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About Crescent Lake (MN)
Number of accommodations: 20
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Fishing
Hiking
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2026 Season availability
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- Potable Water
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Reviews (144)
What Guests Are Saying
Crescent Lake offers a beautiful and well-maintained campground with clean facilities, friendly hosts, and a serene environment ideal for outdoor activities like fishing and boating. Many reviewers appreciated the tidy, private campsites and the helpfulness of the camp host, Jack, and his dog Reggie. While there were some concerns about certain campsite conditions and additional fees for extra vehicles, the overall experience is highly rated, with many campers eager to return.
What Guests Are Saying
Crescent Lake offers a beautiful and well-maintained campground with clean facilities, friendly hosts, and a serene environment ideal for outdoor activities like fishing and boating. Many reviewers appreciated the tidy, private campsites and the helpfulness of the camp host, Jack, and his dog Reggie. While there were some concerns about certain campsite conditions and additional fees for extra vehicles, the overall experience is highly rated, with many campers eager to return.
Review Summary
John P
VerifiedJune 21, 2020 • Stayed at: 026, Loop: CRESCENT LAKE (MN)
Great campground!!!
Well sepprrated sites.
Great campground host 👍
Eric A
VerifiedJuly 21, 2020 • Stayed at: 025, Loop: CRESCENT LAKE (MN)
Camp host was very helpful. Nice secluded campsites. Definitely bring your canoe or kayak and some fishing gear. The lake is beautiful. The Superior Hiking Trail is about 20 miles back on the County 2, the road to Tofte. You can hike either to Britten or Carlton Peak, depending on the direction you take.
I'm an astronomer, and the lake parking lot shows a decent amount of sky at night. The Milky Way is blazingly bright!
Some cell/text coverage by the lake, but don't rely on it.
Debra A
VerifiedJuly 30, 2020 • Stayed at: 012, Loop: CRESCENT LAKE (MN)
Beautiful secluded camping. Campground host does a nice job keeping the vault toilets clean and the campground in good order.
Tonyia L
VerifiedAugust 2, 2020 • Stayed at: 031, Loop: CRESCENT LAKE (MN)
No cell signal, no radio reception (beyond the weather radio). Campsite 29 right on the lake. Pulled the kayaks right on shore - the entire lake is great for kayaking. Spotless restrooms.
Best COVID camping ever.
Jillian B
VerifiedAugust 26, 2020 • Stayed at: 005, Loop: CRESCENT LAKE (MN)
Gorgeous, quiet lake. The sites are very well maintained and and pretty. Bad cell coverage.
Daniel F
VerifiedSeptember 19, 2020 • Stayed at: 005, Loop: CRESCENT LAKE (MN)
This was the second time that we camped in Crescent Lake Campground in the last two Septembers. We loved that area because of its rugged environment with the dirt roads. Its dark nights were excellent for our stargazing. We will return next year.
Mike O
VerifiedSeptember 21, 2020 • Stayed at: 006, Loop: CRESCENT LAKE (MN)
Clean campground, great camp host and a gorgeous lakeside setting. We plan to return annually.
Mike R
VerifiedSeptember 30, 2020 • Stayed at: 031, Loop: CRESCENT LAKE (MN)
Great campground and camp host. Cleanest vault toilets I’ve ever seen. Absolutely a beautiful place and definitely what you think of for a picturesque slice of Northern MN.
Jacky P
VerifiedOctober 2, 2020 • Stayed at: 030, Loop: CRESCENT LAKE (MN)
Beautiful location with nice campsites that were quite and private. Lake Crescent is a wonderful lake perfect for canoeing, kayaking and fishing. Toilets were very clean and sanitized often. We will be returning to this location often.
TOM C
VerifiedOctober 12, 2020 • Stayed at: 009, Loop: CRESCENT LAKE (MN)
quiet, clean, friendly. what more could one want for an October camping experience?
Location Crescent Lake (MN)
Address:
Crescent Lake , 3236 The Grade (Forest Road 170)
Tofte, MN, 55615
United States
Travel Highway 61 along Lake Superior's north shore to Tofte, Minnesota. In Tofte, turn north (away from Lake Superior) on Sawbill Trail (CCHS 2). Follow the Sawbill Trail for 16 miles to The Grade (Forest Road 170). Turn right onto the The Grade and proceed east for 7 miles. The campground is on your right and is marked by a large sign.
Elevation: 542 feet
24 mi drive to downtown Tofte (about 38 min)
Policies & Rules
Arrival & departure
Check in time
12PM
Check out time
12PM
General
- Limit of two vehicles per campsite, not including trailers; $10 fee for second vehicle. Extra vehicle can be paid online in advance or in person onsite. If paid onsite, you won't be charged the $2 add-on fee; free public parking lot is also available onsite near the campground
- Dogs are allowed but must be leashed
- Fires in campfire pits only and must be completely extinguished; cutting of live vegetation is not allowed
- Be bear aware; keep all food out of site in approved containers or locked inside a hard-sided vehicle and remove all food from area after eating
- Click here for more information on 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 7, 2026
