This is a Passport America park for a reduced rate. For what was paid, it was OK. Site had quite a slope. Park seems to be a bit run down. I would not pay full price. Dump station is in a strange location, making it difficult to get into. We camped here in a Fifth Wheel.
Rates are $28.to $32. with 50% discount to Pass Port America members. We used the park 1 night in July 2006 & again in June 2008. It's a nice place for a stop over when traveling, but I didn't see any thing to make me want to stay longer. Not far off of I-94 - quite, with shade trees. We camped here in a Motorhome.
Clean park with friendly staff that made sure we had a site with view of the sky for our Internet-Satellite dish. The sites were level and some are pull-thru. The roads through the campground were rather challenging for our MH with toad attached. On our site we could stay hooked up for our overnight stay, but many of the others would have been too short. We knew the river was close because we had an unobstructed view of the State Street Bridge. Campground was quiet during the day, but at night, State Street became a motorcycle dragway. That is not the campgrounds fault, but it made sitting out in the evening rather noisy and unpleasant. We camped here in a Motorhome.
A good overnight location about 5 hours from Minneapolis on I-94. Hookups can be a bit awkward since they are all to the rear of the sites. 50 amp sites are all back-ins so you will have to unhook your towed vehicle. Plenty of room to negotiate even for the largest rigs. I have a 45 foot coach with a towed vehicle and had no problems camping here. We camped here in a Motorhome.
This is our second stay here in the last two years. The free WiFi now works to all but the most distant sites. The sites are big and well kept. We are parked under huge cottonwood trees about 100 yards from the river. Great park, especially at the Passport America rates. We camped here in a Motorhome.
If all you want is full hookups and cable for the night, this park is OK. I agree with earlier review about the advertised pool. I had been here 3 years ago and the pool was out of service then. I had planned to stay several nights because I thought there was a pool, but left after one night. Half the sites are seasonal/resident/workers if that bothers you. We camped here in a Motorhome.
We feel this park misrepresented themselves in all advertising we saw. The above ground swimming pool had no water in it and looked as though it has been empty for some time. We had no firepit or table as advertised. The young man told us the sewer connection was on opposite side than actually was. The WIFI was not available even when parked very close to the office. Thought the staff was rude. A man went into office in a.m. asking if they had coffee. When the man walked out the lady said "do they think we grow it here?" Would never stay here again. We camped here in a Motorhome.
Sites were large and fairly level. Owner was very nice and helpful. Wireless internet is available, but only for selected sites. You must be close to the office in order to use the internet. Cable tv is also available, but our neighbors had to run a cable across two other sites in order to hook into it. Some sites back up to the river. Good tree coverage at our site, but not so much that we couldn't get satellite tv. We camped here in a Motorhome.
Beautifully maintained park on the river. The best sites are the 30 amp sites (no sewer) across the lawn from the river. Those sites are large and under the trees. Free WiFi. Passport America rate is $15. Owner allows free dry camping ($5 for use of dump station). We camped here in a Motorhome.
The campground has e/w sites looking at Heart River but view is not much. Full hook ups on upper level face other direction. This is an acceptable campground for stay over night and fairly easily accessible from I-94. We camped here in a Motorhome.
There must have been some improvements since the past review in 2007. The signs to the park are good. This is a very large park with very long gravel and grass back in sites and large pull through sites. It would be hard to believe that they would ever fill up this park because of the number of sites. It is on the NE edge of town, thus in a relatively open range area. The restrooms, showers and laundry were very clean and there appears to be ongoing improvements. The sites are wonderfully far apart and spread out. There are a number of new tree plantings and hopefully they plan many more as shade is scarce. If you like a wide open, easy in and out for any size rig and nicely maintained RV park this would work. The price for full hookups is reasonable and if they continue to make improvements, including more trees this would be top notch. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.
Signage to campground limited. Good area to park and register. Access road to site wide and well maintained. Large level gravel pull-thru sites with full services in the middle between two sites back-to-back. Built originally for workers to construct the Garrison Dam. A large proportion of the campground is undeveloped. There is limited infrastructure but Wi-Fi worked well and restrooms and showers were new and clean. Close to all town facilities. Cash only accepted. We camped here in a Motorhome.
Signs were good coming from the west except for the last one; the arrow looked like a 45 degree turn ahead slanting to the left when it is actually a 90 degree left turn right there. It is a nice campground. No highway noise. Nice lake views. Trains: one track in the distance on the north side of I-94, second track 50 yards from campground. Trains on the closer track go by fast and sound like they are coming right through the window, but fortunately few went by at night. We camped here in a Fifth Wheel.
NICE..level, partial shade at all sites with 10' lilac bushes to each side (~25' x60') of sites for privacy. Also 40+' shade trees to the back of sites with table and fire rings. Sites face the lake. Golden Age (America the Beautiful) pass honored; 1/2 price is $9. Water, 30A elec, no sewer, but dump station convenient to sites. Restrooms-showers needed TLC but park grounds were emaculate. Boating, fishing, and swim beach are within walk distance. Park for kids and group picnic site. Much better than 'other' campgrounds on river that we toured in area. My computer cell card was very slow-sketchy, but available closer to town if you need it. Accident ruined signs last year, so...from the I-94 bus loop take Hwy 10 (on SW side of I-94 loop) go about 1 mile (its past the G&Fish sign), turn left just after the Diesel repair Shop and in front of the N-S row of houses, you'll being going South; passing just to the West side of the CHS tall silo (easy landmark), cross the RR track (be careful is it a busy RR!) and you are there, its REALLY not that hard, plus big rigs can get turned around most any place in case you take the wrong left like we did! We camped here in a Motorhome.