Voyageurs National Park Camping Permits in MN -- Campground & RV Camping

Voyageurs National Park features a vast network of water-based and interior campsites spread across 218,054 acres of northern Minnesota lakes and boreal forest. Frontcountry sites on Rainy, Kabetogama, Namakan, and Sandpoint lakes require watercraft access and feature tent pads, fire rings, picnic tables, bear lockers, and privies. Backcountry sites on interior lakes require a boat trip to a trailhead, a hike, and include an on-site canoe for lake navigation. Primitive hike-in mainland sites along the Kab-Ash Trail offer cleared tent areas and fire rings.

Getting there: VEHICLE:Voyageurs National Park is approximately 5 hours north of Minneapolis-St. Paul on I-35 and Hwy 53, 3 hours north of Duluth on Hwy 53, and 4 hours south from Winnipeg, Manitoba. PLANE: Falls International Airport is located in International Falls, Minnesota. Taxi service and rental cars are available here. Most flights entering the area will pass through the larger Minneapolis-St. Paul airport located around 5 hours south of Voyageurs National Park.PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION: There is no public transportation to Voyageurs National Park. No bus lines or passenger trains serve this area.

• Little separation from through roads or other sites here, a 160-site campground with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
• Sits on broad, near-level ground.
• Estimated night sky: Bortle 5, a rural sky with a glow on the horizon.
• Open country, with nothing named rising within 30 miles.
• Mostly tent-only sites, with 14 hike-in sites and 142 boat-in sites.

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