Camping Near Fargo-Moorhead With Kids
From a first backyard-style night in town to real lakeside sites — where to pitch the tent.
You don't have to drive to the mountains for a good first campout. Start close with an easy in-town site, then graduate to a park farther out, with its drive time shown before you book — and for more of those, the state parks worth a longer drive. All of these take reservations online. Drive times are Google Maps readings from downtown Fargo, dated on each entry.
Close enough to bail at 2 a.m.
Lake & woods
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For a kid's first campout, book a site you can drive away from — Lindenwood is inside Fargo, so a 2 a.m. meltdown is a short ride to your own bed instead of a ruined trip.
Every place on this page was read on its own website, and the date beside each one is the day we read it. What that date does and does not promise.
From the blog: Our First Family Campout: What I'd Change
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