William G. Lunney Lake Farm Campground (Dane County Park)
Josh F.
Reviewed Sep. 26, 2020

Honestly not sure why you would want to stay here

I did not spend a night at this campground but did spend time bicycling around to get to know it. This is a small county campground with electric and water sewer hookups for RVs and a handful of tent campsites.

However, in summer 2020 all of the tent campsites are closed to reservations. The RV sites are only open to vehicles with self-contained water and sewer. In fact, the entire toilet and shower building is closed, at least temporarily during this time of COVID. The tent campsites, when they available, are very open and would be quite sunny during the day. They are also extraordinarily close to one another, there is no understory between for any privacy. Each tent campsite is equipped with a metal picnic table and an elevated grill, there are no places for ground bonfires.

The electric RV unit sites do have bonfire rings. The entire campsite sits along a fairly busy residential road, the tent campsites butt right up against it, it would be fairly noisy.

I honestly see no appeal to this campground except for a cheap place to stay near the city of Madison. While I did not see them, there are hiking trails around and nearby the lake.

I do however see one interesting function for it for a particular set of campers. Someone living in Madison who is interested in trying out a bike camping trip would do well to practice biking to this campsite. It's about a 30-minute ride from downtown Madison and you could practice both your biking and tent gear, with easy access back to the city if you forgot something :-) or call a friend :-)

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  • Review photo of William G. Lunney Lake Farm Campground (Dane County Park) by Josh F., September 26, 2020
  • Review photo of William G. Lunney Lake Farm Campground (Dane County Park) by Josh F., September 26, 2020