Love this State Park

Great beach, lots of space with picnic tables. Awesome concession stand- great ice cream. We enjoy this park. Lots of bat houses so the mosquitoes weren't a problem.

Not Much To It

Stayed on side 1 (there are 3 sides). We were site 4. Campsites are right in a row and pretty close together. The mosquitoes were terrible. Not a lot to do with young kids (ours were 8, 6, and 18 months old). It's great for those that want to boat, kayak., canoe, or fish. Our family likes to hike and there aren't many hiking trails. The only playground for our littles was about 15 minutes away, but it did include a beach area. This was in the town of Mercer.

Side 2 is all tent sites…I believe no electric.

Side 3 had the showers and dump station. Be sure to take quarters fornthe showers.

We most likely won't visit again.

Enjoying Ottawa Lake Campground

We've camped here before and like it. The sites are spacious and most seem to have shade for at least part of the day. Each site has a picnic table and fire pit. Ours had a grill the folded in and out, not sure if all have it. The beach is great, open and lots of room to set up for the day either on the grass or sand. There are flush toilets at the beach. There are rentable pavilions. We didn't see any garbage bins nearby so bring a trash bag to carry out. The showers are hot but that's the best thing about them. They're not very big and don't have a curtain to separate changing area and shower. With 2 kids, things tend to get a little wet. However, they get the job done. We love the location. Close to hiking: Scuppernong Trail on the Ice Age Trail and Scuppernong Spring Nature Trail and a few others. Close to shopping and restaurants, if needed. Only downside to our site was the highway (CR-ZZ) was on the other side of the trees and busy. All said, we'll most likely be back again.

Clean but No Frills

The campground staff is friendly and helpful. It was nice that we were escorted to our site. Some campgrounds can be difficult to figure out sites. The staff member showed us where our electric hook up was; this was actually helpful because it was covered by trees. We would have hooked up to the wrong box. The sites are not big and are close together but this hasn't been a problem for us. The bathrooms are clean and surprisingly, air conditioned. The women's bathroom has updated sinks and nice shower curtains. Everything was clean. There are few things to do at the campground. There's a playground for the kids and a half basketball court, balls provided. The pavilion has a Foosball table (one of the pieces is missing the bottom, hard to defend against your opponent), mini basketball shoot out (not sure if it's broken or just not plugged in), and Jenga. There's tetherball (2) and Gaga ball. Mini golf is also available. However, there's no turf just concrete slabs and parts of the course are overgrown with trees on the "green". If you want to do anything other than hang out and relax around the campfire, leaving the campground is a must. There's a state park nearby, the Wisconsin river, House on the Rock, American Players Theater, Taliesin, etc. The campground was very quiet.

Awesome Water Obstacle Course

The water obstacle course was so much fun! Kids and adults both had a fantastic time with it. We live close enough we'd be able to go for the day and probably will. The beach was clean sand, not real big but we never felt crowded. There were quite a few activities.

Our site was nicely wooded and a decent size, but everyone was pretty close to each other.

When we were there, the women's shower was freezing and the men's was almost uncomfortably hot. I know because my husband stood guard outside so I could wash up my girls (7mo, 5yo, 8yo). Also, check to be sure whether your site is back in or pull through. It's a good thing no one else was there when we arrived. It would have been a little tricky to get parked.

Family Campground, Small Sites

We had a mini family reunion here. The campground was nice, well maintained. The shower house and bathrooms were very clean. The pond had lots of great inflatables for the kids to climb on, and even the adults enjoyed them. The sand was clean with plenty of lounge chairs. Not much shade at the beach, bring your own. The pool looked nice, but crowded. We stayed in the pond. Lots of amenities to keep away boredom; however, there was an extra charge for their use. Themed weekends. The cabins were nice, cozy. My aunt stayed there with her family and enjoyed it. The campsites themselves are small. We have an average sized pop up and it took my husband quite a few attempts to back where we wanted/needed it. My uncle has a hybrid. It took him MULTIPLE times to be able to fit and he's a seasoned camper of 30+ years. Short drive to Devil's Lake and easy to get to town should you need anything.