Discover the best forest campgrounds near Oshkosh, Wisconsin

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Cricket Ranch

5 sites · Tents53 acres · Cascade, WI

We are honored to again be named one of the Best Hipcamps in Wisconsin for 2024. Thank you to our guests for your wonderful reviews and helpful suggestions! And a special thank you to one of our guests, Brandon "Da Garbage Disposal" Clark, for featuring Cricket Ranch in his YouTube series "Outdoors Unsupervised: Survival Season 6". Learn more about this land: Cricket Ranch is a crazy combo of Nature's past, present, and future. The property was a farm with 75% of it corn fields until 30 years ago. It has been virtually untouched since then and in just a few decades it has reinvented itself as a forest. Chambers Creek runs thru the west side of the property. As a headwater of the Milwaukee River, it is part of the Great Lakes Basin and a source for Lake Michigan. Wisconsin has identified Chambers Creek as an Exceptional Resource Water (ERWs), Less than 10% of Wisconsin waterways carry this designation. What we do (or don't do) now affects the Great Lakes later. And you'll find fossils in the rock walls of some of the earliest examples of complex life on Earth (from 460 mya, Ordovician, Cambrian). No digging required. Seriously. How they got there is a very long story in the making and involves ancient inland seas, plate tectonics, glaciers, German immigrants, and 19th-20th century farming. Off the Beaten Path @ Cricket Ranch provides a true back to nature environment for campers, sometimes called "backcountry camping". Located on 50 acres of private forest, field, and valley, our campsites are very secluded and separated by acres of woodland. Each layout is unique, embracing what nature has provided. Backpacking (or wagoning) to your camp from the parking area is necessary as the 5' wide paths do not accommodate cars/trucks. Hiking distance from parking area: (1) Camp Cricket is 600 Ft. (2) Haen Hollow is 250 ft. (3) Rocky Top is 700 ft. (4) Grapeline is 1000 ft. Feel fee to explore the land! We are located near the Niagara Escarpment so, as previously mentioned, you might even find a 460 million year old fossil on one of the field rock walls. Keep it! So we can keep a count of how many are found, and out of an overabundance of curiosity, please let us know and send some pics of your find. Chambers Creek provides a spot to cool your feet, stone step, or just listen to the relaxing sound of a babbling brook. The creek is overgrown with brush so access is limited but we do have a trail that follows the creek for about 300 yds. We intend to clear some more of the underbrush in the near future to allow for better enjoyment and management of this invaluable natural resource. Near by: Kettle Moraine National Forest is a 10 minute drive, boasting great hiking and the can't-miss-it view from atop Parnell Tower. Lake Ellen has a nice no-fee public boat landing just 2 miles away. The lake has clear water and is stocked periodically with Pike and Walleye. It is surprising how un-busy this lake is so bring your boat, kayak, paddle board, and/or assorted flotation devices and check it out. Our parking area can accommodate boat trailers during your stay.

Purplehaze Acres

9 sites · Lodging, Tents60 acres · Rubicon, WI

Purplehaze Acres is a 60-acre organic rustic farm in Rubicon, WI and resides at the beginning of the approx. 650-mile Niagara Escarpment--known locally as "The Ledge". We are in close proximity to the Ice Age Trail, and the natural treasures of the great Horicon Marsh, Lake Sinnissipi/Rock River with canoeing/kayaking/fishing, Ledges County Park, and the world-renowned Holy Hill Shrine. Nearby Hustisford ("Husti") offers unique shopping and dining experiences. Need a few organic groceries? Make sure to visit Back To The Best Organic grocer only 3 miles away, featuring food raised on local organic farms including Purplehaze Acres. We offer a variety of camping alternatives, with 7 tent sites, 1 group site, and a cabin. There is potable water, charcoal grills, firepit grates, eggs and, available for purchase, firewood. COMING SOON: Did you forget something? If so, check out our Camp Cupboard Store. Your approach via 1/2-mile dirt drive up the hills and through the woods . . . to not your grandmother's typical house you go. You'll find wonderful vistas, wildflowers, berries, trails up into the woods, a 900' grass runway for aviators on an overall great "peace" of earth. ☮

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Village Inn On The Lake RV Park

3 sites · RVs, Tents4 acres · Two Rivers, WI

Cozy RV park located along coast of Lake Michigan. Full Hookups. 20, 30, 50 amps and Sewer/Water all inclusive rental sites. Hotel amenities include Indoor pool and hot tub with restrooms and showers available for your use. RV park is located at relaxed 36 room hotel. Mini golf, full bar, pizza, ice cream and snacks available for purchase. Plenty of biking and hiking trails nearby. Your pick of, paddling, fishing, birding or sailing. Surrounded by the best Wisconsin beaches! We are open year round, water and sewer is off during winter months. However, winter hiking and the magic of the season is an adventure to experience.

