Sandy Lake

I was disappointed to see no updates after being “closed for camping 2 yrs” grass could of been planted in at least half of each of the sites, it truly was dirt camping, which makes everything dirty, including feeling dirty. I have been going there for yrs, the weeds have taken over going down the steps by the boat docks it used to be so nice they used to even cut the grass along the lower edge. Weeds taken over flower beds ect. The weeds in the lake by the docks, now just paths to get into the dock area, hard to bring boats in & to fish. I did notice less chipmunks… yea! Overall it is a nice affordable place to camp.

My only complaint is that there is not flush toilets and showers on the North side and the dump station is not good, so do yourself a favor and fill and dump on the Southside. Not the fault of campground, but at end of June all the bugs were horrible. Really do love this campground. Many fun things to do of you have a boat and it has a beach.

Beautiful campground

The bald eagle nest and watching the eaglet and parents was awesome.

Very clean and well maintained

Big Sandy rec is a great place! Clean bathrooms and wonderful access to the lake.

We did experience a situation over the 4th of July with disturbing tenters next to us. Another group of campers did have to call 911 as the situation was escalating. I have to commend the quick and efficient response from the aitkin sheriff's department. They handled the unruly campers quickly and without futher problems. Once they were removed from their tent site our experience at Big Sandy was wonderful, as always!

Nice to be open

Stayed in site 41 on North side of campground. Beautiful place with nice boat ramps and a nice beach area. Access to Sandy Lake, Aitken River and the Sandy Dam outlet to the Mississippi River. Saw several Eagles with their young juveniles throughout the area. Clean restrooms and showers. Even has a small laundry room (One washer and one dryer)! There is a nice dump station on the South side campground with Black tank wash water and potable water available there. There are a few other potable water spigots throughout the campground. There is another dump station on the North side campground but only has a gravity feed cleaning water tank at that location. It would be nice if the Corp would run pressurized cleaning water and potable water to that dump station.
Overall great campground and enjoyable stay.
The Park Rangers and Camp hosts were very helpful and friendly!

This was our first experience camping at an Army Corps campground and it was excellent. The site was very nice, staff was friendly and helpful, and grounds were clean and well kept. We'll definitely continue camping at Army Corps campgrounds.