Top Minnesota Campgrounds

Which are the best Minnesota Campgrounds? That depends on what you're looking for.

Close to Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota:

St. Cloud Campground and RV Park
St. Cloud, Minnesota

Located approximately 70 miles northwest from Minneapolis off U.S. 94, St. Cloud Campground and RV Park is considered one of the best campgrounds in all of Minnesota, receiving high marks for beauty, privacy, quiet, security, cleanliness and facilities. The campground is open April through mid-October, and includes:

• 18 tent-only sites
• 88 RV sites with 30, 50 amp electric, water and sewer hookups
• The tent sites are separated from the RV sites
• Each site comes with picnic table and fire ring
• Dump stations
• Laundry facilities
• General store
• Rest rooms and showers

Town and Country Campground
Savage, Minnesota

Town and Country Campground is even closer to Minneapolis - only 18 miles south off U.S. 35. Town and Country Campground offers:

• 10 tend-only sites
• 82 RV sites with 20, 30 and 50 amp hookups
• Water, sewer, phone and cable TV hookups
• All sites come with a picnic table.

Campfires are not permitted at individual sites, but there is a community fire ring.

Top of the Line RV Resort

Grand Casino Hinckley RV Resort

Located in Hinckley, the Grand Casino Hinckley RV Resort earns 5 out of 5 stars from Frommer's as well as 5W/5W from Woodall's. With manicured grounds, 24-hour campground office, security-patrolled, this RV resort is operated by the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe and offers:

• 222 RV sites (no tent camping) with electric (20, 30 and 50-amps)
• Water, sewer and cable TV hookups
• Each site comes with picnic table, fire ring, light and patio
• Dump station
• Laundry
• Restrooms and showers
• Restaurant next door,
• Activities such as shuffleboard, volleyball and baskeball
• A casino

Top-Rated Family-Friendly and Pet-Friendly Minnesota Campground

Kiesler's Campground & RV Resort
Clear Lake, near Waseca, Minnesota

Kiesler's Campground & RV Resort comes with great recommendations. Their 2009 ratings are:

Trailer Life:
Facilities – 8.5/10
Cleanliness – 10/10
Scenic – 9.5/10

Woodalls:
Facilities & Recreation – 5/5 Perfect!

Wheelers:
5 Star – Perfect!
 
Great for kids with an incredible array of activities, such as:

• 2,000-sq.-ft. swimming pool and gigantic enclosed slide
• 18-hole miniature golf course
• Fishing lake
• Boat rentals
• Hiking and biking trails

Open mid-April to the end of September. Facilities include:

• 17 ten-only sites
• 280 RV sites with electric (30, 50 amp)
• Water, sewer, and cable TV hookups
• Each site comes with a picnic table and fire ring
• Dump station
• Laundry
• Restrooms and showers
• General store

Quiet domestic pets are welcome if they are on a leash, not left alone and are cleaned up after.

The only odd thing about this campground is their policy about what constitutes a family - "One unit, one family (mother, father, children under 18 living at home) per site. ALL other arrangements must be cleared with campground management at the time of the reservation." If you have any other family arrangement be sure to mention it when you reserve your space.

Views and Seclusion - Pristine Tent Camping

Split Rock Lighthouse State Park
North Shore of Lake Superior
info@dnr.state.mn.us

Camping in Split Rock Lighthouse State Park is like camping in paradise - this is, if camping in a pristine campsite along Lake Superior sounds like Heaven to you. No casino here! Or shuffleboard for that matter. But, what you will get is fantastic fishing for lake trout, salmon and brown trout, a rocky beach, hiking trails and a historic lighthouse. A great place to get away from it all.

This park is situated on the North Shore of Lake Superior, and offers 20 cart-in camping sites within 2,000 feet of the parking lot. Wheeled carts are available to haul your supplies to your secluded campsite. Camping is available year round. During winter the park providees 8 miles of groomed (intermediate level) cross-country ski trails and 3.5 miles of snowshoe trail and 1 mile of winter hiking trail. Snowshoe rentals are available. The lighthouse is open for tours mid-May to mid-October.

Synonyms:  Mn and Minnesota are used interchangeably.

Mnnesota, Mninesota, Minesota, Minesota, Minnsota, Minnseota, Minneota, Minneosta, Minnesta, Minnestoa, Minnesoa, and Minnusota, are typos for "Minnesota."  Campgrond, campround, cmpground, cmpaground and campgroud are typos for "campground."