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Swan Lake Resort & Campground
Campground in Fergus Falls, MN • 11 RV Sites
5.0 • 1 review
Swan Lake Resort and Campground in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, is a multi-generational family campground with more than 70 years of history spanning six generations of passionate owners — a resort deeply embedded in the fabric of Otter Tail County's lake country, where each successive generation has added to the property and the community in the rolling glacial lake landscape that gives Otter Tail County its identity as one of Minnesota's premier lake recreation destinations with over 1,000 lakes in a single county. Fergus Falls's Otter Tail County position on I-94 and US-59 gives the resort the practical west-central Minnesota highway access alongside the lake-resort character of a county whose lake density, shoreline fishing, and resort traditions have sustained the Minnesota lake vacation culture since the 1890s railroad tourism era that first brought the Twin Cities urban market to the Otter Tail County lake country. Campsites and resort accommodations with more than 70 years of family ownership give Swan Lake Resort the specific community campground character that the six-generation owner succession specifically creates — each generation's additions to the property give the resort its accumulated character of improvements, traditions, and community relationships that the newer franchise campground cannot organically replicate, and the 70-plus-year history gives Swan Lake the specific identity of a campground whose permanence and its owners' investment in the community give long-term guests the return-visit relationship with a family-owned property. Pets are welcome. Otter Tail County, encompassing over 1,000 lakes in 2,225 square miles of Minnesota's Leaf Hills moraine landscape, sustains the most concentrated lake resort economy in the upper Midwest — a county whose walleye, bass, northern pike, and crappie fisheries in the Otter Tail Lake, Pelican Lake, and the Clitherall Lake chain give the resort guest the specific lake fishing diversity of a glacially sculpted landscape whose kettle-and-kame topography created the lake basin density that makes the county's 150-plus resorts and hundreds of lake cabins the backbone of the western Minnesota tourism economy. The county's German and Scandinavian immigrant farming communities and the Breckenridge flour milling heritage give the agricultural landscape its specific cultural character. Maplewood State Park, 15 miles east of Fergus Falls in Otter Tail County, protects 9,250 acres of the Leaf Hills' most rugged glacially sculpted terrain — a state park of kettle lakes, oak savanna, and the most dramatic topographic relief in western Minnesota's landscape, where the park's 14 lakes, the 25 miles of trail through oak and aspen forest, and the Lida Lake's sandy beach give the park the complete multi-use recreation infrastructure of one of Minnesota's most geographically dramatic state parks in the historically flat prairie landscape of the western Minnesota plains. Swan Lake Resort and Campground serves guests through Otter Tail County's Minnesota lake resort season from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day, with the walleye fishing season's spring opener in May and the fall hunting season in October extending the resort's shoulder-season activity calendar beyond the peak summer family camping demand. Battle Lake, 15 miles south of Fergus Falls on MN-78 on Ottertail Lake, is the most commercially developed lake resort community in Otter Tail County — a small resort town whose restaurants, boat rentals, and the summer concert series give the county lake resort guest the small-town Minnesota social infrastructure that the pure lake country experience supplements. Reserve sites well ahead for the Minnesota walleye opener weekend in May and the peak summer lake vacation season.
Campground rules and policies
Check-In Procedure
Camping/Tent Sites
- Check-in time: 2pm
- Check-out time: 11am
Cabins
- Check-in time: 3pm.
.- Check-out time: 9am
- We may be able to arrange an early check-in or late check-out depending on the schedule.
- Generally, plan for a prompt departure in order to ensure availability for incoming guests.
- Early arrivals or late departures incur a $15 to $75 charge.
- We need time to mow, clean, and prepare.
- While each park attempts to accommodate your exact spot request, the on-site manager has the ultimate decision for spot placement.Site Maintenance Responsibility
- Leave no trace, keep your site clean during your stay and pick up all trash before leaving to avoid a $25 site clean-up fee.Speed Limit
- A strict 5mph speed limit is enforced on all campground roads.Peace & Quiet
- Quiet hours begin at 10pm, meaning music gets turned down and voices scale to your campsite.
