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Lake View Lodge

9 Cabins

Lake View Lodge in Ely, MN, offers 9 cabins on the shores of Shagawa Lake. This is a lakeside cabin resort rather than a serviced RV park — the published record shows no RV sites or hookups, so contact the lodge directly if you're traveling in a rig. The grounds are gated, with a bathhouse, on-site dining, and WiFi. Pets are welcome. The water is the whole point. Boat docks, a boat ramp, boat rentals, a beach, and walking trails put guests directly onto Shagawa's 2,000-plus acres of walleye, northern pike, and smallmouth water, with swimming, paddling, fishing, hiking, biking, and birding. The lodge has been running this operation for more than eighteen years. Ely is the gateway community to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, and the town reflects it: the International Wolf Center, the International Bear Center, the Dorothy Molter Museum, the Soudan Underground Mine, and the Mesabi Trail are all close. Rates for the cabins are on the booking page. Boundary Waters season is short and Ely fills — reserve well ahead, and call about RV accommodation before you tow.

from $220/night

Mont du Lac Resort

20 RV Sites, 16 Cabins, 14 Tent Sites

Mont du Lac Resort in Superior, WI, offers 20 full-hookup RV sites, 16 cabins, and 13 tent sites, with 30 and 50-amp service and room for rigs up to 60 feet. Sites come as standard and deluxe back-ins, each carrying water, sewer, electric, and cable TV with site-delivered WiFi, a fire pit, and a picnic table. One thing to know before you book a cabin: the slope-side cabins are rustic, heated by a wood stove, and do not include indoor plumbing or a kitchen. Laundry, a bathhouse with showers, firewood, and on-site dining cover the essentials, and pets are welcome with a dog park. The resort runs year-round on a single hillside — a downhill ski and snowboard hub in winter, and a disc golf, mountain biking, and hiking property the rest of the year, with a marina, beach, water park, and walking trails for swimming, boating, fishing, and corn hole. Superior sits on the Wisconsin side of the St. Louis River, overlooking the Duluth-Superior harbor and the western tip of Lake Superior. Rates for sites and cabins are on the booking page. Confirm what your cabin includes before booking — the slope-side units are deliberately rustic.

from $20/night

Pine Mountain Campground

4 Tent Sites

Pine Mountain Campground on Devil Track Lake, ten minutes east of Grand Marais, Minnesota, offers lakeside tent and RV sites with water hookups, a dump station, a marina, and a fishing pier on Cook County's North Shore. Fire pits and picnic tables sit at the sites, with swimming and boating directly from the lake. Back-in sites carry water hookups with fire pits and picnic tables. This is a modest, lake-focused campground rather than a full-service resort — there are no sewer hookups, and a dump station serves RV guests. Restrooms are on site. Guests should arrive prepared for simpler infrastructure than a commercial park offers, which is much of the point here. Pets are welcome. The lake carries everything. A marina and fishing pier give direct access to Devil Track Lake for boating and fishing, with swimming from the shoreline. The setting is the amenity — quiet water ten minutes off the North Shore's main corridor. The surrounding geography is exceptional. Grand Marais sits on Lake Superior, where the Sawtooth Mountains' basalt ridges descend to the world's largest freshwater lake by surface area. The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness begins its million-acre lake-and-portage interior nearby, and the Gunflint Trail's 57-mile corridor reaches into the most remote accessible wilderness in Minnesota at the Ontario border. Grand Marais itself holds an established art colony, the North House Folk School, and southern trailheads for the Superior Hiking Trail. The campground runs the short North Shore season. Summer is the peak by a wide margin, with fall color drawing a second wave — reserve ahead for both.

North of Nisswa RV Resort

24 RV Sites

North of Nisswa RV Resort offers seasonal and daily RV camping in Pequot Lakes, Minnesota, near the Brainerd Lakes area. Sites include full hookups with water, sewer, and 20-, 30-, and 50-amp electrical service. Guests enjoy paved roads, Wi-Fi, restrooms, a shower house, a playground, and easy access to the Paul Bunyan State Trail, nearby lakes, golf courses, shopping, and dining. Pond-side drive-in sites and off-pond back-in sites accommodate a range of RVs, with contactless check-in available.

from $75/night

St. Croix River Resort

17 RV Sites, 3 Cabins

St. Croix River Resort in Hinckley, MN, offers 17 RV sites and 3 cabins, with 30 and 50-amp service and room for rigs up to 68 feet. Sites come in two water-and-electric back-in categories, one at 30-amp and one standard. There's no sewer at the site, so plan on the on-site dump station for longer stays. The resort is rated big rig friendly and the 68-foot maximum takes long coaches. Laundry, a bathhouse with showers, a general store, firewood, RV storage, and golf cart rentals cover the practical side, and pets are welcome. For a 17-site property the recreation is unusually complete: indoor and outdoor pools, a clubhouse, mini-golf, a pavilion, sport courts, volleyball, horseshoes, a playground, and walking trails, with river and lake access for fishing and swimming, plus planned activities through the season. Hinckley sits in Pine County on the upper St. Croix River corridor in east-central Minnesota, midway between the Twin Cities and Duluth, with a casino nearby. Rates for sites and cabins are on the booking page. The indoor pool makes shoulder-season stays worthwhile here, which is rare in Minnesota.

from $65/night

Stargazers U.P. Campground

25 RV Sites

Stargazers U.P. Campground in Ironwood, MI, offers 25 full-hookup RV sites with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and room for rigs up to 35 feet. Sites are named for what you'll see out the window: pull-through full hookup, buddy sites as pull-throughs for two rigs traveling together, forest view back-in full hookup, and pond view back-in full hookup. All carry water, sewer, and electric with site-delivered WiFi, a fire pit, and a picnic table. The 35-foot limit makes this a mid-size-rig campground. A bathhouse with showers, a general store, and cabins are on the property, along with a bar and a wedding venue. Pets are welcome, and there's a playground. A pond and creek, walking trails, billiards, and picnicking fill the grounds — and the name is not decoration. This corner of the Upper Peninsula has some of the darkest skies in the Midwest. Ironwood sits in Gogebic County on the Black River Scenic Byway, near the Black River's waterfall corridor and its Lake Superior harbor. Rates for sites and cabins are on the booking page. The campground is new, so confirm current operating dates when you reserve.

from $50/night