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Campgrounds Near Lake Superior

60 campgrounds around the Lake Superior shoreline, 14 with direct lake access. Check open sites for your dates.

Search 8,900+ campgrounds across 50+ booking sites, with live availability

Right now: 352 campsites open this weekend near Lake Superior at 17 of the 48 campgrounds we checked.Availability read Nov 8, 5:49 AM ET

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  • Michigan DNR
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Available this weekend near Lake Superior

Nov 13 – Nov 15 · open every night of the stay.

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Shoreline towns (labelled) and 60 lake-area parks; green pins have sites open this weekend. Straight-line positions; roads around the water can be much longer than they look.

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campgrounds near Lake Superior

60 parks within 15 miles of the shoreline; 14 list direct lake access (labelled on the card). Each park shows its straight-line distance to the shore.

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How it works

Find it here. Book it with the park.

  1. Find open sitesSearch by place and dates; we check each provider's calendar for your whole stay.
  2. Check the fitHookups, amps, rig length and pull-through come from each park's own listing. When a listing doesn't say, we leave it blank.
  3. Book with the providerCampspot, Recreation.gov, ReserveAmerica, KOA and state park systems: you complete each reservation on their site.

A few good questions

How many campgrounds are near Lake Superior?

60 campgrounds are within 15 miles of the Lake Superior shoreline. 14 list direct lake access and 22 more are near the water (access not confirmed).

Which towns are on Lake Superior?

Towns near the shoreline include Duluth, MN, Superior, WI, Marquette, MI, Sault Ste. Marie, MI, Rice Lake, MN and Two Harbors, MN and 34 more.

How do you decide a park has lake access?

A park is marked Direct lake access when it sits on the Lake Superior shoreline in OpenStreetMap and its own listing names water access (a boat ramp or launch, marina, waterfront or lakefront sites, and similar). Tap the badge to see the evidence. Parks close to the water without that are marked Near the lake: that is proximity only, and access is not confirmed. We don't label individual waterfront campsites.

Are there full-hookup campgrounds near Lake Superior?

12 of these parks list water, electric and sewer at the site, and 45 list sites of 40 ft or longer.

Gateway towns

Shoreline towns on Lake Superior

Towns near the lake (OpenStreetMap outline, Wikidata places): Duluth, Superior, Marquette, Sault Ste. Marie, Rice Lake, Two Harbors, Harvey, Trowbridge Park, Munising, Silver Bay, Grand Marais and Zeba and 28 more.

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Other destinations, straight-line distance from the lake. Separate trips, not alternatives near the lake.

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Why we're different

The most campgrounds in one place

8,900+ public, private and glamping campgrounds from 50+ booking sites, including 46 state park systems, side by side.

Real open sites, not just listings

For 8,400+ of them we read the booking calendar, so you see which campsites, cabins and glamping stays are open for your dates.

Book on the official booking site

When you find your spot, you reserve on the campground's own booking site. We don't take payments, so Basecamping never adds a fee.

All 60 campgrounds near Lake Superior

Most popular first; within 15 miles of the shoreline.

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