McIntosh State Park is a small. but nice park. on Clear Lake in the town of Ventura. It has a boat…read morelaunch area, camping sites and trails. The entry area is planted with prairie plants. It is very inviting. If you are looking for a camp site, hiking, picnicking or boating in the Clear Lake area, check out this State Park!

Wow, what a wonderful surprise to pull off hwy 35 after miles of farming fields and land in this…read morelush green campground. Filled with huge shade trees and grass I was so happy to be in the woods. Lots of peaceful trails that have been mowed, take you deeper into and under the canopy of trees and ferns. I know most people probably camp here for the lake, but for me it is all about being in nature. Lots of frogs along the grassy shoreline, bunnies in the open grass areas and plenty of birds. $16 is a great deal for sites with electricity. Happy to be here.

Love this place. We stay there 1 night, every year, on the way home from vacation in MN. Quiet…read more Clean. Beautiful little spot. Always nice guests.

We're still traveling across the States. Passing through Ellenton, Mn. Crystal Springs RV Park…read moreis one of the nicest private RV Parks we've been in. Reasonably priced, Very clean, very quiet and nicely landscaped. Met Kurt, son of the owner- what a super friendly guy. There is a nice walking path around the lake. All the RV spaces are gravel, spacious, wide for parking our tow, and with a portion of grass. It was easy to maneuver our 43 ft Class A Coach. We backed into spot #7, for two nights. Perfect !! Very nice. YES....highly recommended!!

Love that it is very much being in nature. If you are looking for a place where you hear owls…read morehooting at night, this is for you. There are horseshoes, volleyball, basketball and a playground. If you are looking for a resort with tons of amenities, this is not for you.

lovely and quiet place - well worth the 5 miles off the I-90. Google maps shows three entrances…read moreof 890th st. Don't use the southernmost one because it actually belongs to the neighbor not the campground.

Nice little hidden campground on the edge of Clear Lake. The campground is only 3 years old. The…read moreonly downfall is that it's a seasonal campground. No weekly or weekend stays. Only 6 months stays and you pay up front. Most sites are big enough for big rigs. All back in. They only have about 6 sites that are pull-thru. All sites have 50 amps and water. No laundry facilities in the campground, but they are planning to build one in the near future. All lakes are stocked with fish to go fishing. Bring your kayak or paddle boat to enjoy the peaceful settings. There is a long hiking trail that goes around the lakes. Very beautiful. They have a small basketball court and playground for kids to enjoy. Again, it's a pretty new campground so they are still building and working around the RV sites.

From the owner: We are a seasonal campground open every year from April 15th - October 15th! We have amazing…read morefishing ponds, sandy beach area, bath house, beautiful waling trails, basketball court, playground & more...

wonderful campground. only downfall was our trailer site didn't have gravel. causes ruts in the…read moregrass when rainy, as it was when we were there. lots of wildlife. I about got ran over by two young deer. they hang out in the park. there ws a giant turtle and a little turtle. lots of deer throughout the park. the bathrooms were awesome. shower rooms with doors. the water is comfortable temperature and stays on for a decent amount of time. the ca.pgrpund host Pam is phenomenal.!!! very helpful and takes pride in the park. I saw her out and about constantly. We will definitely be back.

A Peaceful park with an observation tower and fishing pond. Saw a rafter of turkeys crossing the…read moreroad.

Well where do I start? We spend 7 days on vacation at the Flying Goose Campground! The staff is…read moreamazing, the owners literally brought us over beer as a gift on our last night as we had run out and asked if they sold any, they said no then gifted us a couple. They have so much to offer the lake is awesome, we were able to use the rec room on rainy days and they have all the facilities you need. It's a very clean campground and we enjoyed every day we stayed there. This is a little gem in the middle of corn fields and it's awesome! Thank you for everything from the Miller family ! We will be back, you guys are so awesome!

In August 2025 we had a reservation to stay one night at this establishment. Delays required a…read morelate check in, so we contacted management. Arrival time was after dark. The owner went out of his way to map our route into the campground with orange cones, videotaped the route and texted it to us. He went above and beyond to help reach our site after 10pm. Great service!!!! In the light of day, the campground was clean, quiet and a beautiful setting. Highly recommended!!

