Nice park. We arrived without reservations, and although the park was almost full, we were assigned a site with a view of Lake Superior. Our schedule allowed us to stay only 1 night. Wish we could have stayed longer. We camped here in a Fifth Wheel.
I agree with the comment below, that they need to work on their reservation process. However, overall we were happy with our visit here. The staff was friendly when we checked in, the campground was in good condition and the electricity and cable worked well. Overall the campground was quiet and wooded. Bathrooms needed some modernanization, but at least were clean. I will stay here again on our next trip up to Bayfield. Thank you for a nice visit. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.
Cute, privately owned campground up near the Apostle Islands. Center area with playground and bathhouse. Bathrooms are basic, and from the playground you can see the feet in the woman’s stalls. Town has lots to do, shopping, restaurants, a lot of orchards and berry farms where you pick your own blueberries and other goodies, a ferry to Madeline Island and boat trips around the Apostle Islands. Their reservation system needs improvement. You call and they mail you a reservation form which you fill out and mail back with a check. They do not send back confirmation letters or call to let you know you got a spot, and ask that you not to call to find out. After an 8 + hour drive we got there and found they had our reservations down for the wrong dates and were full. The owner did fix things by re-arranging a few tenting sites that had no shows and found a spot for us, but it made for a tense few moments. We would stay here again but would call to confirm before leaving. We camped here in a Motorhome.
The park was easy to find. The site assigned to us was too small for our rig. The next site had no water unless you had very long hose as the neighboring site had two faucets. When we asked the owner about it he said that everyone should have a 75 foot water hose and an electric extension cord. The bathrooms were mediocre. The owner had lots of petty rules, such as no mats on ground, even on gravel. I would not stay here again. We camped here in a Fifth Wheel.
We spent one night here and were rather disappointed. We had checked the reviews on this place so thought we would get more for our money! Well, that did not happen. We paid for the full hook ups (they are the only park in the area with full hookups). Their so called 'lake view sites' are an additional $8 per night! Maybe 3-4 sites. And there isn't much of a view at that. The spaces are ok, level and offer some privacy in some. The office does not open until after 9 am and closed promptly at 6 pm. We told that very sternly up on our arrival (we arrived a little before 9 am) You are not allowed to put out a mat of any sort and should you have visitors, they have to pay $3 each!!!! The restroom were very cool! The toilet areas are exposed to the wind and cold with only a metal roof. The showers do have outside doors and were very clean, but cost $1 for 5 min. & .25 per each additional minute. The owner was less than friendly and stern about the rules ("Make sure your Read and obey all the rules"). I really think this place is over priced. It is over a mile from Bayfield and there is nothing much to do here. We camped here in a Motorhome.
What a great stay we had in Bayfield at AIA Campground!! Our first impression of the campground was very positive, as the grounds are very well kept. The hosts were most accommodating and went out of their way to make our stay a pleasant one. Our firewood was delivered to us, and this place has the best ice ever! The bathrooms had flush toilets and were very nice. The showers were hot and squeaky clean and well worth the few quarters it took to wash up! The campground was very quiet and we had the best sleep that we have had in a long time while out on the road. Bayfield itself is a quaint non-commercialized city with lots of things to do, there are many fun shops and really good food. A great time was had by the whole family. We camped here in a Tent Trailer.
This is a very nice campground however the sites are a little tight. Restrooms were clean but very cool in October due to open air construction. Some sites in upper part of the campground had a view of the Apostle Islands. This was a great place to stay while touring in the Apostle Island area. We would stay here again. It is a beautiful area with much to see. We camped here in a Fifth Wheel.
Great campground, some sites have view of lake superior. Owners were also great, they came around with firewood about dark. We camped here in a Motorhome.
This is an excellent park. The owners are very friendly and helpful and take very good
care of things. It is one of the best parks I have stayed in. I highly recommend it for tenters and RV's. We camped here in a Tent.
Review Rating
[ 8 / 10 ]
1999
$20
Nice park right in the middle of Apostle Islands area. Some sites have view of the water. Owners are very nice and accommodating. Bayfield is a beautiful little town with good shopping, restaurants and boat tours of the islands. We camped here in a camper.
The view was excellant but the sites were very uneven and required lots of leveling. They
had a nice shower building at one time but it is closed now and showers were somewhere else on the campgrounds. They had some but not many water hookups and
some were not working.Office building was old. Didn't look like much care was given to the campground. We camped here in a Motorhome.