About Birch Lake Campground
Number of accommodations: 21
Campground Amenities
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Pet Friendly -
Potable Water
Seasonal information
2026 Season availability
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Reviews (84)
What Guests Are Saying
Birch Lake Campground offers a beautiful and secluded location near Ely, Minnesota, with well-maintained sites that provide privacy and great access to the lake. Visitors appreciate the clean facilities, friendly camp hosts, and opportunities for local activities like hiking and fishing. However, some negative aspects include poor road conditions leading to the campground and occasional issues with mosquitoes and site reservations.
What Guests Are Saying
Birch Lake Campground offers a beautiful and secluded location near Ely, Minnesota, with well-maintained sites that provide privacy and great access to the lake. Visitors appreciate the clean facilities, friendly camp hosts, and opportunities for local activities like hiking and fishing. However, some negative aspects include poor road conditions leading to the campground and occasional issues with mosquitoes and site reservations.
Review Summary
Jennifer C
VerifiedJuly 28, 2021 • Stayed at: 024, Loop: South
This campground never disappoints! It was nice having water access at our campsite, however it was really dry which made tackling the steep hill a little more challenging, plus it's starting to erode a bit. The boat access is very close, has a nice dock, bathroom and lots of room to park. The hosts Thor and Cindy were very friendly and they kept the sites well maintained as well as the bathrooms, which are by far the cleanest I've seen!! Their wiener dog Lucius was super cute and my kids loved petting him!
Andrea H
VerifiedJuly 17, 2021 • Stayed at: 001, Loop: North
Camp hosts were absolutely amazing! Thanks for the great experience. Campsite was clean, spacious, and private. Campground was quiet and the bathrooms were clean.
Will be coming back !
Sarah P
VerifiedJuly 12, 2021 • Stayed at: 018, Loop: South
Campsite was great. Camp host were great and very attentive. Anything you needed camp hosts were there to help. New bathrooms were very nice!
Madisson M
VerifiedJuly 12, 2021 • Stayed at: 017, Loop: South
Thor and Cindy, the camp ground hosts, were awesome to interact with. The site itself as well as the bathroom facilities and all of the common facility areas were exceptionally clean and well taken care of. Beyond being clean and welcoming, the sites at this campground are more spread out and have thicker vegetation so you aren't right on top of your neighbors. We used the boat launch and dock which were well maintained as well and made it easy to get on and off our boat right from the campground. There was enough room at our site (#17) to have three tents with 8 adults and 1 baby and enough space to feel very comfortable. This was our second time visiting Birch Lake Campground and it never disappoints!
Keith S
VerifiedJuly 6, 2021 • Stayed at: 025, Loop: South
The Campground hosts, Thor and Cyndi, were terrific! The campground is beautiful!
Robert P
VerifiedJune 28, 2021 • Stayed at: 014, Loop: North
The camp hosts were fabulous. Very helpful and attentive to ensuring we could have as good a stay as possible. Normally speaking the sites would have been good except when traveling with 5th wheel campers and boats things got pretty tight and lots of maneuvering was needed to get everything onto the site and yet be able to access the boat to take it to the launch site.
Nathan B
VerifiedJune 22, 2021 • Stayed at: 019, Loop: South
Was a really nice campground just be prepared to be awake by 5 or 6 am by people being noisy driving up and down the road. Would be nice if you could run a generator to drown out the noise from the people who are early risers.
Douglas M
VerifiedJune 21, 2021 • Stayed at: 021, Loop: South
Our site was amazing... it was private and had a trail right down to the lake. It was up a set of steps which wasn’t the most convenient for loading/unloading but it was gorgeous.
The lake was beautiful but I wish we would’ve known there was really no shore access for swimming or anything.
The campground hosts were by the far the friendliest/best hosts we have ever had. I recommend this place highly. It was a great experience! **remember your bug spray!!**
Kenneth L
VerifiedMay 26, 2021 • Stayed at: 014, Loop: North
FE LL IN LAKE
Mary H
VerifiedOctober 4, 2020 • Stayed at: 017, Loop: South
The other campers were so respectful as it was soooo quiet. The site was spacious and clean and plenty of restrooms. Tent sites are all raised so drainage is good. The toilets were the best ever and I have camped all over.
Location Birch Lake Campground
Address:
Kawishiwi Ranger District
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.
Latitude & Longitude: 47.7569 / -91.7836
Elevation: 443 feet
Policies & Rules
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Off-road and all-terrain vehicles are not allowed during camping season. |
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During the walk-in season, please contact the local USFS for information. |
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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. |
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Reserved Sites will be held until check out time (NOON) 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. |
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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). |
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Click here to learn more about Superior National Forest Superior National Forest |
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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. |