- Objectionable noise is not allowed at any time.
- Generators are not allowed to operate on the property.
- Avoid political flags, banners, and signs that go beyond individual expression.
- Be considerate of and kind to your fellow campers.Rugs
- Rugs are not allowed on the grass at any campsite.Visitors
- Day visitors are welcome but need to register at the office and purchase a day pass.Firewood
- Firewood must be certified or purchased on-site.Parking
- Parking is allowed only in designated zones, keep trucks, campers, and trailers off the grass.Fishing
- Fishing is allowed off of all docks except those on either side of the beach.Tents
- Tents need to be moved every 3 days to keep the grass healthy.Pet Policy
- All pets must be registered upon arrival and have current vaccinations.
- We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone whose pet disrupts the serenity and safety of our guests or the resort & campground.
- Pets must be kept on a leash under the control of a responsible individual and are not allowed on the beach.
- Guests are responsible to “clean-up” after their pets to avoid a $25 abandoned poo fee.
- Service animals may accompany a disabled person without any proof of disability or certification.
- Swan Lake Resort & Campground is not responsible for and will hold accountable pet owners for any injury or damage caused by pet(s).
- All pets must be kept on a leash under the control of a responsible individual who can clean-up after them.Lake and Swimming Area Policies
- No lifeguard on duty at the beach, use at your own risk.
- Children under 13 must be accompanied by an adult in the lake or beach area.
- No diving, flips, or rough play on the floating raft or docks.
- No glass containers allowed on beach.Behavior & Conduct Policy
- Profanity or violence towards other guests or management is grounds for immediate eviction.
- The use of firearms, archery, paintball, slingshots, or air guns is prohibited.
- Fireworks of any kind are prohibited.
- The use of any paint products, chemicals, or pesticides is prohibited.Wildlife Awareness & Safety Policy
- Swan Lake Resort & Campground is in a natural wildlife habitat area.
- There are skunks, coyotes, birds of prey, snakes, and turtles roaming around.
- All guests should ensure pets and small children are supervised at all times.Liability
- Swan Lake Resort & Campground is not responsible for personal injuries or damage, loss, or theft of any personal property or vehicles.
- Guests assume any and all risks associated with camping and are responsible for any damage or injury caused by themselves, their children and/or pets.
- Management reserves the right to evict anyone who does not comply with the rules and policies.
- Guests violating rules that result in eviction will not receive any refunds for their stay.
Camping/Tent Sites
- Check-in time: 2pm
- Check-out time: 11am
Cabins
- Check-in time: 3pm.
.- Check-out time: 9am
- We may be able to arrange an early check-in or late check-out depending on the schedule.
- Generally, plan for a prompt departure in order to ensure availability for incoming guests.
- Early arrivals or late departures incur a $15 to $75 charge.
- We need time to mow, clean, and prepare.
- While each park attempts to accommodate your exact spot request, the on-site manager has the ultimate decision for spot placement.Site Maintenance Responsibility
- Leave no trace, keep your site clean during your stay and pick up all trash before leaving to avoid a $25 site clean-up fee.Speed Limit
- A strict 5mph speed limit is enforced on all campground roads.Peace & Quiet
- Quiet hours begin at 10pm, meaning music gets turned down and voices scale to your campsite.
- Objectionable noise is not allowed at any time.
- Generators are not allowed to operate on the property.
- Avoid political flags, banners, and signs that go beyond individual expression.
- Be considerate of and kind to your fellow campers.Rugs
- Rugs are not allowed on the grass at any campsite.Visitors
- Day visitors are welcome but need to register at the office and purchase a day pass.Firewood
- Firewood must be certified or purchased on-site.Parking
- Parking is allowed only in designated zones, keep trucks, campers, and trailers off the grass.Fishing
- Fishing is allowed off of all docks except those on either side of the beach.Tents
- Tents need to be moved every 3 days to keep the grass healthy.Pet Policy
- All pets must be registered upon arrival and have current vaccinations.
