Echo Lake Campground — Hotel in Ely

Echo Lake is in the middle of nowhere, but that is one of the things I loved about it. We camped in the middle of August and only 4 other sites were occupied. The camp host went above and beyond to make sure we enjoyed our stay and even delivered firewood to our site when we arrived late Sunday afternoon so we didn't have to drive back to town. We stayed here as a base for our day trip to Voyageurs National Park and took the Echo Trail out as we headed to the North Shore. Such a cool drive (dirt road). Perfect location and scenery and would love to make...

This is a great campsite! We stayed up here when we visited Voyageurs National Park. It was pretty spacious and since we went up in May when it was still a little chilly, it was really private. There were only 3 other groups there. It was VERY buggy, so come prepared. The blue jays in the area also like to talk in the morning. It has a nice beach and playground, and a dumpster by the boat landing. The toilets are pit toilets, but were in nice shape. This is a great place to stay as long as you...

Some sites are first come, first serve - yet even on Fourth of July weekend we were able to snag one. Very clean and such an amazing camp host.

Do NOT forget bug spray, the mosquitoes eventually died down at night (with help from the spray a neighbor gave us & smoke from...