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Nice state park on reservoir which nice views.

We arrived to around 6pm to find most sites open. The campground was quite and we had part of it to ourselves. The facilities could use some cleaning and maintenance.

All sites are first come first serve. Each site is remote and no other site can be seen from the campsite.15 campsites are hike or canoe/kayak in and 14 sites are dive in. When we arrived we found the site we had been hoping for not occupied (J), so we were able to take it. J is up on a hill overlooking a valley and meadows. The site was large grass site with fire ring and no other sites or structures of any kind within sight, which meant the dogs could run off leash the entire time. There is no electric, water, garbage or dump station, but could use the Wildcat Mountain State park for these services, which cost us $10 or free at the Kwik Trip in Tomah. The drive in sites are$15 plus permit fee of $5 a day per person or $35 annually for family to hike or park at canoe landings.

We stayed here for eight nights and saw deer. The site had direct access to the hiking trails. The nearest landing for the Kickapoo river was right down the road. We hiked about 10 miles of beautiful trails and canoed about 20 miles of the Kickapoo river. Most of the sites and trails are equestrian as well. There are small towns within a few miles to the north and south. This was one of or best sites so far this year and will be back again. The only drawback was some highway noise during the day.

We recently camped here again. Site J was taken when we arrived, but we were able to get our second pick AA. This is a large site, we had four campers on it for our weekend and could have easily fit six. There are no campsites even close so it was excellent privacy for our group. The views were great, especially at sun set. For this trip we used the La Farge Village Park to get fresh water and dumping station, which is just outside the Reserve and about three miles from this campsite. Fresh water is free, to use the dump station it is $5.

Nice campground with very clear lake and sand beach. We had a double site 2021 and 2022, which was somewhat unleveled but was large and in a great location, close to everything. The double site across the campground road for ours was very unleveled and probably only suited for tents. There was a trail along the lake which was nice to walk the dogs on along with the snowmobile trail which is near the entrance to the campground.

This campground was the nicest campground of our two week trip and probably the nicest campground we have ever stayed at. It was well laid out the grounds were very clean. The only drawback for some might be the lack of showers. Although this is about an hour drive from the main part of Acadia this part of the park is very less busy and relaxing.

The campground in this state park is new so all facilities were great. There are very nice hiking trails where we saw deer and bear on our hikes. The only drawback is that there were a lot of ticks when went in May (one dog of ours had 40 ticks on him).

Several informal sites around a dried up reservoir with two sets of pit toilets.

We first drove past the road to the campground, because it was not marked like the other ones since it was part of the Brainard Lake Recreation Area/Indian Peak Wilderness Area that is the sign you will see. The road was a little bumpy getting in and when we got to the park entrance there was a line about 12 vehicles in line. After one of the employees noticed our camper they walk up to us in line and stated all the vehicles in front of us were waiting to get a parking spot at for the hiking trails. The employee confirmed there were open campsites then moved some cones for us then got us in.

Once we arrived at the camp ground was found two loops one of which was pretty much clear cut (assuming do to the beetles killing the trees) the other loop was wooded. The roads were paved but each campsite had gravel. Each campsite had large gravel level pads. The campground had pit toilets which were very new and some of the cleanest we saw yet. The were water spigots around the campground, but had a sign on them no filling of campers.

The views from the park were awesome .

We hiked the Long Lake and Isabel Lake/Glacier trails which were great as well.

We arrived late in the day and the other campgrounds were full so we stayed here for one night. Although it was pretty full the person at registration was able to get us a site next to some friends who arrived a few hours before us. The price for a site for power was $52 which for the site seemed high.

We stayed here due to it being close to a family wedding. This is not our type of camping with no separation between sites, large campground with many people and high cost. It served the purpose.