“Enjoy an Unadulterated View of the Lake!”
Father Hennepin State Park is located on the southeast shore of Mille Lacs Lake. Visitors enjoy a large sandy beach for swimming, two boat accesses, fishing piers and picnic sites with a panoramic view of the lake. The park's 320 acres include two campgrounds and hiking trails that wind through a hardwood forest and along the rocky shoreline of Mille Lacs. The park's original vegetation was northern hardwoods mixed with marsh areas and pines along the lake. The hardwoods provide shade during the summer and spectacular color in the fall. Father Hennepin State Park is home to a variety of wildlife. Hawks, ospreys, owls, and eagles are common. The tracks of beaver, racoon, mink and deer are often seen in the soft earth or snow. Northern pike, walleye, bluegills, sunfish and bass are found in the lake. The aspen stands and small clearings are excellent for ruffed grouse. Squirrels and chipmunks thrive in maple and oak stands. The small ponds and streams provide homes for amphibians and insects, which in turn attract larger fish, birds and mammals. The park is named after Father Louis Hennepin, a priest who visited the area with a French expedition in 1680. Hennepin is not thought to have been in the exact location of the park, but the park is named after him because he was the first to write extensively about the Mille Lacs area. He called the area Louisiana, in honor of France's King Louis XIV. In the spring of 1680, they met a group of Dakota Indians, and accompanied them to their villages, about 15 miles from today's Father Hennepin State Park. Throughout the experience, Father Hennepin kept a journal describing the lakes, rivers, landscapes, and lifestyle of his hosts, the Mdewakanton Dakota. In 1683, the French published his writings in the book, Description of Louisiana.
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Confirmed by 2 users | Last reported on May 14, 2018AT&T 4G
Confirmed by 1 users | Last reported on June 20, 2019Reviews
A very nice well kept small SP with good boating access to the southeast end of this famous lake.
C/G is not overly big, but sites are well spaced and not too heavily treed. Pads are gravel, roadway asphalt. This could be a very busy place on summer weekends or during school summer vacation periods.
I am not a big fan of SP camping because of costs relative to value received compaired to NF, NP, BLM and COE camping. This c/g is an exception with the above caviets.
Last time we were here was 9/10/01 and here was nobody around the office to check us out. It took us several hours down the road to realize what was going on in NYC and DC. We returned 9/29/15 and the memory still hurts!
Nightly Rate: $31.00
Days Stayed: 1
Site Number: 53
RV Length: 28 ft
RV Type: Travel Trailer
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Verizon 4G
Beautiful trees, great lakeside camping, clean bathrooms and showers, friendly rangers, fishing, swimming beach, all sorts of goodies to buy in the ranger station, the only thing this park lacks is long trails to hike. I loved it.
Nightly Rate: $30.00
Days Stayed: 1
Site Number: 7
RV Length: 17 ft
Cell Coverage Rating
Verizon 4G
I lived in the area of Mille Lacs Lake (Worked in Garrison and lived in Brainerd) in a previous life. Knew of the park and this was a first. I enjoyed it very much!
The Park is located next to the town of Isle. It has hardware store, grocery store, a bakery, liquor store, a couple bars, with a couple gas stations and a Dollar General down the road. You could pretty much find anything you may have left behind.
The park is well maintained. The ranger station is down the road from the entrance. There are 2 campgrounds with power (Lake View with 51 and 9 at Maple Grove). I was in lot 52 at Lake View and had close access to water, showers and flush toilets. Pit toilets were nearby as well.
Shower/flush toilets are cleaned every day at 10am and are pretty clean through the day. There is a HOST on site that sells firewood as well as the ranger station. Lake access for boats with a beach further down the entrance road. Fishing docks for those without boats.
The lots have plenty of room for putting out your CLAM awning and attached screen room. Permanent fire ring and picnic table at each site. The ground on some sites are not very level and I had to use all my leveling blocks for my site to get close to being level (almost a foot up).
Pretty much quiet for a fully booked campground that weekend.
Nightly Rate: $31.00
Days Stayed: 4
Site Number: 52e
RV Length: 19 ft
RV Type: Travel Trailer
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AT&T 4G
Loved hiking, lake and Friendly People. As Well As The Local Bakery A 1.5 Mile Jog From The Campsite.
Nightly Rate: $40.00
Days Stayed: 1
Site Number: -
Father Hennepin State Park is located on the southeast corner of Mille Lacs Lake and is named after a priest who passed explored the area with a French expedition in 1680. The Park features a nice campground right on the shores of Mille Lacs with outdoor recreation including boating, swimming, fishing, picnicking, wildlife viewing, hiking, biking, cross-country skiing and hunting.
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Wheelchair Accessible
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Credit Cards Accepted
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- State park or forest
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- 15
- Last Nightly Rate
- 40.0
- Longest Vehicle Length Reported
- 28 ft
- Lowest Nightly Rate
- 25.0
- Max Stay
- 14
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- Year Round
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- Year Round
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Fifty Amp
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Dump Station
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Open Seasonally
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Age Restricted
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Firewood
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