- We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone whose pet disrupts the serenity and safety of our guests or the resort & campground.
- Pets must be kept on a leash under the control of a responsible individual and are not allowed on the beach.
- Guests are responsible to “clean-up” after their pets to avoid a $25 abandoned poo fee.
- Service animals may accompany a disabled person without any proof of disability or certification.
- Swan Lake Resort & Campground is not responsible for and will hold accountable pet owners for any injury or damage caused by pet(s).
- All pets must be kept on a leash under the control of a responsible individual who can clean-up after them.Lake and Swimming Area Policies
- No lifeguard on duty at the beach, use at your own risk.
- Children under 13 must be accompanied by an adult in the lake or beach area.
- No diving, flips, or rough play on the floating raft or docks.
- No glass containers allowed on beach.Behavior & Conduct Policy
- Profanity or violence towards other guests or management is grounds for immediate eviction.
- The use of firearms, archery, paintball, slingshots, or air guns is prohibited.
- Fireworks of any kind are prohibited.
- The use of any paint products, chemicals, or pesticides is prohibited.Wildlife Awareness & Safety Policy
- Swan Lake Resort & Campground is in a natural wildlife habitat area.
- There are skunks, coyotes, birds of prey, snakes, and turtles roaming around.
- All guests should ensure pets and small children are supervised at all times.Liability
- Swan Lake Resort & Campground is not responsible for personal injuries or damage, loss, or theft of any personal property or vehicles.
- Guests assume any and all risks associated with camping and are responsible for any damage or injury caused by themselves, their children and/or pets.
- Management reserves the right to evict anyone who does not comply with the rules and policies.
- Guests violating rules that result in eviction will not receive any refunds for their stay.
Swan Lake Resort and Campground in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, is a multi-generational family campground with more than 70 years of history spanning six generations of passionate owners — a resort deeply embedded in the fabric of Otter Tail County's lake country, where each successive generation has added to the property and the community in the rolling glacial lake landscape that gives Otter Tail County its identity as one of Minnesota's premier lake recreation destinations with over 1,000 lakes in a single county. Fergus Falls's Otter Tail County position on I-94 and US-59 gives the resort the practical west-central Minnesota highway access alongside the lake-resort character of a county whose lake density, shoreline fishing, and resort traditions have sustained the Minnesota lake vacation culture since the 1890s railroad tourism era that first brought the Twin Cities urban market to the Otter Tail County lake country. Campsites and resort accommodations with more than 70 years of family ownership give Swan Lake Resort the specific community campground character that the six-generation owner succession specifically creates — each generation's additions to the property give the resort its accumulated character of improvements, traditions, and community relationships that the newer franchise campground cannot organically replicate, and the 70-plus-year history gives Swan Lake the specific identity of a campground whose permanence and its owners' investment in the community give long-term guests the return-visit relationship with a family-owned property. Pets are welcome. Otter Tail County, encompassing over 1,000 lakes in 2,225 square miles of Minnesota's Leaf Hills moraine landscape, sustains the most concentrated lake resort economy in the upper Midwest — a county whose walleye, bass, northern pike, and crappie fisheries in the Otter Tail Lake, Pelican Lake, and the Clitherall Lake chain give the resort guest the specific lake fishing diversity of a glacially sculpted landscape whose kettle-and-kame topography created the lake basin density that makes the county's 150-plus resorts and hundreds of lake cabins the backbone of the western Minnesota tourism economy. The county's German and Scandinavian immigrant farming communities and the Breckenridge flour milling heritage give the agricultural landscape its specific cultural character. Maplewood State Park, 15 miles east of Fergus Falls in Otter Tail County, protects 9,250 acres of the Leaf Hills' most rugged glacially sculpted terrain — a state park of kettle lakes, oak savanna, and the most dramatic topographic relief in western Minnesota's landscape, where the park's 14 lakes, the 25 miles of trail through oak and aspen forest, and the Lida Lake's sandy beach give the park the complete multi-use recreation infrastructure of one of Minnesota's most geographically dramatic state parks in the historically flat prairie landscape of the western Minnesota plains. Swan Lake Resort and Campground serves guests through Otter Tail County's Minnesota lake resort season from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day, with the walleye fishing season's spring opener in May and the fall hunting season in October extending the resort's shoulder-season activity calendar beyond the peak summer family camping demand. Battle Lake, 15 miles south of Fergus Falls on MN-78 on Ottertail Lake, is the most commercially developed lake resort community in Otter Tail County — a small resort town whose restaurants, boat rentals, and the summer concert series give the county lake resort guest the small-town Minnesota social infrastructure that the pure lake country experience supplements. Reserve sites well ahead for the Minnesota walleye opener weekend in May and the peak summer lake vacation season.
