Available Nov 13–15 · 2 nights5 sites open for every night
Campgrounds Near Lake Vermilion
8 campgrounds around the Lake Vermilion shoreline. Check open sites for your dates.
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Right now: 24 campsites open this weekend near Lake Vermilion at 3 of the 8 campgrounds we checked.Availability read Nov 7, 2:48 PM ET
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Available this weekend near Lake Vermilion
Nov 13 – Nov 15 · open every night of the stay.
Available Nov 13–15 · 2 nights5 sites open for every night
Available Nov 13–15 · 2 nights11 sites open for every nightBear Head Lake State Park
Available Nov 13–15 · 2 nights8 sites open for every nightTent Camping getaway
No sites offered for these datesFenske Lake Campground
Shoreline towns (labelled) and 8 lake-area parks; green pins have sites open this weekend. Straight-line positions; roads around the water can be much longer than they look.
campgrounds near Lake Vermilion
8 parks within 15 miles of the shoreline. Each park shows its straight-line distance to the shore.
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50 amp, pull-through and rig length come from each park's listing. With dates, Full hookups means an open full-hookup site for your stay; parks without availability data use their listing.
8 of 8 parks ·
Lake Vermilion-Soudan Underground Mine State Park
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- Find open sitesSearch by place and dates; we check each provider's calendar for your whole stay.
- 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.
- 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 Vermilion?
8 campgrounds are within 15 miles of the Lake Vermilion shoreline. None confirm direct lake access and 1 more are near the water (access not confirmed).
Which towns are on Lake Vermilion?
Towns near the shoreline include Cook, MN, Tower, MN, Soudan, MN, McComber, MN, Robinson, MN and Peyla, MN and 3 more.
How do you decide a park has lake access?
A park is marked Direct lake access when it sits on the Lake Vermilion 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 Vermilion?
1 of these parks list water, electric and sewer at the site, and 6 list sites of 40 ft or longer.
Shoreline towns on Lake Vermilion
Towns near the lake (OpenStreetMap outline, Wikidata places): Cook, Tower, Soudan, McComber, Robinson, Peyla, Vermilion Dam, Wahlsten and Wakemup.
Continue your road trip
Other destinations, straight-line distance from the lake. Separate trips, not alternatives near the lake.
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 8 campgrounds near Lake Vermilion
Most popular first; within 15 miles of the shoreline.
- Fenske Lake Campground · Ely, MN · up to 80 ft
- Jeanette Lake · Cook,, MN · up to 35 ft
- Echo Lake (Minn) · Cook, MN · up to 45 ft
- Pfeiffer Lake · Tower, MN · up to 45 ft
- Tent Camping getaway · Sturgeon, MN · up to 34 ft
- Cabin O' Pines · Orr, MN · full hookups, up to 45 ft
- Bear Head Lake State Park · Ely, MN · electric, up to 71 ft
- Lake Vermilion-Soudan Underground Mine State Park · Soudan, MN · electric, up to 70 ft






