White Fox Campground

I recommend staying at the Big Island Campground, not White Fox. I wrote a detailed comparison of the two on that page. To summarize, White Fox has little privacy, isn't near trails, and has loud highway noise. If you can't get into Big Island, it's still worth staying here because the park has lots to do and you can always drive to one of the several parking lots to go hiking.

Web site does not show vehicle charges. Camp fee starts at $29 then +$$$

This is a state park so I only had to pay the $21/night non electric fee because I had an annual state park sticker. The site was small and open to neighbors. There was just enough room in the sites driveway to back my 23ft trailer and quad cab truck into. The potable water and sewer water didn’t have hoses just a spicket. I didn’t have reservations just showed up and got a site. The road into the park has a deep dip/ bump that has a sign warning you. It wasn’t bad going in but really bad coming out so make sure you’re going slow.

Wood campsites can be a bit iffy in MN in the summer but this was very good all the way around. The other campground in this park was quite buggy so we were glad this wasn't bad.

The wildlife viewing was awesome! We saw tons of deer and more. The bird view was really fun.

There is a paved bike trail that connects the park to Albert Lea which is really nice. There is also a bunch of mixed use trails that were fun to mountain bike on. Every where we went we saw wildlife.

While we didn't stay at a hike in site I did ride to one and they look awesome.

The campground bathrooms and showers were excellent. Lots of showers (8 I think).

There is a dump station too.

While the park is on a lake, I did not see a beach. There is a boat launch.

The hiking and biking was very fun. The sites are very quiet and private.

Well spaced, clean, and Tree covered. Could use more gravel, none in the camp site! Very muddy.

Great space between sites. Electric only. Trees and lushness. Bugs not bad. My kids loved it on a Friday night, not crowded and were able to kick a soccer ball around and throw the frisbee given the space between sites. Checkin was a breeze and neighbors were primarily families. Conveniently off the highway but far enough that it is very quiet.

I would suggest picking a site by calling. Some look like they could get muddy with rain. We were in site 58E which was dry.

This is a nice well-kept campground. That is a mix of primitive and electric only sites.. sites are spacious with most having trees between each of the campsites for privacy. And her in number of water stations in each camping loop where you can fill up your RV as well as an RV dump station that has a separate spigot for water fill also. There are a couple of primitive vault toilets as well as a restroom and shower facility in between both loops. The reservation was $24 a night but when you get to the office to check in you also have to purchase a $7 per day vehicle permit so that you can drive your personal vehicle and the park. So with I told vehicle and the additional vehicle it was an extra $14 per night. Oh no it's a really nice campground I'll be a little pricey for primitive camping. We're averaging 10 to 12 Mbps on T-Mobile and probably about the same for Verizon.

This campground is near the lake but without direct access. The sites ate spacious. About a quarter have electricity. The biffies are clean and there are showers. Many hiking and biking trails are close by. Sites are gravel. Many are fairly level.

We arrived after an 8 hour drive. Having never been here before, I relied on the website to find a spot that had NO shade so we could put up our star link without interference. A lesson learned for me was to inspect the site before unhitching the camper. Not only was the “no shade” site overgrown with low hanging branches, 3 foot high grass, and dirt pad outside our camper door, we had great difficulty getting reception for Starlink. We had to park on the grass to get decent reception. But the next morning there was someone cutting down the 3 foot high grass around our site and then left a note on our windshield saying we needed to move off the grass. I called the office and explained our situation, but since we were unhitched and only here for 2 nights there was no sense in moving. My takeaway is always inspect your site (including the electrical box- it had exposed wires and looked as if someone started to repair it) before unhitching.

Entrance was $7.00 for the car. Not too pricey, I don't think.
Campgrounds were nice. And for a Saturday night all was quiet by 10:00.
Bathrooms and showers were much better than expected for a state park. I guess Minnesota does it better than most if this is the standard.
Gorgeous skies at night and a nice pair of binoculars brought the ridges and craters of the moon to a close up view.
The morning hike at sunrise was incredible. Deer were out and "posed" for us to take a few pictures. The view of the lake was beautiful. Steam rising, reflection made it hard to tell which way was up, and the birds that were there to greet us were yellow as the sun.
I would recommend this place to anyone comfortable with car camping.