Best Campgrounds near Birnamwood, WI

Check yourself in and don’t expect to be welcomed by staff. Restrooms are filthy. Office, restaurant and bar only open Thursday through Saturday. When we messaged to ask when the restrooms will be cleaned, it took 2 days and a phone call to respond. Of you like customer service and clean facilities, this is not for you. There are more campgrounds to choose from in the area.

There are 2 campsites at this trailhead, pretty well spaced apart. 

The first has more of an opening if solar and Starlink matter to you. The second was tucked in the back where the road turns around.

There is a clean and maintained vault toilet.

Unless you have the Golden or Access pass, it is $5/day.

There are three pull-in areas, with picnic tables and fire rings just off the road. Two *may* be large enough to handle more than 1 small rig/tent/popup. They are shaded and right by the creek, which gurgled along happily (and had some bugs in mid-August, but that was to be expected).

We ultimately decided not to stay here simply because it was so shaded. While that made it nice and cool, it made solar & Starlink impossible. 

There was no AT&T to speak of, but TMobile had 20 down/1 up.

We stayed here for a night to visit Union Farm Cheese Factory. The campground was expensive at 80$ for water and electric only on a dirt pull through. The bathroom weren’t very clean either. Lots of full timers. The cheese factory was worth the stop and a great experience but this campground wasn’t the best for the price.

Pretty full, but also pretty quiet place. Clean bathrooms with showers. Most sites don’t have hookups. There’s an upcharge for out-of-staters. Easy access to trails, lakes, and a short jaunt to beautiful downtown Waupaca. Would stay again!

This was our first camping trip as a group with 12 people and 4 cars in July 2023.

Biggest con was how open/unshaded our site was. We didn’t mind but didn’t love being as close to the other group sites as well.

We enjoyed being able to rent kayaks and paddleboards and relax on the beach. We also liked the proximity to the pit/vault toilet and water pump.

Probably won’t return as a group but had a great time!

Great place, pretty trails. This campground just put in a dump station this year which also includes portable water to fill up your tank. Our site is connected to another site so we made sure to get both sites with friends and it worked out great. Couldn't swim due to a high bacteria in the water. No reception for verizon users. Tmoblie had a bar but spotty.

It’s a small campground just 10 sites along a road but the back of each site has a small clearing to the water, there is a boat launch down the road which we utilized. Overall very nice campground for a first trip. very affordable.

Roads leading to camp sites are narrow and can be muddy in the rain. The site we had was extremely unlevel and had a low spot that filled up with water/mud in the rain. You only can use the dump station once at check out or you can pay a fee, but none of the sites have sewer. Also, there is a per minute fee for their two showers, but no worries it is Luke warm water at best. The pond was nice, but on the small side.