Loved camping here.

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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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  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.