Bear Head Lake State Park — Attraction in Bear Head Lake

Beautiful Campground. We stayed at site 56e and loved that there was a dock just across the road and a short, 50 or so step, walk to the lake from our campsite. The bathroom/shower house appeared to be new and the showers were nice and warm! Fabulous smoke free fire pits at each of the campsites too! We saw deer walking through the campgrounds, and through our site, every day during our stay. We saw fireflies, heard loons and owls and toads in the evening.

The only negatives I can share have nothing to do with the park. Apparently, this has been an especially buggy/mosquito year so far. I would encourage anyone planning on spending time outside of your camper or tent to bring mosquito netting, bug spray and clothing that covers anything you don’t want to get bitten. It was bad. We broke out the thermacell mosquito repellent device and it saved us at our campsite. We are buying the thermacell devices that clip on for future visits to the area after this trip :)

The campsites are pretty close together but it wasn’t an issue as far as privacy, there’s plenty of greenery between campsites. The issue we had was regarding noise of a neighboring camper, specifically, their use of what I can only imagine was a fan on full blast or air conditioner or generator? It was loud enough that once turned on we were unable to hear the sounds of nature just the rumble of whatever it was they turned on. Kind of a bummer but we were able to hear well prior to the mechanical interruption….

Overall, we will definitely be back, likely in the fall and crossing our fingers for a hard frost before...

The park has two separate campgrounds--one electric and another primitive. There are also several backpack sites and several cabins. The electric sites are not very tent friendly as it is difficult to find an area not covered in gravel. They also tend to flood with any significant amount of rain so precautions should be made when setting up a tent. The non-electric sites have plenty of non-gravel areas for tents and have a very north woods feel to them. The electric sites are very suitable for an RV or trailer, but we warned that the road leading in is very twisty with several sharp corner and hill combinations. The sites are spaced far enough apart that you don't see your neighbors on your sides.

The walk along the lake is studded with trails, docks, and benches for plenty of peaceful lake viewing. There are plenty of places for peaceful solitude, yoga, or contemplation. The fishing dock can get a bit crowded around dinner and sunset. The trails are well maintained but there are not many to choose from.

Their firewood is cheaper than some parks ($6) and the bundles were about 50% bigger than some of the other parks. They also have 6lb cube bags and 12lb flat ice blocks for $3 each.

Expect plenty of pine trees, loon calls all day and evening, and only a few mosquitos. The black flies were more numerous than the mosquitos in mid August but neither were a nuisance. Don't expect a hammock spot in the electric sites, but the non-electric sites have many...

Great camp ground. Clean and updated facilities. The lake has 10 mph speed limit, so we fished without being bothered by speed boats or jet skis. Despite the campground being at 100% capacity there was only a handful or less of other watercrafts on the lake at any given time. I'm guessing most other campers were using their tubes and skis on the other nearby lakes like Vermillion or Eagles Nest. We parked our boat near the landing so we didn't need to maneuver it in and out of the campsite. There's also several little docks opposite the boat landing so we could tie up to them and take a short walk up t the trail to our site for lunch.

If you're taking children fishing we recommend the more northern edge of the far west end. The kids will catch sunnies and perch all day long, and you can catch quite a few northern.

We were in 31e, right next to the showers and water. The only thing we would have changed if we could is the location of the fire ring. It was at the front of the site near the road between the vehicle entrance and the path to...