Judge Magney State Park
Minnesota State Park
Write a Review 4051 East Highway 61 Grand Marais, MN 55604 218-387-6300 Official WebsiteGPS: 47.8175, -90.0538
Overview of Judge Magney State Park
A Minnesota State Parks vehicle permit is required for all vehicles entering state parks and state recreation areas. Daily or annual permits are available and may be purchased online, in-person, at self-service kiosks or by phone. Learn more: Minnesota State Park Vehicle Permit Information
Last Price Paid: $20
Reported by RT on 7/3/2023
Longest RV Reported: 21 feet (Class B)
Reported by Trekers on 7/22/2021
Number of Sites 27
Pad Type gravel
Reservations yes
Open Seasonally May - October
Elevation 623 ft / 189 m
Max Stay 14
Tent Camping Yes
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Reviews of Judge Magney State Park 5 people have reviewed this location.
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Last reported 6/26/2019
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Last reported 6/26/2019
Confirmed by 2 Users
Last reported 7/22/2021
“Good location for the things we wanted to do”
Reviewed 7/3/2023
| Nightly rate: | $20 |
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| Days stayed: | 2 |
| RV Length: | 20' (Travel Trailer) |
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Posting a current review, agree with everything from the last reviewer 7/22/21. The camp host was available during our stay and opened up his wifi for us since we didn't realize we wouldn't have service and forgot to look at our site number before we drove in. Later we saw the hot spot option by DNR offices on our way out. This was a... more
Posting a current review, agree with everything from the last reviewer 7/22/21. The camp host was available during our stay and opened up his wifi for us since we didn't realize we wouldn't have service and forgot to look at our site number before we drove in. Later we saw the hot spot option by DNR offices on our way out. This was about a 40 minute drive to the ferry to Isle Royale, and about the same to the MN high point hike, the two things that brought us to the area. The mosquitos were unbelievably bad in July, but the same is true everywhere up north. Fee was $20/night plus $7 transaction fee.
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RT would stay here again
This review is the opinion of a Campendium member and not of Campendium.com
“Pleasant rustic campground”
Reviewed 7/22/2021
| Nightly rate: | $20 |
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| Days stayed: | 3 |
| Site Number: | 5 |
| RV Length: | 21' (Class B) |
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This is a rustic state park with no electric sites, dump station or water source for RV tanks, as well as nearly non-existent cell service, but it's a pleasant getaway spot. It felt like a rustic forest campground but had amenities like a bathroom/shower house. Regarding water, there is drinking water available to fill containers, just... more
This is a rustic state park with no electric sites, dump station or water source for RV tanks, as well as nearly non-existent cell service, but it's a pleasant getaway spot. It felt like a rustic forest campground but had amenities like a bathroom/shower house. Regarding water, there is drinking water available to fill containers, just no hookup to fill RV tanks. They also have trash and recycling dumpsters available.
The sites are decent size; privacy depends on the site but most aren't crammed on top of each other. All sites are dirt/gravel and the roads are dirt so be prepared for some dust in dry conditions.
We saw mostly tents and smaller rigs but that's probably due to no electricity and no water source for RVs to fill from. Still, some sites were large enough for the Class As that were there.
Bathrooms were decent but be ready for push-button showers for water conservation. Another reviewer said they last 7 seconds but it's longer than that now. They run long enough to essentially do Navy showers, which works fine. Water never really hot but plenty warm enough to not be considered cold.
Each site has a picnic table and fire ring, plus firewood is available at the front office or at the camp host site (via self-service). Front office rarely staffed but there is a work garage and the DNR staff came through the campground regularly.
Little to no cell service on T-Mobile and Verizon, but there is a WiFi spot available near the DNR work garage.
It's nice that you can hike from the campground to Devil's Kettle and another waterfall (same trail), both of which were great.
Access is from Highway 61 down a relatively short dirt road We would stay here again.
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“Beautiful State Park”
Reviewed 6/28/2019
| Nightly rate: | $23 |
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| Days stayed: | 2 |
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There was no hookup, not even electric, and no cell service, but that didn’t matter to me. There was a bathhouse, recycling, lots of shade, firewood, friendly park rangers, and an awesome hike to Devil’s Kettle Falls. My only complaint... the push button lukewarm showers run for literally 7 seconds. They take water conservation very se... more
There was no hookup, not even electric, and no cell service, but that didn’t matter to me. There was a bathhouse, recycling, lots of shade, firewood, friendly park rangers, and an awesome hike to Devil’s Kettle Falls. My only complaint... the push button lukewarm showers run for literally 7 seconds. They take water conservation very seriously.
We were going to use this as a base to visit Isle Royale, but I made the fatal mistake of NOT reserving the ferry months in advance. (Frowny Face) Oh well...we saw Grand Portage NM and Split Rock Lighthouse SP instead. North Shore is just beautiful.
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Momonaroadtrip would stay here again
This review is the opinion of a Campendium member and not of Campendium.com
“Camping on Highway 61”
Reviewed 6/26/2019
| Nightly rate: | $21 |
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| Days stayed: | 1 |
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This is a no-frills campground right off Highway 61. There are no power hookups, though there is trash and recycling service, a shower building, and drinking water available. Privacy is hit or miss. The entire campground is covered on Google Street View, so you can virtually walk around the campground and pick a site, if that helps. Be... more
This is a no-frills campground right off Highway 61. There are no power hookups, though there is trash and recycling service, a shower building, and drinking water available. Privacy is hit or miss. The entire campground is covered on Google Street View, so you can virtually walk around the campground and pick a site, if that helps. Being so close to the highway, there is noise. This could be obnoxious in a tent, but probably is of little concern in an RV. Trucks passing by are extremely loud. I don't suggest staying here if you are sensitive to noise.
This park has excellent hiking, and it's also a great "home base" to explore the Arrowhead region, including the Superior National Forest, north to Grand Portage or south to Grand Marais, the Gunflint Trail, etc. I've also kept my trailer here and gone up to Thunder Bay or Sleeping Giant for a day-trip, not having to worry about which foods I can bring across the border.
Cell service in campground as of June 2019, without a booster:
Verizon: Unreliable, fluctuated between 1 bar LTE, to 1 bar 1x, to no service. Phone calls don't work. When I did have LTE, it speed tested at 187ms ping, 0.14mbps down, 0.09mbps up. You won't want to actively use it, but you should be able to get notifications, though possibly with a few minute delay during fluctuations.
AT&T: AT&T maintained 1 bar LTE with more stability than Verizon, but I struggled to get a data connection. Websites would not load at all. Attempted doing a speed test and it was preliminarily 0.03mbps with 805ms pings.
T-Mobile: Reliable and usable LTE connection, 53ms ping, 14.8mbps down, 1.1mbps up.
The above is without a booster of any kind. When I was here in 2017, I had an external antenna for my AT&T hotspot (not a booster, just an antenna) and I recall getting better AT&T performance.
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“No Verizon signal.”
Reviewed 9/28/2015
| Days stayed: | 0 |
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We pulled in here to try and get a spot for a night or two, but even after roaming the Campground a few times, employing the directional antenna and booster, we still didn't have usable signal.
For an off grid park it looked great, and its probably worth a short day trip if you can fit it in!
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Amenities
Hookups
- dry camping
Recreation
- picnic area
- recreation trail
Site Amenities
- fire ring
- picnic table
Facilities
- recycle
- restrooms: flush
- showers
- trash
- water available
Pets
- pets
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