Wakonda Lake Campground

We pulled in for one night while making our way back home to Minnesota. For $28, we had full hookups, a very large site, ok bathrooms, thankful for the hot shower and my kiddos even jumped in the cold lake. Great spot to rest for the night if you’re passing through!!

Great weather, enormous beautiful sites, trails, several small lakes - what's not to like??? There was some road noise (this might be less of an issue in the Boulder Lake loop). Just one other camper here my first night and only a few day users on the trails. Site #109 was particularly nice, next to a wooded area. There is a gravel operation just to the south but other than some distant rattling noise during the day it wasn't much of an issue either. The office staff was friendly and helpful - water available next to the office at a frost-free faucet, firewood in the office, and self-registration make it easy to extend my stay. While writing this I got 60 down & 26 up using5G T-Mobile, and on AT&T 68 down & 16 up on my 4G hotspot.

Sites are flat on pavement with full hookups without vegetation shade. There was little to do in walking distance. The adjoining sand and gravel sometimes was noisy.

Site 63 was a good choice for being close to trees and not too close to other sites. We were here in the early spring so we virtually had the place to ourselves. The site was pretty level. Large enough for our trailer (23 ft) but we would have had a hard time locating a spot to put up our Clam (screen house) unless we moved the picnic table. Other sites were pull through which could be a benefit. It would seem like if the campground was busy the sites might feel a bit close together. However, for our 1 night stay it worked really well. There definitely was some road noise, but not extremely loud just enough that you would know it was there.
We went to the nearby town to the brewery which was great. We will stay here for an overnight again.

I was really disappointed with Wakonda. It's a pretty enough park if you're looking for boating, I suppose... but I got there at noon and the boat rental place hadn't yet opened. Further, every trail I tried to hike started with the traditional "blazed in..." sign, but then no blazes were evident. The trail appeared to be a road, so not sure where the trail started from where the sign was located... all in all, it wasn't worth the trip for me.