Tom Watson 
Best Tent Camping: Minnesota 
Your Car-Camping Guide to Scenic Beauty, the Sounds of Nature, and an Escape from Civilization

This guide offers a variety of the best in Minnesota tent camping experiences.
Best Tent Camping: Minnesota by
Tom Watson is a must-have guide to the best tent campgrounds Minnesota has to offer. This updated, full color edition includes campground layout maps, directions to each campground, and descriptive profiles. Unlike other guides which merely list all campgrounds,
Best Tent Camping: Minnesota profiles in detail the best sites in the state for campers who seek the serene and secluded. You’ll find essential information about each campground (including season, facilities, rates, directions, GPS coordinates, and websites), as well as a description of the campground, the best sites, and nearby activities such as hiking, canoeing, fishing, and mountain biking. Whether you are a native Minnesotan in search of new territory or a vacationer on the lookout for that dream campground, this book unlocks the secrets to the best tent camping that Minnesota has to offer.

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Table of Contents

Minnesota overview map

Acknowledgments

Preface

Minnesota’s Best Campgrounds

Introduction


Northern Minnesota

1. Bear Lake State Forest Campground

2. Bear Head Lake State Park

3. Beatrice Lake Campground

4. Birch Lake Campground

5. Cadotte Lake Campground

6. Crescent Lake Campground

7. Devil Track Lake Campground

8. Fenske Lake Campground

9. Flour Lake Campground

10. Hayes Lake State Park Campground

11. Indian Lake State Forest Campground

12. Itasca State Park Campground

13. Mc Carthy Beach state Park Campground

14. Mosomo Point Campground

15. North Star Campground

16. Owen Lake State Forest Campground

17. Savanna Portage State Park Campground

18. Sawbill Lake Campground

19. Spirit Mountain Campground

20. Split Rock Lighthouse state Park Campgrounds

21. Tettegouche state Park Temperance River State Park Campground

22. Tettegouche State Park Campground

23. Zippel Bay State Park Campground


Central Minnesota

24. Ann Lake Campground

25. Banning State Park Campground

26. Bunker Hills Rustic Loop Campground

27. Glendalough State Park Campground

28. Huntersville/Shell City state Forest Campgrounds

29. Jay Cooke State Park Campground

30. Lake Elmo Park Reserve Campground

31. Maplewood State Park Campground

32. Mille Lacs-Kathio State Park Campgrounds

33. Sibley State Park Campground

34. River State Forest Campground

35. Wild River State Park Campground

36. William O’Brien State Park Campground


Southern Minnesota

37. Beaver Creek Valley State Park Campground

38. Blue Mounds State Park Campground

39. Camden State Park Campground

40. Great River Bluffs State Park Campground

41. Hok-Si-La Municipal Park & Campground

42. Minneopa State Park Campground

43. Monson Lake State Park Campground

44. Myre-Big Island State Park Campgrounds

45. Nerstrand-Big Woods State Park Campground

46. Rice Lake State Park Campground

47. Sakatah Lake State Park Campground

48. Split Rock Creek State Park Campground

49. Upper Sioux Agency State Park Campground

50. Whitewater State Park Campgrounds

Appendixes and Index

Postscript

Appendix A: Camping Equipment Checklist

Appendix B: Sources of Information

Index

About the author

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Tom Watson is an award-winning freelance writer specializing in a variety of outdoor topics: kayaking, camping, self-reliance, and more. He is the author of
60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Minneapolis and Best Minnesota Camper Cabins as well as a children’s book on paddling. He is an active member of the Outdoor Writers Association of America and the Association of Great Lakes Outdoor Writers. Tom is the Camping 101 editor at sportsmansguide.com and a frequent contributor for Guidelines at paddling.net. Tom’s appreciation for Minnesota parks began as a forestry student at the University of Minnesota, where he spent two field campus sessions in cabins at Lake Itasca and Cloquet. As an avid camper, he has visited every state park in the system.