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1 site
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About Birch Lake Campground
Number of accommodations: 21
Seasonal information
2026 Season availability
Campground Amenities
Most popular amenities
Pet friendly
Water and Hygiene
- Potable Water
Pets and Policies
- Pet friendly
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Reviews (93)
What Guests Are Saying
Birch Lake Campground offers a spacious and well-maintained environment with clean bathrooms, good drinking water, and a peaceful atmosphere, making it ideal for family gatherings and outdoor activities. Many campers appreciate the privacy between sites and the beautiful surroundings, although access to the water for activities like swimming and fishing can be limited. Some guests expressed concerns about road conditions leading to the campground and occasional issues with site reservations, but overall, the campground is highly recommended for its cleanliness and natural beauty.
What Guests Are Saying
Birch Lake Campground offers a spacious and well-maintained environment with clean bathrooms, good drinking water, and a peaceful atmosphere, making it ideal for family gatherings and outdoor activities. Many campers appreciate the privacy between sites and the beautiful surroundings, although access to the water for activities like swimming and fishing can be limited. Some guests expressed concerns about road conditions leading to the campground and occasional issues with site reservations, but overall, the campground is highly recommended for its cleanliness and natural beauty.
Review Summary
Brett P
VerifiedAugust 10, 2026 • Stayed at: 027, Loop: South
I absolutely love this campsite me and my amazing wife have been coming here the last 2 years and love every experience we get to enjoy here I would highly recommend coming here to fish and spend time with family
Ken E
VerifiedAugust 16, 2026 • Stayed at: 015, Loop: North
This group camp is very spacious. We had 4 tents and 2 big screen rooms and we still had a huge open area for the kids to play games. The whole area was extremely well kept and clean, right down to the parking areas and the bathroom. There is a water spicket at the site too, and we did not detect any unusual smells or taste.
The positives: big area, well kept, bathroom clean and well stocked with TP, good clean water right there, isolated well from the rest of the camps.
The negatives: no good access to the water from the camp. Need to go to the boat launch if you want to swim or launch a canoe (which we brought). No fishing from shore. Very limited view of the lake from camp. There was also, at times, a bad smell from the garbage or the bathroom.
Linda S
VerifiedAugust 19, 2026 • Stayed at: 024, Loop: South
The bathrooms are very clean. The drinking water was so good and cold.
Location Birch Lake Campground
Address:
Kawishiwi Ranger District, 1393 Highway 169
Ely, MN, 55731
United States
From Ely, Minnesota, travel about 8 miles south on State Highway 1 toward Lake Superior, until Forest Road 429 (Little Lake Road). Turn right on Forest Road 429 and continue 4 miles to the campground entrance road. Turn left onto the campground road and continue 1 mile to the campground.
Elevation: 443 feet
13 mi drive to downtown Ely (about 23 min)
Policies & Rules
Arrival & departure
Check out time
12PM
General
- Off-road and all-terrain vehicles are not allowed during camping season.
- During the walk-in season, please contact the local USFS for information.
- Please Note: One RV with tow vehicle per single site or two vehicles per tent site. Most sites can accommodate 1 extra vehicle that is not included with the reservation fee. Extra vehicle will be charged a per night fee and collected at the campground.
- Reserved Sites will be held until the day following your arrival date. Sites must be occupied by the checkout time of that following day to hold a reservation or the site will be forfeited and released to other guests. Once your reservation start date has begun, neither the Recreation.gov Contact Center nor the campground manager will be able to modify your reservation.
- Refunds: Refund requests made through www.recreation.gov will be charged a $10 processing fee. This fee is retained by the reservation service contractor along with the non-refundable reservation fee. All requests for the return of the non-refundable reservation fee and the cancellation fee will be declined by the campground concessionaire as they did not receive these fees (these are the fees retained by the reservation contractor, a different entity).
- Click here to learn more about Superior National Forest Superior National Forest
- Don't move firewood: To limit the spread of invasive tree-killing pests, firewood from outside the area is not permitted. Some states have quarantines and may confiscate your firewood. Please help protect our forests from invasive species by obtaining your firewood at or near your camping destination and burning it on-site. Visit dontmovefirewood.org for more information.
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Last updated: September 8, 2026
