Rice Lake

Vane Plun

We reserved a cart-in camp site for one night (thankful that it was only one night). First off it is hard to tell from the online picture but our camp site was veryyyyyy close to the next site, like 5 ft or less. Thankfully our neighbors were respectful. We were grabbing twigs that were on the ground, within our campsite, and used a mini foldable hand saw to cut a bigger piece of wood that was on the ground. We immediately get a call saying that someone reported that we were cutting down live trees…we were not cutting anything alive nor disturbing the wooded area. We were lectured and told to not go into the woods, stay on the path. Isn’t being able to venture around kind of the point of camping? We had bought 3 packs of firewood ($8 each 😑) so it’s not like we were trying to get out of buying wood but whatever. So that was a rough start. Not sure if this is standard but the lights in the bathroom do not work at night, don’t know if I’ve been playing too many horror video games, but that was scary lol When we tried to go to sleep there were industrial sounds that were SO LOUD. Beeping like trucks backing up, planes flying overhead, it sounded like a construction zone. NOT the sounds I expect to hear when camping. Thankfully I had earplugs but what a bummer. The two stars were for the view and the scenery. I won’t be back to this state park though.

Ash Lindquist (Luminash Images)

Hiking Club trail is still accessible but muddy on several spots. Not too buggy. Would recommend compared to other parks in the area right now.

Wyatt W. Penke

Smaller park that's just OK. Nothing special to this park. Not much for any hiking trails or views but has a small day use area. No swimming or fishing. Campground is small and cramped. Park is very quiet.

Robert

For hiking, I thought it was a good park. There was hiking along the lake through a prairie area and quite a bit of woodland areas. I think if you hit it at the right time this fall, there would be some very beautiful colors. The bathrooms probably could use a bit of an upgrade though.

Lindsay S

The campsites is small. There is no dump station. And the park itself is small. However! The hike is a nice stroll to the park where you can fish and the campsites are decent sized. And if you like small parks this would be a good one. But for use to drive a long way we would rather go somewhere else. But still it's a state park and they are amazing We did have a large storm come through and storms can always be fun. But this one we lost our canopy and the site got slightly flooded. The kids loved puddle jumping. But IDK if I cared for it

Ray Brown

We loved our time at this park several weeks ago with family. We also enjoyed the trails.

renee hedin

Horrible. Just because it rains doesn't mean your campsite floods. But ours sure did. Had nothing but mud to walk in for a week. No one ever in the office so we couldn't even get a different site. Won't go back

Dawn Borrett

Quiet, wooded spaces, birds, trails and only a short drive from the cities. No dump station or water for campers. Electric and non electric sites. Enjoyed this park quite a lot.

Rob Guenther

Great playground and picnic area. Great hiking trails. Had a great time. Will have to come back and camp sometime.

Brian Baysinger

Great peaceful place