Zippel Bay State Park

State: Minnesota

Address 1: 3684 54th Avenue Northwest

City: Williams

Zip: 56686

Phone: 218-783-6252

Open all Year: Yes

Number of Sites: 57

Camp URL: http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_parks/zippel_bay/index.html

Full Hook: Yes

After visiting Zippel Bay, you’ll remember the sunsets and the miles of white sand beach. The park is located on Lake of the Woods, one of the world’s largest lakes. The mood of the lake is always changing, from approaching storms that bring three-foot-high crashing waves and lightning flashes to an eerie stillness, broken only by the faint calls of a thousand raucous gulls, out of sight in the lake’s interior. In summer, the 3,000-acre park offers a swimming beach and picnic area on the big lake, drive-in campsites and a group camp, a marina on Zippel Bay and a stone jetty providing protected access to Lake of the Woods.

Birding is excellent—be sure to watch for sandhill cranes and piping plovers. In the winter, three miles of snowmobile trail provide access to the lake, which snowmobilers will find dotted with fish houses making virtual towns on the ice. Seven miles of groomed cross-country trails wind to the lakeshore through jack pine, birch, and open fields.

Drive-in Sites
57 sites

RV Length Limit 50 Feet

Length is measured from front of tow vehicle to rear of vehicle being towed.

Group Camp
1 Site – Accommodates up to 45 people

Site is rustic with vault toilets. Tents, small trailers, and campers are permitted.