About Cross Lake Recreation Area
Number of accommodations: 122
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2026 Season availability
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- Dump station on site
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Reviews (1208)
What Guests Are Saying
Cross Lake Recreation Area is a well-maintained campground with clean facilities, spacious sites, and a beautiful wooded setting. Visitors appreciate its proximity to local amenities, including restaurants and shops, making it a convenient getaway. While some sites can be challenging to maneuver into, overall, guests enjoy the peaceful atmosphere and friendly staff, with many returning year after year.
What Guests Are Saying
Cross Lake Recreation Area is a well-maintained campground with clean facilities, spacious sites, and a beautiful wooded setting. Visitors appreciate its proximity to local amenities, including restaurants and shops, making it a convenient getaway. While some sites can be challenging to maneuver into, overall, guests enjoy the peaceful atmosphere and friendly staff, with many returning year after year.
Review Summary
Marc W
VerifiedMay 15, 2022 • Stayed at: 088, Loop: CROSSLAKE
Great campground, really enjoyed the time.
Marc W
VerifiedMay 15, 2022 • Stayed at: 088, Loop: CROSSLAKE
Great campground, really enjoyed the time.
Brenda R
VerifiedMay 10, 2022 • Stayed at: 122, Loop: CROSSLAKE
I was surprised that the campground is literally on the main highway. I could see Holiday gas station across the road. I was asked to move and ended up in some weird host site with creepy Weber grill art and bottle caps in a stump left from last year. I don’t think I could go back with that strangeness vibe. I couldn’t wait to leave the voodoo camp.
Brenda R
VerifiedMay 10, 2022 • Stayed at: 122, Loop: CROSSLAKE
I was surprised that the campground is literally on the main highway. I could see Holiday gas station across the road. I was asked to move and ended up in some weird host site with creepy Weber grill art and bottle caps in a stump left from last year. I don’t think I could go back with that strangeness vibe. I couldn’t wait to leave the voodoo camp.
Mark S
VerifiedJanuary 19, 2022 • Stayed at: 087, Loop: CROSSLAKE
We found the campground at Crosslake Recreation Area in CrossLake, MN to be a clean, well maintained and effectively managed USACE campground. Unlike many of the USACE recreation facilities in the western US, CrossLake is adjacent to the decent sized town of CrossLake. The town offers some niceties that helped make the visit to CrossLake Rec area a hit. We were able to walk from our campsite to a seasonal fruit and vegetable stand that offered some very nice fresh produce; there was also a locally owned coffee and sweet shop within walking distance which was an unexpected luxury. Cross Lake also offered a grocery store, laundromat, Dollar General, gas stations, bait shops, a propane fill station (part of one of the gas stations) and a couple of locally owned restaurants all within an easy walk from the campsite. As a heads up, the town's major thoroughfare, MN-66, runs along the eastern edge of the campground, but we did not even notice the traffic noise from our campsite. We stayed in campsite 87 which was right across from the shower house containing flush toilets, free hot-water showers and an exterior utility sink for campers to use for washing dishes. The facilities are definitely aging and will likely need updating within a couple years, but the recreation area staff did a wonderful job keeping the facilities clean and well stocked. There is ample shoreline and a couple piers set up for fishing, although we did not have much luck using nightcrawlers during our early October visit. Perhaps fishing is better during the warmer months ... or perhaps we just aren't very good anglers! 😂 The campground offers a mix of sites with some offering electric hookups, some with no amenities and some set aside just for tents. There are two dump stations near the campground check-in cabin, with potable water for filling tanks, and there are also several potable water spigots throughout the campground if you need to fill water jugs or similar.
