A brand-new look for DeLagoon Park Campground

By Heather Rule, photos provided

Check out the new and improved campground at DeLagoon Park!

The entire DeLagoon Park Campground area was leveled to make way for a whole new campground with a variety of improvements to the campsites and amenities for campers. While the old campground had no electric or plumbing, those utilities were added over the summer. A new bathhouse contains running water, showers and flushing toilets.

The new campground will open in the middle of this summer. Look to the city’s website for exact opening dates.

The new campground has space for 42 RV sites and eight tent sites. There will also be a dump station and RV hookups, providing more convenience for RV campers. Sites will also have picnic tables and fire rings. There’s still a lot of shade access, especially for those at tent sites.

Though more of the upgrades are to the campground, the $5.2 million project includes upgrades to the soccer, baseball and softball fields and concessions, too.

There’s a new and separate parking area for the fishing pier and longer pull-throughs for vehicles with trailers loading boats into the lake. The campground also offers access to the Central Lakes Trail, running along the east side of the campground.

Along with having the place to stay and camp, there’s plenty for visitors to do at DeLagoon Park when they arrive. From soccer, baseball and softball fields, to a BMX track, disc golf and archery range. Plus, there’s the beach at Pebble Lake.

“Bring your family and your kids and create your home base,” said Jean Bowman. “Participate in all those fun activities.”

As in the past, the campground will be seasonal. One big change is campers can reserve their sites via online reservations, rather than the first come, first served basis and honor system of old. Reservations can be made on the city’s website: https://www.fergusfallsmn.gov/. This should give campers peace of mind, so they won’t have to show up at the campground and wonder if there’s space or if it’s full. The reservations guarantee their spot.

Beyond DeLagoon Park, the nearest campgrounds to Fergus Falls are Maplewood and Glendalough state parks. But those fill up quickly, Bowman noted.

“This, I think, will be a new little treasure that people will discover and hopefully find a great option to do a lot of things in our community,” Bowman said.