State Forest camping?

[Carp-fisher]

Hi all,

A friend of mine in the park service told me that primitive camping is allowed anywhere in Minnesota state forests. Is this true? And if so, is it free? Thanks in advance.

[bbqhead]

yep and yep... if you can get in there by not destroying

anything you can. this is in state forests, dont know about

state parks. just be advised about camp fires, i think you

would have to have a fire ring of some sort.

randy

randy

[ellroy2]

I would doubt any State Park would allow primitive camping. I'm sure State Forests vary by state, but I belive National Forests allow primitive camping.

[DitchPickle13]

Yeah, it's ok. It's not encouraged, but it's legal. The regs just say to apply the "leave it as you found it" policy. Again, I'm referring to MN State Forests; there is also a seperate set of reg's for State Parks.

[fishermn]

Yep, you definitely can do this. If you do, please follow the principles of Leave No Trace.

As mentioned above State Parks are a differnt story. I believe in most state parks you can only camp in established sites. I know that is definitely true in all the state parks along the superior hiking trail.

[big bog bobby]

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I would doubt any State Park would allow primitive camping. I'm sure State Forests vary by state, but I belive National Forests allow primitive camping.

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The relatively new Big Bog State Park at Waskish, MN, has some primitive camping areas located along the Tamarack River, about a 1/4 mile from the regular campground and within easy walking distance of the beautiful sand beach and the campground's hot showers...

You can get more information be calling the Park Ranger office at the Big Bog Park directly... I doubt the statewide reservation office would have information on this feature...

Good luck.

bbb