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SARA Park Campground

10 RV Sites

SARA Park Campground in Tomahawk, Wisconsin, offers 10 full-hookup back-in RV sites on the Wisconsin River, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service, cable TV, and rigs accepted to 60 feet. A single back-in category means every guest gets the same spec, with a public beach, boat ramp, pavilion, playground, and river frontage. Ten back-in sites carry water, sewer, and electric on 20, 30, and 50-amp with cable TV and site WiFi, sized to 60 feet, with fire pits, picnic tables, and BBQ pits. One consistent category and no guesswork about what you booked, and 60 feet accommodates a long coach with a tow — generous for a municipal facility. A dump station, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side. A beach and boat ramp open the water for boating, fishing, and swimming, with a pavilion, playground, and volleyball filling the rest. A golf course is nearby. Pets are welcome. Directions: take Exit 229 on US Highway 51 and head west on State Highway 86 / Somo Avenue; at the four-way stop, continue straight into the park. The City of Tomahawk manages SARA Park as a community facility, which shows in both the pricing and the public recreation on the grounds — the beach and boat ramp serve local residents as much as campers, and the campground is genuinely well equipped for its size. Lincoln County sits in northern Wisconsin's lake and river country, where the Wisconsin River widens through a chain of flowages. Tomahawk, Lake Nokomis, and the Willow Flowage are all close, with the Northwoods' musky fishing and the Ice Age Trail nearby. Summer is the season. Reserve well ahead for July and August.

from $50/night

Split Ridge Campground

10 RV Sites

Split Ridge Campground near Lake Holcombe, Wisconsin, offers 10 full-hookup RV sites in Chippewa County's lake and forest country, with 30-amp service and rigs accepted to 45 feet. Back-in and pop-up/tent categories join a beach, pond, pavilion, walking trails, and playground. Ten sites run in back-in and pop-up/tent categories, carrying water, sewer, and electric on 30-amp, sized to 45 feet, with fire pits. One thing to check before booking: service is 30-amp throughout, so a rig wired for heavier draw will need an adapter and some load management. A dump station, restrooms, showers, and firewood handle the practical side. A beach and pond anchor the recreation, with swimming, walking trails, hiking, biking, a playground, and pavilion filling the rest. Pets are welcome. Directions from the north: from Highway 27 turn left onto County Road D for five miles, right onto County Road G for 2.2 miles, then right onto 295th Avenue and follow it in. Lake Holcombe sits just west — a 3,890-acre flowage on the Chippewa River that produces genuinely good walleye, musky, and panfish, with the kind of quiet northern Wisconsin shoreline that keeps regulars coming back rather than moving on to bigger water. The Chippewa County forest surrounds the area, with the Flambeau River State Forest and the Blue Hills within reach for hiking and ATV riding. Summer is the short, intense season in northern Wisconsin, with the fall fishing runs strong and ice fishing drawing a distinct winter following on the flowage. Reserve ahead for July and August weekends.

from $30/night

Hidden Shady Nook

3 RV Sites, 2 Cabins

Hidden Shady Nook on Pike Lake in Cornell, Wisconsin, offers three RV sites and two cabins across 800 feet of shoreline, with 30-amp water-and-electric service, ADA-accessible sites, and rigs accepted to 30 feet. A single water-and-electric back-in category joins a boat ramp, boat docks, kayak rentals, beach, barn, and bar. Three back-in sites carry water and electric on 30-amp, sized to 30 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. Two things to plan around: the 30-foot cap rules out most modern coaches, so this suits vans and small trailers, and the sites carry water and electric rather than sewer. Accessible sites are available. Two cabins round out the lodging. A general store, restrooms, showers, boat storage, and on-site dining handle the practical side. For after-hours help, contact the camp host at the number posted at the office. A boat ramp, boat docks, and kayak rentals open the lake for boating, paddle boats, canoeing, kayaking, swimming, and fishing, with a beach on the property. A barn, bar, playground, walking trails, and picnicking fill the rest, with live music through the season. Pets are welcome. Pike Lake is a 200-acre, 38-foot-deep spring-fed lake with genuinely clear water and a strong reputation among Chippewa County anglers — the kind of small, deep northern lake that stays cold and fishes well through summer while shallower waters warm. Eight hundred feet of shoreline for three RV sites means the lake is effectively yours. Summer is the short, intense Wisconsin season. Reserve well ahead.

