About Fall Lake
Number of accommodations: 38
Campground Amenities
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Beach Access -
Pet Friendly -
Potable Water -
Lake Access -
Showers
Seasonal information
2026 Season availability
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Reviews (194)
What Guests Are Saying
Fall Lake Campground is highly praised for its friendly and accommodating staff, clean facilities, and well-maintained campsites. Visitors appreciate the beautiful, private wooded sites, excellent bathrooms, and convenient access to the nearby Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA). While some guests noted issues with mosquitoes, the overall experience is described as peaceful and enjoyable, making it a popular destination for repeat visitors.
What Guests Are Saying
Fall Lake Campground is highly praised for its friendly and accommodating staff, clean facilities, and well-maintained campsites. Visitors appreciate the beautiful, private wooded sites, excellent bathrooms, and convenient access to the nearby Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA). While some guests noted issues with mosquitoes, the overall experience is described as peaceful and enjoyable, making it a popular destination for repeat visitors.
Review Summary
Arlen W
VerifiedAugust 4, 2023 • Stayed at: 003, Loop: BASS
Always a pleasurerable experience at Fall Lake. We've been going each summer for 14 years and Rix and Sherri (and fellow hosts) have taken excellent care of the facility over the years.
Shel B
VerifiedAugust 1, 2023 • Stayed at: 004, Loop: BASS
Wonderful campgrounds! Private camp sites and clean bathrooms. Our site, however, was difficult to back into. The narrow road and steep deep ditches presented a challenge.
Angelica B
VerifiedJuly 30, 2023 • Stayed at: 048, Loop: NORL
Wonderful staff, very clean facilities. Easy to rent canoes! The camping spots are separated very nicely.
Randy L
VerifiedJuly 30, 2023 • Stayed at: 009, Loop: BASS
The campground was nice enough and the people friendly but I was surprised to find out that we booked a campsite with electricity and payed a higher price for it and was charged an additional fee of $26.00 for electric (for 4 days). Just did not make sense and we had another couple camping and they were charged the same way. Another thing that I found surprising is that they do not have a dump station and we had to go into town and pay to dump our tanks. There are a lot of other campgrounds that I will go to before I would ever go back to Fall Lake.
Peter M
VerifiedJuly 27, 2023 • Stayed at: 056, Loop: NORL
Staff is very courteous and well kept faculties
Dale V
VerifiedJuly 23, 2023 • Stayed at: 027, Loop: LAKE
Kawishiwi hiking trail and falls close to camp ground, drive up the Echo trail, pick up literature on additional trails to hike and things to do
Michael M
VerifiedJuly 23, 2023 • Stayed at: 033, Loop: LAKE
The location and park are ideal, with excellent facilities and wonderful staff. The Ely area, in addition, offers a treasure chest of sites to visit, learn from and explore. Loved falling asleep to and waking with the Loon calls.
Stephanie F
VerifiedJuly 20, 2023 • Stayed at: 022, Loop: LAKE
Great access to BWCA. Private feeling campsites. Well maintained
David B
VerifiedJuly 20, 2023 • Stayed at: 013, Loop: BASS
i was nervous about the lake being a motorized lake, and we were doing an overnight paddle.
I would say the motor boats were not as numerous as I thought - and it didn't impact our trip much. Was a good lake to paddle into for an overnight camping.
William M
VerifiedJuly 19, 2023 • Stayed at: 011, Loop: BASS
Management was ready and organized when I arrived. Campsite was clean and bathrooms got checked often for cleanliness.
Overall it is a good experience camping there!!
Location Fall Lake
Address:
Kawishiwi Ranger District
Ely, MN, 55731
United States
Fall Lake is located in Northeast MN, 100 miles North of Duluth MN. From Duluth, MN, take Highway 53 north for 50 miles to Virginia, MN. Take Highway 169 northeast for 50 miles to Ely, Minnesota, travel an addition 6.5 miles to County Road 182 (Fall Lake Road). Travel north on County Road 182 for 2 miles.
Latitude & Longitude: 47.9525 / -91.7164
Elevation: 409 feet
Policies & Rules
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The northern portion of Fall Lake near the campground is within the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wildreness, Visitors to the Wilderness are required to be in possession of a valid BWCAW permit, For questions about the specific BWCAW regulations contact the US Forest Service at (218) 365-7600. |
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All reservable sites, except 26, 33 and 41 (tent-only) have electric hookups; sites 5, 10, 15, 16, 18 and 62 have 20, 30 and 50 amp service available |
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Please Note: One RV with tow vehicle per single site or one vehicle 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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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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