Minneapolis Northwest KOA Journey

We stayed at Minneapolis Northwest KOA Journey in Maple Grove, Minnesota. (Campground Reviews listing.)

Another KOA Journey, with a somewhat weird layout.

Dates:

Check in: 2024-07-23
Check out: 2024-07-26
3 nights

Weather:

Partly cloudy
High temps 76-83°F, lows 57-65°F
Some wind, gusts to 18 MPH

Noise:

Some road noise
No train horn noise
Helicopters going over occasionally
A lot of neighbor noise (large family gatherings and yippy dogs)

Site:

#30, pull-through, gravel
Needed to disconnect toad, parked behind coach
Rather unlevel site; needed to use extra blocks; used hydraulic leveling
Gravel driveway about 60 feet long by 10 feet wide
20 feet to neighbors on both sides
Picnic table
Fire pit
Tall trees nearby, but not on the site (so no shade)
Clean site

Utilities:

50 amp power, fairly conveniently located
50 PSI water, somewhat conveniently located
Good sewer connection, somewhat inconveniently located (2 10-foot pipes needed)

Internet (in usage priority order):

T-Mobile: 48 Mbps down, 3-8 Mbps up, 25 ms ping
Verizon: 17-23 Mbps down, 16 Mbps up, 56 ms ping
AT&T: 28-39 Mbps down, 2 Mbps up, 70 ms ping
Starlink: not used
Campground Wi-Fi: not used

Amenities:

Garbage dumpsters
Pool

Our review on Campground Reviews:

Convenient to Minneapolis but needs updating

We stayed here because it was the best-looking option close enough to Minneapolis to take in a Twins game. The interior roads were a muddy, pot-holed mess our entire stay. Our site was pretty narrow and not very level. We were also lucky that the trailers parked opposite us left the morning we did, or it would have been difficult to navigate around all their vehicles when we pulled out. There’s also a weird separate powerbox for the 50A service that a staff member had to unlock for us when we pulled in, which was a new experience. We camped at Minneapolis Northwest KOA Journey in a Motorhome.

Campground map:

Map

An interactive map:

Our site:

Our site

The utilities were somewhat unusual; our site and our driver-side neighbor shared a pedestal, with only 30 amp in the main box, and 50 amp for us on an accessory box; obviously a later retrofit:

Utilities

The breaker for the 50 amp was in another box on the back of the pedestal, locked with a padlock (that they unlocked for us when guiding us to our site):

Utilities

Two sewer hoses needed:

Utilities

Minnesota is our last new state for the year, as we head back west. Our states map is looking mostly filled in; just missing a few northeast states, and of course Alaska and Hawaii:

States map