Seidl's Whispering White Oaks

1 site · Tent30 acres · Green Bay, WI

Learn more about this land:We are located near Green Bay. Lambeau Field is near. EAA is 1 hour. Lake Michigan is about 25 minutes away. Door County is about 45 minutes away. Very relaxing with small stream and dark skies. No outside wood but I sell it very reasonably priced. Dogs on leach please. About 400 foot walk to spot. Can bring you there on 4 wheeler. We want you to have fun. Very peaceful and relaxing. Come and go as you please. There is an abundance of wildlife such as deer, turkeys sandhill cranes, rabbits, racoons, fox, geese, ducks, the occasional coyote and possibly a wandering bear. I actively allow milkweed to grow so we have lots of monarch butterflies and literally millions of fireflies. The Town I am in allows ATV/UTV use on town roads. A town road is close by. Come share our little piece of heaven.

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The summer camp experience

3 sites · Tents75 acres · Waupaca, WI

Camp Shin-Go-Beek is a youth summer camp located in central Wisconsin. When we're not running summer camp, we open the property up to Hipcampers. We have multiple large campsites for tent camping that can accommodate groups as large as 50 people, a few places for an RV could be set up at, and several cabins. The property is located on 2 quiet lakes, with great opportunities for swimming, fishing, and boating. The swimming area has a great beach and a diving raft (depending on the season). We also have a large dining hall for indoor activities, and several outdoor program areas. We are just south of the Chain-o-lakes and Waupaca, so there's plenty to do a short drive away.

Secluded Starry Night Campsite

1 site · RV, Tent30 acres · Weyauwega, WI

This is an 30 acre family owned, wooded area perfect for anyone who wants a quiet secluded getaway to relax in nature and unplug. You can sit in the grass driveway and see all the stars at night too! 🌟 We are located a few minutes from Bear Lake Campground too! There is a fire pit, otherwise it’s just you and nature! No hookups or water, for the bathroom we ask you to dig a cat hole and cover with dirt or bring your own portable toilet. The property is perfect for your tent, hammock, camper van or pop up camper. There is not designated camping spots so you can camp anywhere on the grass or in the woods (: We suggest if you have a RV/ pop up camper to park on the grass on the outskirts of the woods Make sure to bring some bug spray! More about the Property: - This is an 30 acre wooded area. There is a grass driveway that leads to the woods. The farther back part of the woods can be muddy so we suggest to stay around the fire pit area. - There is some piled wood you can use for fires which should be good for a night. Feel free to pick up some of the small pieces of wood on ground for fires. There are houses nearby, gas stations and bear lake campground that sell firewood too - We have a few neighbors (not too close by tho) but ask for no loud noise after 9pm - There is NO electricity, water or toilets or internet - For bathrooms - Please bring your own toilet/camper toilet or make a “cat hole”, dig a hole, do your business and cover with dirt Nearby Locations: - Bear Lake Campground - only a few minutes away! They have a lake to swim at, bar, restaurant and more campsites - La Margarita Mexican grill - great Mexican restaurant! - Willow Pond Bed and Breakfast - Olde Country Store and Antiques - Royalton Gas Station

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Pondfront RV Site near Road America

1 site · RV1 acre · Glenbeulah, WI

Our pond front RV site is located on the northern tip of the Kettle Moraine Forest within 300 yards of the hiking trails. Near Road America, Elkhart Lake WI with swimming, biking trails and great restaurants. 30 Amp power and water hook ups for RV's are available. Road America is just 2.5 miles away. The Kettle Moraine Ice AgeTrail is just across the pond. The Glenbeulah Millpond offers fishing and kayaking and we provide free use of our kayak and paddleboat. We usually have a bunch of firewood for the included firepit and a nice table and chairs for your picnics. Swimming is near by at Elkhart Lake and the mountain biking trails in the Kettle Moraine Forest are wonderful. There is WiFi. We have a dog that is overly friendly and will hang out near your camper. If you want to bring your pets we ask that you talk with us first to make sure they will all get along. We do not have a sewer connection for your black and grey water tanks but there is a dump station just 4 miles away. There are no toilet facilities on site.

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Serene, Private Pine River Camp

4 sites · Tents5 acres · Pine River, WI

Our camp has 3 camp sites or reserve all 3 to gain complete privacy for your group up to 8 guests. Don't worry about over-crowding, it’s a beautiful and spacious area with 2 firepits. Also included is access to my basement - Spare Room, 2 sleeper sofas, TV, Wi-Fi, AC and my outdoor kitchen. A boat rental with me as your captain, 15 minutes from the Chain O Lakes, would make for a fun day out in the sun! Let me make this a great camping experience - cooking food and assisting with any gear you may have. Some local attraction's include: Pine River Winery, Crossroads Cafe, The Ding Tavern, Red Mill LLC, ATV/Snowmobile trails, several beautiful lakes for swimming, kayaking, fishing. Pine River is a nice trout stream and a nice tube floating destination.

