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Monson Lake State Park

1690 15th Street Northeast, Sunburg, Minnesota 56289 USA

Independent
Not Wheelchair
Accessible
Public
Restrooms

“Cast your Line for Walleye!”

Cast your line for walleye, northerns, bass, and sunfish in Monson Lake. Birdwatchers look for white pelicans, herons, western grebes, and songbirds in this 187-acre park with a diverse landscape of wetlands and hardwood forests. The park includes a quiet campground and wooded picnic area. Paddle the lake and take a short portage that leads from Monson Lake to West Sunburg Lake. Monson Lake State Park was established in 1923 as a memorial to the members of the Broberg and Lundborg families who died in the U.S.-Dakota Conflict of 1862. On August 20th of that year, Dakota Indians attacked a group of Pioneers in the West Lake Settlement, and 13 people were killed. Anna Stina Broberg, then 16 years old, and her cousin Peter Broberg, were the only two survivors of the attack. The park lies within the Alexandria Glacial Moraine Complex which was laid down by glaciers more than 30,000 years ago. The rocks, sand, and gravel left by the last glacier make up the drift which formed the rest of the landscape. Monson and Sunburg Lakes were formed by melting ice in the glacial till.

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Ratings Summary

4.0 Access

4.3 Location

4.7 Cleanliness

4.7 Site Quality

5.0 Noise

Cell Coverage

AT&T 4G

Confirmed by 1 users | Last reported on October 18, 2021

T-Mobile 5G

Confirmed by 1 users | Last reported on October 19, 2021

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Reviewed by
Campendium

August 10, 2020

We spent two nights at Monson Lake State Park in early August and really enjoyed it. It's one of the smaller parks in the Minnesota State Park system, but the sites are generous in size and well spaced. There are not a lot of trails and the recreational activities are somewhat limited, so if you're looking for that, you might want to look elsewhere. But if you're looking for a quiet weekend in a cute little park located a bit off the beaten path, this might be for you. We'll definitely be heading back for another visit.

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Nightly Rate: $28.00

Days Stayed: 2

Site Number: 15E

4 Access

4 Location

4 Cleanliness

4 Site Quality

5 Noise

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Joe S.

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October 18, 2021

This is a small state campground with only 20 sites with only 5 electric sites. The sites are nice and big and spaced apart which you don't find often anymore. There is about a mile of trails which isn't much. There is also a boat launch on the campground if you want to bring your boat and do some fishing. The rangers are from the nearby Sibley State Park so they aren't here very often at all. When we arrived on Friday afternoon they were just leaving and we didn't see a ranger all weekend. If you enjoy a nice peaceful, relaxing camping experience this is the place to go. We stayed the second weekend of October and the water was already shut off. There is no dump station here at all either. You have to go to nearby Sibley State Park.

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Nightly Rate: $30.00

Days Stayed: 2

Site Number: 17E

4 Access

5 Location

5 Cleanliness

5 Site Quality

5 Noise

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Reviewed by
Campendium

October 19, 2021

Campsites are well spaced with brush/trees between sites.

We were here in late September for a Friday night. The campground did fill up. It was nice and quiet. Water was still on - nice bath house with showers available.

Intermittent cell signal, depending where you were in the park.

We were in site four. If we were to return, we would reserve site 13. You can get down to the lake from that site and it appears that people leave their kayaks/canoes in that area - not just at the boat landing. We wish we had brought our kayaks.

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Nightly Rate: $20.00

Days Stayed: 1

Site Number: 4

4 Access

4 Location

5 Cleanliness

5 Site Quality

5 Noise

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