Holden Campground

My husband and I have stayed here the past three years while visiting the area for Blues On The Chippewa. It's a basic campground (vault toilets, non potable water, carry in/carry out) but just the type of camping we enjoy. However, plans for a shower house/plumbed toilets are in the works! A camp host site was added this year, but no one was actually occupying the spot during our stay, which bummed us out because it's literally the best/only secluded site. We had site 7 this year and were happy with the shade cover, but if camp is full, your neighbors will be close no matter which sìte you have. We only walked the trail near site 11 along the wooden 'fence' path to the lake park on the other side, but more trails are available. Online booking is easy and sites were marked with names/stay

I enjoyed my time here! Camped during the week and had it all to myself. Nice and quiet with some nice views. The electric is a plus! There is a light that stays on all night by the toilets.. Looks like they got new picnic tables and fire pits. Lots of bird noises, day and night! Can hear the frogs from the lake too. There is a steep drive down to it…RVers. Again, this was during the week and it is tight quarters so take that into mind.

Pros: It's a quiet, little campground. There were a couple other people there besides me so that's perfect The picnic tables are new as well as the fire rings. There is a trail that goes to the lake, so that was nice. The views in that area are amazing! Cons: As I took a walk around, I noticed the fire rings don't get cleaned out so there was garbage in quite a few of them. It is a carry in/carry out campground so that means no dumpster. Plan accordingly. They have pit toilets so naturally they smell and there's lots of flies. I don't recommend walking around barefoot. We had a lot of broken glass at our site. Overall, despite the icky toilets and garbage, we will be back.

Came for Blues on the River and was pleasantly surprised by the recently updated sites and restroom area. Quiet and peaceful and I enjoyed the Owl at night. We were in site 15.

Immediately after exiting our vehicle we were swarmed by mosquitoes. We arrived to find this place full of drunk teenagers/twenty somethings. The fire ring was full of empty beer cans. Large breed dogs were not restrained properly. Someone was in the spot that we had reserved. We tried moving to a spot that was open to find out that the electric didn’t work (which is why the other people took our spot). We tried calling the number but only got a county line…no answer, no help. The site didn’t have water…the communal water had a warning on it “due to nitrate contamination, this water should not be consumed by children, pets or pregnant women”. We left for a nicer camp ground The Great River Harbor. I understand that this was a low cost place, but I wouldn’t have stayed if they pai