Minnesota Camping: Father Hennepin State Park, July 2-6, 2014

Sunday, July 6, 2014

Father Hennepin State Park, July 2-6, 2014

Father Hennepin State Park added some electric sites to their upper (Maple Grove) campground a couple of years ago so we thought we'd go back there and check one out. The sites in the lower campground are pretty hilly and close together and the upper campground sites are more private. However, they are still pretty hilly and you don't have a huge amount of room for a screen house, tent or just moving around on some. The sites are sort of strangely laid out. We had site 84 and it worked for us, but we felt a bit cramped.

Father Hennepin is a big draw for people with boats and who fish as it's right on Lake Mille Lacs. The beach is really nice and well maintained and they have about a mile of paved walking/hiking/biking trails within the park. They also have another 2-3 miles of hiking trails that are very well maintained. In addition there is the Soo Line bike trail just outside the park and we biked 3 miles to the city of Wahkon.

Father Hennepin is just outside the town of Isle and you can walk or bike to town. The town is very small (only 700 people), but they do have a nice grocery store, bakery and a couple little shops.

One of the docks from the campground on the lake