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
Map legend
关于作者
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.