Campground rules and policies
Check-In Procedure
Camping/Tent Sites
- Check-in time: 2pm
- Check-out time: 11am
Cabins
- Check-in time: 3pm.
.- Check-out time: 9am
- We may be able to arrange an early check-in or late check-out depending on the schedule.
- Generally, plan for a prompt departure in order to ensure availability for incoming guests.
- Early arrivals or late departures incur a $15 to $75 charge.
- We need time to mow, clean, and prepare.
- While each park attempts to accommodate your exact spot request, the on-site manager has the ultimate decision for spot placement.Site Maintenance Responsibility
- Leave no trace, keep your site clean during your stay and pick up all trash before leaving to avoid a $25 site clean-up fee.Speed Limit
- A strict 5mph speed limit is enforced on all campground roads.Peace & Quiet
- Quiet hours begin at 10pm, meaning music gets turned down and voices scale to your campsite.
- Objectionable noise is not allowed at any time.
- Generators are not allowed to operate on the property.
- Avoid political flags, banners, and signs that go beyond individual expression.
- Be considerate of and kind to your fellow campers.Rugs
- Rugs are not allowed on the grass at any campsite.Visitors
- Day visitors are welcome but need to register at the office and purchase a day pass.Firewood
- Firewood must be certified or purchased on-site.Parking
- Parking is allowed only in designated zones, keep trucks, campers, and trailers off the grass.Fishing
- Fishing is allowed off of all docks except those on either side of the beach.Tents
- Tents need to be moved every 3 days to keep the grass healthy.Pet Policy
- All pets must be registered upon arrival and have current vaccinations.
- We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone whose pet disrupts the serenity and safety of our guests or the resort & campground.
- Pets must be kept on a leash under the control of a responsible individual and are not allowed on the beach.
- Guests are responsible to “clean-up” after their pets to avoid a $25 abandoned poo fee.
- Service animals may accompany a disabled person without any proof of disability or certification.
- Swan Lake Resort & Campground is not responsible for and will hold accountable pet owners for any injury or damage caused by pet(s).
- All pets must be kept on a leash under the control of a responsible individual who can clean-up after them.Lake and Swimming Area Policies
- No lifeguard on duty at the beach, use at your own risk.
- Children under 13 must be accompanied by an adult in the lake or beach area.
- No diving, flips, or rough play on the floating raft or docks.
- No glass containers allowed on beach.Behavior & Conduct Policy
- Profanity or violence towards other guests or management is grounds for immediate eviction.
- The use of firearms, archery, paintball, slingshots, or air guns is prohibited.
- Fireworks of any kind are prohibited.
- The use of any paint products, chemicals, or pesticides is prohibited.Wildlife Awareness & Safety Policy
- Swan Lake Resort & Campground is in a natural wildlife habitat area.
- There are skunks, coyotes, birds of prey, snakes, and turtles roaming around.
- All guests should ensure pets and small children are supervised at all times.Liability
- Swan Lake Resort & Campground is not responsible for personal injuries or damage, loss, or theft of any personal property or vehicles.
- Guests assume any and all risks associated with camping and are responsible for any damage or injury caused by themselves, their children and/or pets.
- Management reserves the right to evict anyone who does not comply with the rules and policies.