One of the nicest camp sites we've ever stayed in! Camp host was great. 2 week limit then must…read moreleave for 72 hours before moving back. NO RSVP's taken, 1st come, first serve so people paid for spaces all week but didn't show up till weekend. Pretty open during week but busy weekends & packed out holidays! Wifi didn't work but great Verizon coverage. Check website. Loved this place! We camped at Frank Gotch State Park in a Motorhome.

Great little campground close to town. Nice hosts. Clean &…read moretidy. Stayed a week. I love the area! Big Rig Friendly. All pull thru sites . Welll thought out campground. I would give 5 stars if they had a pool & maybe some activities.

We had a really nice stay four times at what we think is a very nice campground (Oakwood…read moreCampground, Clear Lake, Iowa) with great pull through sites with full hookup. We thought we were getting along fine with the management and they had not informed us of any issues. Mind you this was the first that we knew of any problem after staying 4 times in one summer. We are, basicly, rule followers and have never had a problem over many decades of camping. We respect that it entails a lot of hard work to run a campground well. We acknowledge that we were wrong and made a mistake. We overstayed past noon without asking for an extension. Management approached us very agitated, accused us of overstaying and planning to winterize. She did not accept our apology, our explanation that we were not winterizing on the campground property or our offer to pay. The other half of the management then stopped in his pickup truck and yelled. "This better not ever happen again." I went to visit with him to tell him we were sorry and did not mean to intentionally frustrate or anger them. I apologized again as my husband and daughter had. I shared that we really enjoyed the campground. He did not want to visit with me and kept saying, "We are not going to talk about this."He blamed us for coming in too close to closing time twice. Apparently, 15 minutes prior to closing is too late. Blamed us for not reading the rules (we had). Blamed us for planning to winterize (he would not listen to find out we were not planning to winterize). We have never winterized in a campground. We sent a check for more than our over stay and they sent it back voided. Mind you we had had no unkind words with this couple previous to this situation. We were the ones being yelled at and unable to visit civilly with them. We tried. We did not yell or act belligerently towards either of them. I expect management to be able to inform us of a mistake we made in a civil manner not in a belligerent or threatening manner. I also expect to be able to do the right thing to make amends if we are wrong and have made a mistake.

Spent a weekend camping & hiking here and it's lovely! This state park occupies a large swath of…read morethe coastline of Lake Albert Lea, and is very convenient to the city of Albert Lea and 35-W. As such, this is a very easy park to get to. I camped in one of the two large drive-in campgrounds, both of which are very well-appointed with amenities. There are drinking water faucets distributed liberally throughout the campgrounds, and there are large restroom facilities at each, which are kept clean and have plenty of toilets, sinks, and showers. They even have little stations to plug in devices to charge them. Probably my biggest gripe with this park is that the restroom facilities are so brightly lit, right next to where the campsites are, that it strongly impacts the outdoorsy ambience. Many campers might not mind that & might even prefer it. But between that and the audible proximity to the Interstate, I prefer to feel a little more isolated. I saw lots of big trailers plugged into outlets, and there are also group camps, rentable cabins, and backpacking sites. I definitely want to return here to try one of those backpacking sites along the east side of the lake. Speaking of the lake, I did spot a number of fishing and canoeing options being taken advantage of. With all the beautiful lakefront area here, this is a really cool place for that kind of activity. I was surprised that the office wasn't staffed when i arrived mid-afternoon on a Saturday in June (2022) to check in; I wasn't able to get my hands on a physical map, and I had to put cash in an envelope to get some firewood. But other than that, it felt like a well-staffed park. All things considered, I will defintely return from the Twin Cities, and if it's more convenient to where you live, you can consider that a good thing! EDIT: I did indeed return two weeks later and try out a packpacking site. Loved it! It's way more remote over there. Really beautiful and lots of cool, well-posted trails. There was a big stash of firewood they'd prepared for free; do they do that for everyone? It's great! You can get to all the backpacking sites via canoe. Bumping my rating from 4 stars to 5!

Beautiful, large park with trails for walking and bike trails. Wetland areas, big trees, and well…read moremaintained public areas

Very nice place by a river for RV and Tent camping! We dropped in and the owner was very nice! Our…read moresite was well maintained with a fire pit. Every site has electrical and water. The showers were camping clean. Nice facilities. I would definitely stay here again!