We are planning a trip to the Wisconsin Deals next summer (2014). Is there a better time of the summer to go? Are there some suggestions for reasonable parks. Would prefer water and electric. Prefer more State Park-like than rv-resort like.Thanks for your suggestions!

Only familiar with this excellent park; http://koa.com/campgrounds/wisconsin-dells/

Devil's Lake State Park is about 25 min. away but an easy trip. Very nice state park with great scenery, hiking and swim/canoe lake. One of our all time favs! Book early, very large park but fills up fast.

Mirror Lake is another State Park, and all WI State parks are nice, including this one, but limited electric and no water/sewer hookups. Devils Lake is beautiful, but again no hookups, just limited electric. The KOA is right in town, and there are many more private parks around. This area gets busy from Memorial Day thru Labor Day. Book early if you want to be sure to get a nice spot.

Crimmps49 is correct, most have no water hookups. The Quartzite and Northern Lights campgrounds within Devil's Lake SP do have plentiful elec. sites though. None at the Ice Age campground.

+1 for Devil's Lake. Excellent beach for swimming and beautiful park.

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soricobob
Explorer
Dec 16, 2013
Only familiar with this excellent park; http://koa.com/campgrounds/wisconsin-dells/
tbred
Explorer II
Dec 16, 2013
Devil's Lake State Park is about 25 min. away but an easy trip. Very nice state park with great scenery, hiking and swim/canoe lake. One of our all time favs! Book early, very large park but fills up fast.
crimmps49
Explorer
Dec 16, 2013
Mirror Lake is another State Park, and all WI State parks are nice, including this one, but limited electric and no water/sewer hookups. Devils Lake is beautiful, but again no hookups, just limited electric. The KOA is right in town, and there are many more private parks around. This area gets busy from Memorial Day thru Labor Day. Book early if you want to be sure to get a nice spot.
tbred
Explorer II
Dec 16, 2013
Crimmps49 is correct, most have no water hookups. The Quartzite and Northern Lights campgrounds within Devil's Lake SP do have plentiful elec. sites though. None at the Ice Age campground.
Liltippy
Explorer
Dec 16, 2013
+1 for Devil's Lake. Excellent beach for swimming and beautiful park.
Matt_Colie
Explorer II
Dec 16, 2013
I has been so long that I don't remember where we stayed, but if you are near the Dells, go down the road to the Circus Museum in Baraboo. That is what I call a 1 hour stop. What I mean by 1 hour is, if you are within an hour's travel, divert and stop there. You will spend more than an hour there, particularly if you are in season when they run a little 1 ring (free with admission).

Matt
Dick_B
Explorer
Dec 16, 2013
Did you search this Forum in the RV Parks section for `wisconsin dells'?
EsoxLucius
Explorer
Dec 16, 2013
State Parks will only have electric sites, no water hookup, and some will have dump stations onsite or nearby. Rocky Arbor State Park is very nice and pretty close to the Dells. There are also Buckhorn and Roche A Cri, very nice but a little drive from the Dells. White Mound Park in Hillpoint has electric sites, some distance from the Dells. Castle Rock and Petenwell County Parks in Adams County are busy and a ways from the Dells. There is a Castle Rock County Park in Juneau County as well.
rvten
Explorer
Dec 16, 2013
As a non WI. Resident. You will pay more than a WI. resident in state parks.
Almost Equal to what you will pay at a private park.

Just Google WI. RV parks.
FLman2
Explorer
Dec 16, 2013
Spent a night last Sept in a rv park in Lake Delton, Pretty nice place, far enough from the freeway so there was no noise, close to many of the things to do in the Dells. Can't remember the name of it, but if in area would stay there again.