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

A KOA on the way. Been here before; last time we had full hookups, but the site was so short that we had to untoad; this time, we didn’t have a sewer hookup, but the site was plenty long enough; for a one-night stay, the latter is usually preferred.

Dates:

• Check in: 2025-08-17
• Check out: 2025-08-18
• 1 night

Weather:

• Partly sunny, thunderstorm overnight
• High temp 77°F, low 70°F
• Some wind, gusts to 26 MPH, but sheltered by trees

Noise:

• Some road noise
• No train horn noise
• Little neighbor noise

Site:

• #58, pull-through, gravel
• Didn’t need to disconnect toad, and didn’t, since only one night
• Somewhat level site; used air leveling, since only one night
• Gravel driveway about 80 feet long by 8 feet wide
• 20 feet to neighbor on passenger side
• 5-14 feet to neighbor on driver side
• Picnic table
• Fire pit
• No trees
• Clean site
• Elevation 950 feet, front facing NE

Utilities:

• 50 amp power, somewhat conveniently located (and in a locked compartment on the back of the neighbor’s 30 amp pedestal)
• Didn’t hook up to water, conveniently located
• No sewer

Internet (in usage priority order):

• RoamLink: 12-23 Mbps down, 10-13 Mbps up, 270-340 ms ping (the RoamLink service picks the best network, so I’m not sure which one it used, other than not AT&T)
• AT&T: 275-333 Mbps down, 3-7 Mbps up, 60 ms ping (I have AT&T on my iPhone)
• Starlink: not used
• Campground Wi-Fi: not used

Amenities:

• Garbage dumpsters
• Pool

See our previous review on Campground Reviews.

Campground map:

An interactive map:

Our site; a buddy site (passenger sides facing), which we normally dislike, but don’t really care when only a one night stop:

Other sites; we were over there last time:

Dog park and more sites:

Fine for a one night stop. Wouldn’t want to stay here longer.