AI-generated illustration inspired by Lake Vermilion: northern freshwater lake, low rocky shoreline with evergreen and birch forest, small wooded islands and gentle rolling terrain.

Campgrounds Near Lake Vermilion

8 campgrounds around the Lake Vermilion shoreline. Check open sites for your dates.

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

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.

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Only 3 campgrounds are available near Lake Vermilion for Nov 13 – Nov 15. The rest of this row is the most popular other parks nearby, without availability for these dates.
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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.

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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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Public campground

Echo Lake (Minn)

★ 4.0 (33)
Cook, MN
From $18/nightvia Recreation.gov
22 RV sitesTent site · Not listed
Public campground

Pfeiffer Lake

★ 4.0 (29)
Tower, MN
From $18/nightvia Recreation.gov
16 RV sitesTent site · Not listed
Private campground

Cabin O' Pines

Orr, MN
See price with providervia Hipcamp
7 RV sitesTent site · Not listedGlamping

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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 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.

Gateway towns

Shoreline towns on Lake Vermilion

Towns near the lake (OpenStreetMap outline, Wikidata places): Cook, Tower, Soudan, McComber, Robinson, Peyla, Vermilion Dam, Wahlsten and Wakemup.

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Continue your road trip

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 8 campgrounds near Lake Vermilion

Most popular first; within 15 miles of the shoreline.

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