Mark S
VerifiedJanuary 19, 2022 • Stayed at: 087, Loop: CROSSLAKE
We found the campground at Crosslake Recreation Area in CrossLake, MN to be a clean, well maintained and effectively managed USACE campground. Unlike many of the USACE recreation facilities in the western US, CrossLake is adjacent to the decent sized town of CrossLake. The town offers some niceties that helped make the visit to CrossLake Rec area a hit. We were able to walk from our campsite to a seasonal fruit and vegetable stand that offered some very nice fresh produce; there was also a locally owned coffee and sweet shop within walking distance which was an unexpected luxury. Cross Lake also offered a grocery store, laundromat, Dollar General, gas stations, bait shops, a propane fill station (part of one of the gas stations) and a couple of locally owned restaurants all within an easy walk from the campsite. As a heads up, the town's major thoroughfare, MN-66, runs along the eastern edge of the campground, but we did not even notice the traffic noise from our campsite. We stayed in campsite 87 which was right across from the shower house containing flush toilets, free hot-water showers and an exterior utility sink for campers to use for washing dishes. The facilities are definitely aging and will likely need updating within a couple years, but the recreation area staff did a wonderful job keeping the facilities clean and well stocked. There is ample shoreline and a couple piers set up for fishing, although we did not have much luck using nightcrawlers during our early October visit. Perhaps fishing is better during the warmer months ... or perhaps we just aren't very good anglers! 😂 The campground offers a mix of sites with some offering electric hookups, some with no amenities and some set aside just for tents. There are two dump stations near the campground check-in cabin, with potable water for filling tanks, and there are also several potable water spigots throughout the campground if you need to fill water jugs or similar.
Andrew T
VerifiedJanuary 3, 2022 • Stayed at: 068, Loop: CROSSLAKE
great time with the family
Andrew T
VerifiedJanuary 3, 2022 • Stayed at: 068, Loop: CROSSLAKE
great time with the family
Paul J
VerifiedNovember 2, 2021 • Stayed at: 001, Loop: CROSSLAKE
Always clean and staff so friendly.Cant wait to go back.😎
Paul J
VerifiedNovember 2, 2021 • Stayed at: 001, Loop: CROSSLAKE
Always clean and staff so friendly.Cant wait to go back.😎
Location Cross Lake Recreation Area
Address:
35507 County Rd 66
Crosslake, MN, 56442
United States
From Brainerd, Minnesota on Highway 25, turn right on County Road 3 and travel north
to Crosslake, Minn. The campground entrance is to the left, at the intersection of County Roads 3 and 66.
Cross Lake Recreation Area is accessible via Highway 25, which connects to Brainerd, Minnesota. County Road 3 provides access to the campground from Highway 25.
Latitude & Longitude: 46.6697 / -94.1083
Elevation: 376 feet
Policies & Rules
General
- All reservations must be made and/or modified at recreation.gov or by calling 1-877-444-6777. No walk ins allowed. * Cross Lake Recreation Area staff and volunteers do not make reservations on site.* Campers must risk their reservation being cancelled.
- In the interest of more effective resource management and to increase the overall enjoyment of the visitor experience available at the Cross Lake Recreation Area, Corps wide rules and regulations have been established and will be enforced (Title 36). Click here for more information 14-Day Stay LimitTo ensure everyone has a chance to enjoy our campsites, please be aware of our 14-day camping policy.Camping at any of our sites is limited to a maximum of 14 days within any 30-consecutive-day period.This rule is in accordance with official regulation CFS 327.7(b). An extension may only be granted with written permission from the District Commander.Please be aware that violations may result in the cancellation of reservations or removal from the campground.America The Beautiful PassesWe proudly accept America The Beautiful passes. To ensure fair use, please remember:The pass may only be used for the single campsite you are actively occupying.Passes are non-transferable and cannot be shared with friends or family for other sites.If a pass is used for multiple sites simultaneously, it will be invalidated, and the full camping fee for the additional site(s) will be charged.Cross Lake Recreation Area has additional rules including but not limited to:* Firewood restrictions are in effect to prevent the spread of invasive insects and disease. Click here for more information * ATV/UTV and Golf Cart operation within the campground is not allowed. * All vehicles and camping equipment must fit on the campsite. Do not park or place camping equipment on the grass.* Posted speed limit is 10 mph.* Limit two tents per site, or one wheeled unit and one tent.* Reserved campsites must be occupied daily and with intention of overnight camping. Visitors may not book a site just for access to the boat docks.
- Closure* The Campground will close 15-OCT-2026 for the remainder of the season. This includes all dump stations, all restrooms, and water spigots. At this time, the main boat ramp is expected to remain available throughout October.
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Last updated: June 4, 2026
