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
Cheryl Z
VerifiedSeptember 27, 2020 • Stayed at: 017, Loop: South
nice campground, prefer it only for shorter visit, it has basic pit toilets but no showers, and no water hookups/electric at site so it would be hard to stay for too long. Also found it completely booked full and the other campers playing music I didn't like on their devices was a little disappointing. But for a short trip this is a nice campground.
Eric V
VerifiedSeptember 22, 2020 • Stayed at: 029, Loop: South
I never made it to the campground to use this reservation. More importantly, I tried very hard to get it cancelled. I was not concerned about recovering the cost as much as just giving someone else a chance to use the site. I could not find my way to a page in my reservations that had an active link to being able to cancel or modify this reservation. It was very frustrating and disappointing that this wasn't a simple, user friendly action to complete. Frustrating and disappointing because I couldn't act on my good intentions.
Teresa R
VerifiedAugust 20, 2020 • Stayed at: 023, Loop: South
Great campground and hosts!
anna M
VerifiedAugust 7, 2020 • Stayed at: 014, Loop: North
The campground host was amazing. The bathrooms were spotless. The pit toilets were cleaner than many flush ones we have seen in parks!
Jimmy S
VerifiedAugust 7, 2020 • Stayed at: 013, Loop: North
The campsite was great! Very friendly hosts, and very clean bathrooms! Our campsite was nestled in the woods and gave a great sense of privacy, plus we had a beautiful view of the lake! I'm definitely going to be booking for next summer.
Gary C
VerifiedJanuary 19, 2020 • Stayed at: 014, Loop: North
Reserved a site over 2 months in advance only to find someone in the site and not around, unfortunately I chose that site because it is the only one that fits my camper. I wish I had some recourse but enforcement was not around and from what I’m told from some of the forest service employees this is getting to be a common occurrence. Thanks for nothing !!
Luke S
VerifiedJanuary 16, 2020 • Stayed at: 025, Loop: South
Beautiful place to camp and see the fall colors.
Don F
VerifiedJanuary 15, 2020 • Stayed at: 014, Loop: North
Very nice campground host and clean bathrooms.
Gretchen F
VerifiedJanuary 15, 2020 • Stayed at: 017, Loop: South
My friends and I had a great time at this campsite! The site was clean when we arrived, and the shared facilities like the bathrooms and water pump were also well maintained. I would highly recommend going canoeing or kayaking on the lake, and if you need to rent equipment, Spirit of the Wilderness in Ely is a great place to go.
Mary Jane P
VerifiedJanuary 15, 2020 • Stayed at: 024, Loop: South
Very Beautiful and so relaxing. I will be coming up thrte again this summer.
Very clean.
I highly recommend this camp ground.
Thank You and See You This Summer😊
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. |