from $35/night

River's Edge Campground - Birchwood

River's Edge Campground in Birchwood, Wisconsin, offers full-hookup RV sites with water, sewer, and electric, cabins, and tent camping on the Brill River in Washburn County, with pull-through and back-in sites, fire pits, and picnic tables. A man-made swim pond with a beach supplements the river access, and site WiFi reaches the campground. Full-hookup sites carry water, sewer, and electric in both pull-through and back-in configurations, with fire pits and picnic tables. Cabins serve guests traveling without a rig. A dump station, restrooms, showers, and laundry cover the practical side, a general store stocks basics and firewood, and WiFi reaches the sites. A pet washing station is on site — a genuinely useful detail after a day in the river. The Brill River frontage defines the campground. Swimming holes, tubing runs through clear northwoods water, and kayak launches give guests direct river access, while the swim pond and beach provide shallow, managed water for younger children. A dog park, playground, walking trails, sports courts, and basketball spread across the wooded grounds, with a jumping pillow, gaga ball, inflatable water toys, and planned activities filling the family calendar. Boating, canoeing, kayaking, and picnicking round it out. Pets are welcome. Birchwood sits in the northern Wisconsin lakes country between Spooner and Rice Lake, where the Namekagon and Brill rivers and a chain of glacial lakes define the landscape. Long Lake, the area UTV and ATV trails, and historic Hayward are the main draws nearby. The campground runs the northern Wisconsin summer season, with river swimming and tubing driving peak demand from June through August. Reserve ahead for summer weekends.

from $20/night

Thornton's Rafting Resort and Campground

17 RV Sites, 4 Cabins, 3 Tent Sites, 1 Mobile Home, 2 Onsite RV/Trailers

Thornton's Rafting Resort and Campground in Athelstane, WI, offers 19 RV sites, 5 cabin and mobile home rentals, and 3 tent sites, with 30-amp service and room for rigs up to 80 feet. Sites are back-ins with electric service, site-delivered WiFi, a fire pit, and a picnic table. These are not full hookups — plan on arriving with water aboard and confirm what's available at your site when you book. Note the electrical: this is a 30-amp property, so a rig wired for heavier service will need an adapter and some load management. At 80 feet, though, the sites take a longer rig than almost anything else in the Northwoods. FSX and Transcend RV rentals are available for guests without a rig, and there's a bathhouse with showers on the property. Pets are welcome. The Peshtigo River's whitewater is the reason the resort exists, with rafting, kayaking, boating, and boat rentals, plus an outdoor pool, on-site dining, walking trails, a lake, and swimming, fishing, hiking, and birding. Athelstane sits in Marinette County in Wisconsin's Northwoods. Rates for sites, cabins, and tent spots are on the booking page. Rafting season weekends book first.

from $49/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

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.

Warrens Lodging

30 Villas

Warrens Lodging in Warrens, Wisconsin, offers thoughtfully designed villas with full kitchens, private baths, lofts, crafted wood decor, cable TV, WiFi, and fire rings, alongside complimentary access to the neighboring Jellystone Park's water resort. A lazy river, wave pool, splash pad, and mini-golf sit next door behind a gated entrance. The villas are the accommodation here — this is lodging rather than an RV park, with no campsites or hookups. Multiple floor plans are available, each with a full kitchen, private bath, and loft, plus a fire ring outside. Laundry, restrooms, showers, a general store, and firewood handle the practical side, with WiFi throughout and a gated entrance controlling access. The water resort access is the draw. Guests get complimentary use of the neighboring Jellystone Park's lazy river, wave pool, water park, splash pad, and inflatable water obstacle course — a complete family water program without the campground. On the lodging side, a hot tub and sauna, mini-golf, craft room, snack bar, on-site dining, golf cart rentals, walking trails, a dog park, playground, and pavilion fill the property, with gaga ball, shuffleboard, basketball, volleyball, gem mining, and fishing besides. Planned activities run through the season. Pets are welcome. Warrens sits in Monroe County, Wisconsin's cranberry capital, where the surrounding bogs supply the crop that makes the state the nation's largest producer. The western Wisconsin lakes and forest region surrounds it. Summer family demand is decisively the peak. Reserve well ahead.

from $180/night

Jellystone Park™ Warrens

415 RV Sites, 123 Cabins, 45 Tent Sites, 4 Villas

Jellystone Park Warrens in Wisconsin offers 415 full-hookup RV sites and 127 cabin and villa units with 20, 30, and 50-amp service, cable TV, and rigs accepted to 42 feet behind a gated entrance. Categories are split by whether the site carries cable, alongside a water park, lazy river, splash pad, laser tag, and beach. Four hundred fifteen sites span back-in with cable TV, pull-through with cable TV, pull-through without cable TV, and premium pull-through with cable TV categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 20, 30, and 50-amp, sized to 42 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. Note the 42-foot cap before booking a larger rig, and pick the cable tier that matches what you want. One hundred twenty-seven cabins and villas make the lodging inventory exceptional. A general store, laundry, propane fills, dump station, restrooms, showers, and firewood handle the practical side. A water park, lazy river, and splash pad anchor the summer, with an outdoor pool, hot tub and sauna, beach, and pond alongside. Mini-golf, laser tag, gem mining, a jumping pillow, gaga ball, sports courts, basketball, volleyball, shuffleboard, horseshoes, corn hole, golf cart rentals, a craft room, walking trails, playground, pavilion, dog park, and snack bar fill the rest, with fishing and planned activities through the season. Warrens is the Cranberry Capital of Wisconsin, less than an hour north of the Dells. Summer is decisively the season, with the September Cranberry Festival drawing crowds. Reserve well ahead.

from $25/night

Pearl Lake RV Campground

63 RV Sites, 8 Tent Sites

Pearl Lake RV Campground in Redgranite, Wisconsin, offers 63 RV sites and eight tent sites with 20, 30, and 50-amp water-and-electric service and rigs accepted to 40 feet. Back-in and pull-through categories at multiple amperages join an outdoor pool, mini-golf, ball field, beach, and on-site dining. Sixty-three sites span back-in 20/30/50-amp water-and-electric, back-in 20/30-amp water-and-electric, and pull-thru 20/30-amp water-and-electric categories, carrying water and electric, sized to 40 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. Two things to plan around: the sites carry water and electric but not sewer, so manage tank capacity and use the dump station, and the 40-foot cap rules out larger rigs. Eight tent sites round out the lodging. A general store, laundry, propane fills and exchange, dump station, restrooms, showers, firewood, personal mailboxes, and a snack bar handle the practical side. An outdoor pool anchors the summer, with a lake, pond, and beach alongside. Mini-golf, a recreation center, clubhouse, game room, ball field, sports courts, walking trails, a playground, pavilion, on-site dining, and a bar fill the grounds, with boating nearby. Pets are welcome. Redgranite sits in Waushara County's central Wisconsin lake country, named for the quarries that supplied paving stone across the Midwest a century ago. The surrounding chain of lakes, state fishery areas, and the Wild Rose hatchery corridor give the area a quiet recreational character. Summer is decisively the season in central Wisconsin. Reserve well ahead for July and August weekends.

from $35/night

Big Rock Creek

15 RV Sites, 3 Glamping Sites, 1 Yurt

Big Rock Creek in Saint Croix Falls, Wisconsin, offers 11 RV sites and four glamping sites and yurts on the banks of the St. Croix River, with 20, 30, and 50-amp electric service and rigs accepted to 45 feet. Back-in categories at both amperages join a recreation center, general store, walking trails, playground, and pond. Eleven back-in sites run in 30-amp and 50-amp categories, carrying electric service with site WiFi, sized to 45 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. Plan around the hookups — these are electric sites rather than full hookup, so arrive with full water and empty tanks and confirm dump arrangements when you book. Two straightforward categories keep booking simple. Four glamping sites and yurts plus cabins round out the lodging. A general store, restrooms, showers, and portable toilets handle the practical side. A recreation center, walking trails, playground, and pond fill the grounds, with the creek and river carrying swimming, fishing, canoeing, kayaking, hiking, and biking. Pets are welcome. The St. Croix National Scenic Riverway protects this corridor, and it is one of the most pristine paddling and fishing environments in the Midwest — a federally designated Wild and Scenic River with clear water, sandstone bluffs, and a genuinely undeveloped feel despite sitting less than an hour from the Twin Cities. Interstate State Park is minutes away with its glacial potholes and the Dalles of the St. Croix, and Polk County's rolling farm and forest country surrounds the rest. Summer paddling season drives the heaviest demand, with fall color drawing a strong second wave. Reserve ahead for July and August weekends.

from $35/night