- Guests violating rules that result in eviction will not receive any refunds for their stay.
Camping/Tent Sites
- Check-in time: 2pm
- Check-out time: 11am
Cabins
- Check-in time: 3pm.
.- Check-out time: 9am
- We may be able to arrange an early check-in or late check-out depending on the schedule.
- Generally, plan for a prompt departure in order to ensure availability for incoming guests.
- Early arrivals or late departures incur a $15 to $75 charge.
- We need time to mow, clean, and prepare.
- While each park attempts to accommodate your exact spot request, the on-site manager has the ultimate decision for spot placement.Site Maintenance Responsibility
- Leave no trace, keep your site clean during your stay and pick up all trash before leaving to avoid a $25 site clean-up fee.Speed Limit
- A strict 5mph speed limit is enforced on all campground roads.Peace & Quiet
- Quiet hours begin at 10pm, meaning music gets turned down and voices scale to your campsite.
- Objectionable noise is not allowed at any time.
- Generators are not allowed to operate on the property.
- Avoid political flags, banners, and signs that go beyond individual expression.
- Be considerate of and kind to your fellow campers.Rugs
- Rugs are not allowed on the grass at any campsite.Visitors
- Day visitors are welcome but need to register at the office and purchase a day pass.Firewood
- Firewood must be certified or purchased on-site.Parking
- Parking is allowed only in designated zones, keep trucks, campers, and trailers off the grass.Fishing
- Fishing is allowed off of all docks except those on either side of the beach.Tents
- Tents need to be moved every 3 days to keep the grass healthy.Pet Policy
- All pets must be registered upon arrival and have current vaccinations.
- We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone whose pet disrupts the serenity and safety of our guests or the resort & campground.
- Pets must be kept on a leash under the control of a responsible individual and are not allowed on the beach.
- Guests are responsible to “clean-up” after their pets to avoid a $25 abandoned poo fee.
- Service animals may accompany a disabled person without any proof of disability or certification.
- Swan Lake Resort & Campground is not responsible for and will hold accountable pet owners for any injury or damage caused by pet(s).
- All pets must be kept on a leash under the control of a responsible individual who can clean-up after them.Lake and Swimming Area Policies
- No lifeguard on duty at the beach, use at your own risk.
- Children under 13 must be accompanied by an adult in the lake or beach area.
- No diving, flips, or rough play on the floating raft or docks.
- No glass containers allowed on beach.Behavior & Conduct Policy
- Profanity or violence towards other guests or management is grounds for immediate eviction.
- The use of firearms, archery, paintball, slingshots, or air guns is prohibited.
- Fireworks of any kind are prohibited.
- The use of any paint products, chemicals, or pesticides is prohibited.Wildlife Awareness & Safety Policy
- Swan Lake Resort & Campground is in a natural wildlife habitat area.
- There are skunks, coyotes, birds of prey, snakes, and turtles roaming around.
- All guests should ensure pets and small children are supervised at all times.Liability
- Swan Lake Resort & Campground is not responsible for personal injuries or damage, loss, or theft of any personal property or vehicles.
- Guests assume any and all risks associated with camping and are responsible for any damage or injury caused by themselves, their children and/or pets.
- Management reserves the right to evict anyone who does not comply with the rules and policies.
- Guests violating rules that result in eviction will not receive any refunds for their stay.
Campground features
- WiFi
- Boat rentals
- Playground
- Recreation center
- Beach
- Basketball court
- Boat Ramp
- Onsite showers
- WiFi
- Boat rentals
- Playground
- Recreation center
- Beach
- Basketball court
- Boat Ramp
- Onsite showers
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Location
17463 County Road 29 Fergus Falls MN 56537
46.2144552° N, 95.99688909999999° W
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(5.0)
Susan S.
July 20265.0
This was a great campground on the lake. Amenities were great and kept the kids and us entertained. We stayed during the week and it was very quiet. Not too many RV spaces keep it quiet. Next time I would stay over a weekend because they have fun activities planned too. We would definitely go back!
