Tom Watson has enjoyed 30 years of camping in Minnesota, first as an Eagle Scout with Troop 22 in Minneapolis; later as a college student studying forest resource management at the University of Minnesota; and then throughout his life in various professions, including as a freelance writer specializing in outdoor subjects. Tom is an avid sea kayaker, naturalist, and photographer. He is also the author of 60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Minneapolis and St. Paul and Best Minnesota Camper Cabins.

• Minnesota Campground Locator MapMap LegendAcknowledgmentsPrefaceBest CampgroundsIntroductionNorthern MinnesotaBear Head Lake State Park CampgroundBear Lake CampgroundBirch Lake CampgroundCadotte Lake CampgroundCrescent Lake CampgroundDevil Track Lake CampgroundFenske Lake CampgroundFlour Lake CampgroundHayes Lake State Park CampgroundHuntersville Forest and Shell City CampgroundsIndian Lake CampgroundItasca State Park and Hungryman Forest CampgroundsJay Cooke State Park CampgroundMcCarthy Beach State Park: Beatrice Lake CampgroundMcCarthy Beach State Park: Side Lake CampgroundMosomo Point CampgroundNorth Star CampgroundOwen Lake CampgroundSavanna Portage State Park CampgroundSawbill Lake CampgroundSpirit Mountain CampgroundSplit Rock Lighthouse State Park CampgroundTemperance River State Park CampgroundTettegouche State Park CampgroundZippel Bay State Park CampgroundsCentral MinnesotaAnn Lake CampgroundBanning State Park CampgroundBunker Hills Campground: Rustic LoopGlendalough State Park CampgroundLake Elmo Park Reserve CampgroundMaplewood State Park CampgroundsMille Lacs Kathio State Park CampgroundsMonson Lake State Park CampgroundSibley State Park CampgroundsSnake River CampgroundWild River State Park CampgroundWilliam O’Brien State Park CampgroundsSouthern MinnesotaBeaver Creek Valley State Park CampgroundsBlue Mounds State Park CampgroundsCamden State Park CampgroundsGreat River Bluffs State Park CampgroundHok-Si-La Municipal Park and CampgroundMinneopa State Park CampgroundMyre–Big Island State Park CampgroundsNerstrand–Big Woods State Park CampgroundRice Lake State Park CampgroundsSakatah Lake State Park CampgroundSplit Rock Creek State Park CampgroundUpper Sioux Agency State Park CampgroundWhitewater State Park CampgroundsPostscriptAppendix A: Camping Equipment ChecklistAppendix B: Sources of InformationIndexAbout the Author

Tom Watson has enjoyed 30 years of camping in Minnesota, first as an Eagle Scout with Troop 22 in Minneapolis; later as a college student studying forest resource management at the University of Minnesota; and then throughout his life in various professions, including as a freelance writer specializing in outdoor subjects. Tom is an avid sea kayaker, naturalist, and photographer. He is also the author of 60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Minneapolis and St. Paul and Best Minnesota Camper Cabins.

• Minnesota Campground Locator MapMap LegendAcknowledgmentsPrefaceBest CampgroundsIntroductionNorthern MinnesotaBear Head Lake State Park CampgroundBear Lake CampgroundBirch Lake CampgroundCadotte Lake CampgroundCrescent Lake CampgroundDevil Track Lake CampgroundFenske Lake CampgroundFlour Lake CampgroundHayes Lake State Park CampgroundHuntersville Forest and Shell City CampgroundsIndian Lake CampgroundItasca State Park and Hungryman Forest CampgroundsJay Cooke State Park CampgroundMcCarthy Beach State Park: Beatrice Lake CampgroundMcCarthy Beach State Park: Side Lake CampgroundMosomo Point CampgroundNorth Star CampgroundOwen Lake CampgroundSavanna Portage State Park CampgroundSawbill Lake CampgroundSpirit Mountain CampgroundSplit Rock Lighthouse State Park CampgroundTemperance River State Park CampgroundTettegouche State Park CampgroundZippel Bay State Park CampgroundsCentral MinnesotaAnn Lake CampgroundBanning State Park CampgroundBunker Hills Campground: Rustic LoopGlendalough State Park CampgroundLake Elmo Park Reserve CampgroundMaplewood State Park CampgroundsMille Lacs Kathio State Park CampgroundsMonson Lake State Park CampgroundSibley State Park CampgroundsSnake River CampgroundWild River State Park CampgroundWilliam O’Brien State Park CampgroundsSouthern MinnesotaBeaver Creek Valley State Park CampgroundsBlue Mounds State Park CampgroundsCamden State Park CampgroundsGreat River Bluffs State Park CampgroundHok-Si-La Municipal Park and CampgroundMinneopa State Park CampgroundMyre–Big Island State Park CampgroundsNerstrand–Big Woods State Park CampgroundRice Lake State Park CampgroundsSakatah Lake State Park CampgroundSplit Rock Creek State Park CampgroundUpper Sioux Agency State Park CampgroundWhitewater State Park CampgroundsPostscriptAppendix A: Camping Equipment ChecklistAppendix B: Sources of InformationIndexAbout the Author

Tom Watson has enjoyed 30 years of camping in Minnesota, first as an Eagle Scout with Troop 22 in Minneapolis; later as a college student studying forest resource management at the University of Minnesota; and then throughout his life in various professions, including as a freelance writer specializing in outdoor subjects. Tom is an avid sea kayaker, naturalist, and photographer. He is also the author of 60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Minneapolis and St. Paul and Best Minnesota Camper Cabins.

• Minnesota Campground Locator MapMap LegendAcknowledgmentsPrefaceBest CampgroundsIntroductionNorthern MinnesotaBear Head Lake State Park CampgroundBear Lake CampgroundBirch Lake CampgroundCadotte Lake CampgroundCrescent Lake CampgroundDevil Track Lake CampgroundFenske Lake CampgroundFlour Lake CampgroundHayes Lake State Park CampgroundHuntersville Forest and Shell City CampgroundsIndian Lake CampgroundItasca State Park and Hungryman Forest CampgroundsJay Cooke State Park CampgroundMcCarthy Beach State Park: Beatrice Lake CampgroundMcCarthy Beach State Park: Side Lake CampgroundMosomo Point CampgroundNorth Star CampgroundOwen Lake CampgroundSavanna Portage State Park CampgroundSawbill Lake CampgroundSpirit Mountain CampgroundSplit Rock Lighthouse State Park CampgroundTemperance River State Park CampgroundTettegouche State Park CampgroundZippel Bay State Park CampgroundsCentral MinnesotaAnn Lake CampgroundBanning State Park CampgroundBunker Hills Campground: Rustic LoopGlendalough State Park CampgroundLake Elmo Park Reserve CampgroundMaplewood State Park CampgroundsMille Lacs Kathio State Park CampgroundsMonson Lake State Park CampgroundSibley State Park CampgroundsSnake River CampgroundWild River State Park CampgroundWilliam O’Brien State Park CampgroundsSouthern MinnesotaBeaver Creek Valley State Park CampgroundsBlue Mounds State Park CampgroundsCamden State Park CampgroundsGreat River Bluffs State Park CampgroundHok-Si-La Municipal Park and CampgroundMinneopa State Park CampgroundMyre–Big Island State Park CampgroundsNerstrand–Big Woods State Park CampgroundRice Lake State Park CampgroundsSakatah Lake State Park CampgroundSplit Rock Creek State Park CampgroundUpper Sioux Agency State Park CampgroundWhitewater State Park CampgroundsPostscriptAppendix A: Camping Equipment ChecklistAppendix B: Sources of InformationIndexAbout the Author