Lac qui Parle Upper Campground

Lake view sites, great hiking g right out of the campground. We visited during the week in October and has no problem picking the perfect site with a "day of" reservation.

The bluff top makes watching the sunset easy from this campground. The wind keeps the bugs down by the river. I wish that the trail from this campground connected with the trails in the lower part of the park. Its very odd that they don't connect.

The Upper Campground is spacious, on open prairie with few trees. Unfortunately there were too many clouds for much stargazing, but we did catch the Northern Lights! After quiet hours some of the other campers were quite loud and their kids were armed with military grade flashlights, but I understand that's beyond the park staff's control. We heard and saw quite a bit of water fowl on the state hike. Lots of places for fishing, and there's a bait shop nearby. The office staff were very friendly and helpful, and the kiddos loved exploring the interpretive center. The showers were very busy, but still took several cycles to heat up and the water pressure wasn't enough to wash sand from my littles' hair. We picked up quite a bit of trash along the park near the swimming beach, but otherwise

Nice campground (someday) right now it is mostly an open field. The upper campground is relatively new and it looks like they are setting it up to have nice privacy in the sites. The shower room is a bit small for the number of sites. There is only 2 toilets for the guys, but those 2 rooms are also unisex and have showers in them - so if you're a guy, be prepared to use the vault toilets on busy weekends. The sunset sky is amazing here overlooking the waterway. The hiking trails are more walking than hiking right now, but the old lower campground (that is permanently closed for camping) is still open for day use and has some nice trails - if you don't mind a short drive to get there. If you go to the lower camp you have to visit the map room - you truly get the scale of how huge the waterw

Nice State Park. A little open for my tastes, but it is an R.V Park for sure. We stayed in one of their cabins over Halloween weekend. Thankfully it had great heat! I wish my camera could have done the night sky justice. It was so dark and you could see every star. Absolutely stunning!