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A Vegetable & Flower Farm

1 site · Tent8 acres · Fredonia, WI

Our little chunk of paradise is about 8 acres. It is a diverse piece of land allowing for micro environments. A hilltop with an orchard a few terraced garden beds, about an acre or so of wooded area with a waterway down below, and another 1.5 acre of garden, intermixed with pasture, out buildings and our home. The land is surrounded by 120 acres of adjacent farmland. Across our street is wetlands and woods. Adjacent to the 120 acres of farmland is another 80 acres of public hunting land. We are blessed to live so close to nature without a view of a neighbors house. Stars, crickets, frogs, woodcocks in spring, hummingbirds and sandhill cranes in summer, and more all in abundance at our Willoway Farm. We bought our home in 2006. Before then it was in the same family that settled there in 1840s-1850s. At one time there was a log cabin, then they built our cream city brick farmhouse in 1893. The farm in the 1980s and before was a dairy farm. When we bought it half of where you see the garden was either grass or part of the conventional farm adjacent to our property. Our farm logo is taken from the builder of the barn-many pioneer barn builders often signed their barn work with a symbol. We liked the symbol and kept it to use as our own yet honor the builder of our barn. We have great appreciation for those that built with such beautiful large trees and all by hand. The Produce Wash Building is a timber frame built by Dan our farm owner and farm doer. The timber frame was made from reclaimed timbers and reclaimed barn siding, the shingles were made from scratch by Dan also. Learn more about this land: Willoway Farm is a small scale organic vegetable &and flower farm established in 2007, located 35 minutes north of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It's situated upon a glacial hill over looking a Milwaukee river flowage to the south and the kettle moraine state forest to the northwest. Our 8 acre land with cut flower & heirloom vegetable garden is surrounded by over 200 acres of uninhabited land, ( Farmland & state wild land). We are just 5 minutes from hiking trails into the state forest, which is beautiful all times of the year! A 55 acre secluded lake with public access is only 1.5 miles from Willoway - we hear the fishing is good. New now is across the street is a 283 acre land trust- Biehl Nature Preserve on Lake Twelve. The roads near the farm traverse through mixed forest and farm land with only slight traffic offering exceptional bicycling! The camp space is primitive and private yet offers gentle vistas upon the surrounding landscape with often both amazing sunrises and sunsets - situated upon the high point of the farm nestled in a young apple orchard. We have a spacious outhouse on site. We feel so fortunate live and farm where we do & love offering the natural beauty it offers to others. Our garden is lush with flowers, herbs and vegetables great for observing our plethora of pollinators. There are so many places to visit within 10 miles of our Campsite. A favorite is Riveredge Nature Center only 9.6 miles offering 3 miles of trails including 1 mile along Milwaukee River. Riveredge Nature Center has vast landscapes with so many lovely native wild flowers.

Oak Savanna Acres

1 site · Lodging56 acres · Almond, WI

Discover the beauty of this 56-acre oak savanna and native prairie paradise, teeming with diverse flora and fauna. Indulge in a serene nature retreat, offering a variety of outdoor activities and captivating views. Book your stay and let the tranquility of this unspoiled haven envelop you . This 56 acre property offers an unique experience for conservation students, habitat professionals and like minded individuals to study native prairie plants and the many native insects that rely on these plants. Native bees and butterflies, including the endangered Karner Blue Butterfly, are examples. The property has been undergoing an oak savanna/prairie restoration since 2018. Citizen scientists and professionals alike can get a sense of what is involved in land restoration and see firsthand the results. Guests can hike and take wildlife photographs. There is an abundance of native oak savanna/prairie species such as wild lupine, big blue stem, bergamot, dotted horse mint, lead plant etc. Property is 15 minutes to Hartman Creek state park, which offers swimming , fishing, and hiking. The Chain o Lakes Waupaca/King is 25 minutes. Crystal River offers tubing and kayaking which is a 25 minute drive. Historic downtown Waupaca 25 to 30 minutes. Downtown Wild Rose is 15 minutes. EAA Air Venture grounds are 1 hour and 56 miles. With the nice-sized camp/picnic area, guests can relax, look down on a portion of the property, enjoy the fire ring depending on burn restrictions. Bring your telescope to take in the night sky and stargaze! The property ranks a 4 on the 1 to 9 Bortle scale for light pollution, with 9 having the most pollution. The property is close (2.4 miles) to a non-connected portion of the Ice Age Trail. Depending on the time of the summer, photographing the Federally endangered Karner Blue Butterfly is a possibility! Tent is a canvas outfitter-style 12 x 12 tent. Electricity is provided at the site with one extension cord that reaches inside the tent. There is also a metal park-style charcoal grill on site adjacent to the the tent.

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Forest camping near Oshkosh guide

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Looking for a camping experience in the lush forests near Oshkosh, Wisconsin? Look no further than Purplehaze Acres with 295 glowing reviews, to the charming Toadally Natural Garden and the picturesque Camp Cedar Hills, you're sure to find a campsite that meets your needs. Plus, with popular amenities like pet-friendly sites, showers, and potable water, you'll have everything you need for a comfortable stay. And if you're into swimming, boating, or surfing, you're in luck - these activities are popular in the area. So pack your gear and get ready to immerse yourself in the beauty of nature at a campsite in the forests near Oshkosh, Wisconsin!