Camping
Kettle Moraine State Forest - Northern Unit
Reservations
Camping reservations are required and can be made for the same day of your arrival or up to 11 months in advance of your planned date of occupancy. Campers must make a reservation before setting up on any site.
Reserve a campsite online or by calling 1-888-947-2757.
Campgrounds
The Kettle Moraine State Forest - Northern Unit has several camping areas. Check-in for camping is not required. Campers should proceed directly to their designated campsite. Directions and campground address are provided below.
Mauthe Lake campground
Mauthe Lake campground features 135 sites, including 51 electrical sites, a shower building with flush toilets located in the 300 loop, and several vault toilets throughout the campground. The campground is located within the Mauthe Lake Recreation Area. The beach area has playground equipment. Food/drink concessions and kayak/canoe rentals are available seasonally. Campsites accessible to people with disabilities are also available. A sanitary dump station and recycling/garbage station are provided for registered campers. Mauthe Lake campground is open for camping year-round.
Mauthe Lake Recreation Area and Campground
N1490 County Road GGG
Campbellsport, WI 53010
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Long Lake campground
Long Lake campground offers 200 sites, including flush and vault toilets, and showers. The campground is located within the Long Lake Recreation Area. Campsites accessible to people with disabilities are available. A sanitary dump station and recycling/garbage station are provided for registered campers. Long Lake Campground is open for camping the first weekend in May through mid-October.
Long Lake Recreation Area and Campground
N3450 Division Road
Cascade, WI 53010
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Greenbush group campground
The Greenbush group campground offers nine non-electric outdoor group sites that accommodate groups of up to 40 individuals. The campground is located within the Greenbush Recreation Area. Only tent camping is allowed at the group sites. The sites are near the Greenbush Trail System, where campers can enjoy hiking or mountain biking. An enclosed shelter building, drinking water and vault toilets are available nearby. There are no shower facilities or electricity in the campground. The Greenbush group campground is open for camping from April through November.
Greenbush Recreation Area and Campground
N5854 Kettle Moraine Drive
Glenbeulah, WI 53023
Greenbush group campground map
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New Prospect Horseriders' campground
The New Prospect Horseriders' Campground features 22 family campsites with 20/30/50-amp electric service, as well as three group sites. Each family campsite has a picnic table, fire ring and a 30x30-foot graveled area with high-line hitching posts and corrals for horses.
- Campsites with 10x10-foot pipe corrals: 1, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22
- Campsites with 12x12-foot pipe corrals: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 20
Each group site has a fire ring and four picnic tables. Group sites A and C each have nine, 10x10-foot metal pipe corrals. Group Site B has two tether post areas and 12x12-foot pipe corrals. No more than 20 people are allowed to occupy a group site.
Drinking water, vault toilets, an open-air picnic shelter, a covered stable with 24 box stalls and manure bunkers are provided. Campers can use the shower building located in the Mauthe Lake Campground. Campers are responsible for placing all hay and manure in the manure bunkers located throughout the campground. Wheelbarrows and forks are provided. Horses are to be kept in designated areas to protect the campground's green space.
The campground is centrally located within the state forest and offers easy access to the 33-mile bridle trail, which spans the entire length of the forest. There are also two loop trails, the 2.5-mile Crooked Lake Loop and the 4-mile Forest Lake Loop. All horse riders 16 years and older must have a state trail pass while using the designated bridle trails in the state forest. The campground opens the first weekend in May and closes the last weekend in October.
New Prospect Horseriders' Campground
W404 County Road SS
Campbellsport, WI 53010
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Backpack shelters
Five backpack shelters are available year-round for rustic camping along the 31-mile Ice Age National Scenic Trail. One backpack shelter is available from April 1 through November at the Zillmer Trail area. Each site offers a roofed trail shelter, a fire ring and a pit toilet. Drinking water is available within a short distance of each site.
These sites are not accessible by vehicle. All camping equipment must be backpacked in, and all refuse must be packed out. A camping permit is required, and you must camp at a designated shelter campsite.
Reservations are required for all backpack sites. Only one reservation (camping party) is allowed per site per night. Reservations are limited to 10 persons per site and are limited to one night per site. Another site may be reserved for a second night and a third night at a third site.
If all the backpack sites are reserved for a weekend night on your hiking trip, consider staying one night at the Mauthe Lake campground.
Firewood
Firewood is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week from a vending trailer at each campground: Mauthe Lake, Long Lake, Greenbush and New Prospect Horseriders.
Don't move firewood! Due to the potential of carrying harmful tree pests and diseases, Wisconsin has restrictions on moving firewood. Firewood facts, rules and advice