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Voyageurs National Park offers 150 water accessible backcountry
campgrounds! This is an astonishing number of backcountry sites
available to those who have a watercraft that can access them.
Since Parkcamper.com focuses more on drive-in family camping sites,
we have chosen to include two Minnesota State Forest campgrounds
that are drive-in campgrounds within a stones throw of Voyageurs
National Park. These are Ash River campground and Wooden Frog
campground.
Parkcamper.com will be offering video tour downloads of these
two campgrounds for those interested in seeing what the sites
really look like.
Camping in Voyageurs is one of the more interesting camping experiences
in the national park system. There are lakes everywhere. The stars
are bright, and sometimes you can even hear wolves howling away
at night. This is truly one of the last great remnants of the
Northwoods.
Like with other campgrounds, signing up and paying for your site
is easy. Simply walk up to the campground entrance registration
center, fill out the form, insert your money, tear off your portion
of the envelope (receipt) then deposit the envelope in the collection
box. You then place your receipt on your campground stake (usually
this has your site number and a clip). Campgrounds in Voyageurs
National Park operate on a first come, first serve basis, and
some on a reservation system as well(group campgrounds1-877-444-6777
). Some Voyageurs National Park campgrounds near the boat launches
can fill by 11 AM, so plan accordingly.
All overnight stays in Voyageurs National Park require a free
permit easily obtained at the visitor centers or boat launches.
Camping is limited to 14 days at a specific site from May 15 to
September 15. Please do not bring your own firewood into the park
as there has been a problem with "bad bugs" being transported
in bundles of wood. Collection of dead and downed wood (including
driftwood) is allowed. Cutting live trees and branches is not.
Pets must be kept on a leash no longer than six feet. They are
not allowed on the park trails or in the backcountry.
Non-image links to campground pages:
Ash
River Campground
Wooden
Frog Campground
For
camping equipment, we highly recommend the Marmot
Sawtooth 
sleeping bag, the Hammerhead
3 
tent, and the
Osprey Aether backpack 
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