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:
An interactive map:
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:
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):
Two sewer hoses needed:
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:
From further back, showing the Sinclair Trails logo, map, QR code, URL, and social handle:
A large noisy gathering in the buddy sites across from us:
Other sites:
