Modern North Campground — Lake Macbride State Park

This site was super easy to do same day booking campsite. Had a bathroom with showers and multiple water wells spread out. There were rangers checking out the area every so often. And not to far from a store to buy things we forget to get.

Pros:

• clean bathrooms
• good Starlink north clearing (site 13)
• right next to trails
• quiet
• pretty level sites

Cons

• bugs (actually had a hornets nest in my electrical plug-in compartment)
• showers had to be continually pushed to keep rolling

My niece who lives nearby recommended this place to stay when we went to visit her since was a short drive from where she lives.  Full hook-ups, nice clean bathhouse, quiet nearby trail within walking distance, beautiful lake. Will stay here again when come back to visit her.

Doesn't feel like a bunch of campers crammed together, at least in the reserved section (modern campground). The higher up the hill you are, the flatter the campsite is. Entry on this app says big rig friendly, but it might be hard to fit a big rig on the electrical only sites, and also to turn around leaving them. Had a camper that had to relocate from reserved site while we were there for that reason. Only about 2-3 of the walk-in-only sites can fit bigger campers. The biggest downside: hard to tell until you see your site if you have water pump close enough!

Stayed just overnight and enjoyed the dam at sunset. Stayed here the weekend before the Derecho damaged so many of the trees. Would love to go back

We typically stay in the walk-in section as it is tough to get reservations last minute. If we come in on Sunday or Monday there has always been availability.

We loved our time here. Nice spot, nice and clean bathhouse. Lots of hiking, swimming, water crafts to rent.

The site was very basic. It was not mowed, so we pitched a tent on tall grass. There’s tons of firewood from fallen trees in the woods. It’s walking distance to get to the lake, but very dense algae and moss in that area, kids had hard time maneuvering it. Bathrooms are so stinky! The vault toilet had no toilet paper. The real bathroom was a walk but it was just as smelly. There is a nice playground and a fish cleaning station at the camp.

This is a real family oriented campground. Although it is a primative campground, it allows for fishing, boating and a playground.

This park has two campgrounds. The modern side on the north end of the park with full hookups, and the primitive side on the south side of the park with no electricity or water hookups. Both campgrounds have flushing toilets but only the modern side has showers. All restroom facilities are very well kept. Beautiful park with lots to do! Only thing keeping me from giving it 5 stars is how busy both campgrounds get on weekends and holidays giving you little to no privacy since sites are pretty close together.

This is our favorite place to be in the summer. Great trails for hiking and walking and my kids love swimming here as well. The beach area is usually well maintained. Great place to take the family for summer fun.

Stayed at modern campground. Very quiet midweek in October which was great because there would be no privacy between the small sites. Nice walking access to nice beach to dam trail. We appreciated the small playground near the north campground. Showers are meh, but overall value is great at $11 per night. It would be an annoyingly long drive to primitive campground.

Beautiful place ... saw wild turkeys and dear almost ever day walking the camp grounds.. clean and they offer free fire wood

Close access to boating and town

Checked in at around 7:30pm and came across the self registration board. Everything was super easy to use in order to get registered. The sites are packed in relatively close, but they do have enough space to feel comfortable. I have camped here many times, but my favorite time is spring and fall. The weather is nice during the day, and cool at night. The crowds are also relatively low, and it mostly consisted of quiet, kind folks in RVs. The fishing on the lake is also good during this time of the year, and I enjoy eating my catch at the end of the day! The rangers in the park were also very kind and helpful!