Bear Head Lake State Park

Category: State park

Address: 9301 Bear Head State Park Rd, Ely, MN 55731, USA

Phone: +12182352520

Reviews

Rebecca Gorton

Jul 19, 2022

Beautiful closest to the boundary waters experience you can get with all the amenities, clean pit toilets, showers, heated cabins, great fishing and boat rentals!! Beautiful hiking trails. Just bring your bug spray :)

Luke Gorski

Jul 6, 2022

Amazing. Not a whole lot of mosquitoes like some of the other parks in the area. It might've just been the breeze, but the only places I found mosquitoes were on the east side of the Becky Lake loop and the north side of Blueberry Lake. The rest of the park was pretty pest free. There are some great spots on the front of the hiking club loop to see the lake. If you are on that trail and see an unmarked spur, go down it.

Ryan Just

Aug 27, 2021

Camped here for 3 nights. Very nice campground and park. Beach, campground, lots of canoe area and hiking trails. They also have canoe rental at the park. Ely not far and there is alot to do in the immediate area. Would definitely camp/explore there any time. Beautiful place.

Ashley Pieri

Jul 18, 2021

Absolutely amazing. The lake has the clearest water, the sites are beautiful, and there are so many animals you will encounter. The fishing is wonderful and the boat rentals are cheap as well. The wood bundles are huge and the rangers are so helpful. We will be back no matter what.

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Questions & Answers

Is there showers?

Daniel Overline | Jul 17, 2018
Bob Ragsdale | Jul 18, 2018

yes. the facilities are quite nice.

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Are any of the rv sites on the lake? It is nice to be able to enjoy the lake view from your camp site.

Dave Lauzon | Jul 16, 2020
Kaija Roy | Jul 17, 2020

Sites 51 through 58 are the closest sites to the lake, although they are separated from it by the road.

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Any road construction

Michael Slade | Jul 17, 2018
Jan Sinna | Jul 18, 2018

Headed east on 169 from Tower there is about 3 miles under construction before park road and headed west from Ely there is about 3 miles of construction before park road. No real problems or delays either direction

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DO THE CAMPER CABINS HAVE THEIR OWN BATHROOM..?

Gayle Fadden-Keffer | Jan 17, 2021
Ali Long | Jan 18, 2021

No, there are shared latrines nearby the cabins.

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How do you get in to the camper cabin if there is no one on duty? Reserved one for this week, but I didn't get any instructions

kristina semler | Oct 19, 2020
Ron Chav | Oct 20, 2020

There's always a Park Ranger on site.

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Do all site have water?

Mark Mertens | Oct 19, 2020
Dennls Griffin | Oct 20, 2020

They have three working water spigot. One is the hand pump and the others are at the RV dump station and the park check in station. NO individual water at any sites.

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Are there any tent sites that are on the lake to keep a boat or do you have to launch each time? Which tent sites are best?

Gayle Yatckoske | Aug 20, 2020
Kathy Motz | Aug 21, 2020

The sites in the campground are not on waters edge but some are close to the lake. There are several paths to the lake with docks spread out around the campground where you can leave your boat in the water. They do have one watercraft site that you get to by boat that overlooks the lake. It's a beautiful park with good fishing too!

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Is there phone service to make calls, or post on Instagram?

Echo Trout | Jul 16, 2020
Ron Jenko | Jul 17, 2020

I mostly had service with both Straight Talk and Verizon, it is spotty but had enough to check radar, play a online game and my hot spot worked to stream Netflix.

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Can we use a crock pot in a camper cabin?

Marcia Schwartz | Jul 16, 2020
Ron Jenko | Jul 17, 2020

https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_parks/camper_cabins.html /Per the DNR web site you can only cook inside cabins with Crock-Pots and coffee pots. Not all camper cabins have electric either, so make sure you know which one you have when making reservations.

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