Devil's Lake State Park
Campsite Reservation Tips

Camping reservations are highly recommended for any summer camping stays, and are almost mandatory for summer weekend stays. You can make camping reservations up to 11 months ahead of your desired camping start date.

Wooded electrical campsites are the first to fill, followed closely by open/grassy electrical campsites. Among the non-electric campsites, wooded sites usually fill first, leaving the non-electric open/grassy campsites as the last to be occupied.

During the summer 50 campsites are non-reservable and are assigned on a first-come, first-served basis in-person at the park only. On summer weekends, electrical non-reservable sites often are filled by Tuesday or Wednesday before the weekend, and non-electrical non-reservable sites often fill by Wednesday or Thursday before the weekend.

In the summer, campers arriving without reservations still have a reasonable chance at getting a campsite if:

• you arrive on a Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday
• you arrive by early afternoon or earlier
• you don't need an electrical campsite
• you are looking for only one or two nights of camping

Otherwise, it can be very difficult to get a campsite without a reservation at Devil's Lake State Park in the summer.