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Outer-ring sites are the move here: more privacy, better lake sightlines, and the kind of peaceful woodsy setup that makes summer evenings on Mille Lacs feel worth the drive from the Twin Cities.
Lakeview Campground
3.7914 reviews41294 Father Hennepin Park Road, Isle, MN 56342
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41294 Father Hennepin Park Road, Isle, MN 56342
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About Lakeview Campground
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Electric hookups81 of 133 sites (61%)
3 pull-through sites
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No pets allowed, no dump station, no water hookups, and the restrooms are dated enough that reviewers keep flagging them. Inner-ring sites feel cramped, and mayfly season can be brutal without serious bug repellent.
From official sources
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Father Hennepin State Park is located on the southeast shore of Mille Lacs Lake. The park's 320 acres include two campgrounds, including the Lakeview Campground, and hiking trails that wind through a hardwood forest and along the rocky shoreline of Mille Lacs. Lakeview Campground hosts 62 campsites, 41 of which have electric hookups. This campground also has a modern restroom with showers, playground equipment, and a fish cleaning house. The park offers a large sandy beach for swimming, two boat accesses, fishing piers, and picnic sites with a panoramic view of the lake. The park's original vegetation was northern hardwoods mixed with marsh areas and pines along the lake.
- History
- Established in 1941 to allow public recreation on Mille Lacs Lake. source
- Natural features
- 320 acres include a hardwood forest and rocky shoreline of Mille Lacs Lake. Original vegetation was northern hardwoods mixed with marsh areas and pines along the lake. source
- Site layout
- Lakeview Campground hosts 62 campsites, 41 of which have electric hookups. Park has two campgrounds and a large group camp. source
- Fees
- Drive-in campsites $20-$35/night. source
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About Canyon Ferry Lake
Context for the broader area surrounding Lakeview Campground, sourced from the federal Recreation.gov rec-area record.
<A HREF="http://www.usbr.gov/projects/Facility.jsp?fac_Name=Canyon+Ferry+Dam">Canyon Ferry Dam</a> and reservoir are located in Montana about 50 miles downstream from where the Gallatin, Madison, and Jefferson Rivers join to form the Missouri River. The reservoir has approximately 35,200 water surface acres, 9,360 land acres and 76 miles of shoreline, and offers excellent fishing opportunity for rainbow trout, perch, ling, and walleye. There are three marina concessions (Goose Bay Marina, Kim's Marina and Yacht Basin Marina) on the reservoir which provide a variety of public recreation facilities and services such as boat launching, camping, rental docks, small stores, etc. Reclamation also provides campgrounds, day use and picnic areas, concrete boat launches, and a seasonal visitor center. A wildlife management area at the end of the reservoir is managed by the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks and is home to a colony of terns and pelicans. The upland areas around the reservoir provide habitat for Chestnut-collared Longspurs and Long-billed Curlews, as well as hundreds of Pronghorn antelope, mule deer and white tail deer. <A HREF="http://www.usbr.gov/gp-bin/arcweb_cfr.pl">Current Reservoir Levels</a>
Directions
About 21 miles east of Helena, Montana on US 12-287.
