| Location | Soudan, Minnesota |
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| Nightly rate (listed) | $23–$300/night |
| Maximum RV length | 70 ft (longest listed site) |
| Hookups | electric |
| Pull-through sites | Yes |
| RV sites | 57 |
| Pets allowed | Yes |
| Showers | Yes |
| Book on | Minnesota State Parks |
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Closest stays by type. Distances are straight-line from Lake Vermilion-Soudan Underground Mine State Park, not driving.
Available Oct 30 – Nov 1 · 2 nights54 sites open for every night
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Not yet releasedThis weekend · Available Oct 30 – Nov 1 · 2 nights5 sites open for every night · from $90/night
Lake Vermilion-Soudan Underground Mine State Park is a Minnesota State Parks campground in Soudan. It lists 35 RV or RV/tent sites and 5 tent sites for rigs up to 70 ft. 35 sites have electric. Pets are allowed per the listing.
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Availability checked Oct 25 on Minnesota State Parks. Rates are the provider's nightly rates; totals are estimates before taxes & fees.
On Minnesota State Parks, re-enter Oct 30–Nov 1 and select “NING”.
On Minnesota State Parks, re-enter Oct 30–Nov 1 and select “ZIIG”.
On Minnesota State Parks, re-enter Oct 30–Nov 1 and select “DAGW”.
On Minnesota State Parks, re-enter Oct 30–Nov 1 and select “GIIW”.
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Availability checked Oct 25 on UseDirect. Showing 40 of 71 sites.
| Site | Fr 30 | Sa 31 | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAGW camper cabins | ✓ | ✓ | $90 |
| NIIB camper cabins | ✓ | ✓ | $90 |
| ZIIG camper cabins | ✓ | ✓ | $90 |
| NING camper cabins | ✓ | ✓ | $90 |
| GIIW camper cabins | ✓ | ✓ | $90 |
| BP1 backpack sites | X | X | $23 |
| BP2 backpack sites | X | X | $23 |
| BP3 backpack sites | X | X | $23 |
| BP4 backpack sites | X | X | $23 |
| BP5 backpack sites | X |
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Longest RV site listed: 70 ft. Unsure if your rig fits? Check it in the Rig Fit tool
1302 Mckinley Park Rd (Soudan Mine)
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Adventure abounds at Lake Vermilion-Soudan Underground Mine State Park! Tour the historic underground mine, take a boat out or cast a line on Lake Vermilion, or hike through acres of old growth pine forest. The addition of nearly 3,000 acres and five miles of Lake Vermilion shoreline in 2010 adds even more opportunities to experience the wonders of northern Minnesota. Naturalist The park has professional naturalists who provide interpretive programs including bat programs, hikes, skill-building activities, and mine tours. Wildlife The park is home to northern songbirds, loons, hawks, and owls. White-tailed deer, black bears, timber wolves, fishers, and many smaller animals also live in the park. History Mining has been a part of this parks past since 4,000 B.C. Starting with Native Americans the lands rich geology has been utilized for many purposes. From quarried rock outcrops to the Iron Ore production of more recent years the land brought people and the culture of the area to life. After a number of expeditions into the area by a geology team who verified the quality of the ore, Tower formed the Minnesota Iron Company to buy land on the east side of the lake. Captain Elisha Morcom and his crew of miners arrived in 1884 to establish Minnesota’s first Iron Ore Mine. On July 31, 1884, the first shipment of ore left for Two Harbors. By the 1890s, the mining process was converted to an underground operation and soon it was to be known as the “Cadillac” of underground mines. Electricity came in 1924. A new hoist, pumps, electric crusher, and other equipment was added. The high grade, extremely hard ore was in high demand. After World War II, the high cost of operating the Soudan Mine reduced profits. Changing technology and high operating costs forced the mine to close in 1962. United States Steel Corporation donated the mine, and 1,200 acres around it, to Minnesota for a state park in 1963. In 2010 the remaining 2,848 acres was purchased from U.S. Steel for protection of Lake Vermilion shoreline and to bring in a new era for state parks. In May 2014, the boundary between the parks was legally erased and Lake Vermilion State Park and Soudan Underground Mine State Park were merged to become one park. Landscape The park is located on a rugged ridge on the south shore of Lake Vermilion and offers a unique combination of recreational opportunities, including picnicking, hiking, fishing, boating, snowmobiling, and tours of a former iron ore mine. Scenic stands of white and Norway pine, mixed with some balsam, aspen and birch, cover the upland areas. The lowlands are dominated by white cedar interspersed with balsam, tamarack, black spruce, ash and muskeg. Geology Ancient seas and volcanoes played a major role in the formation of the Soudan ore deposits. Millions of years ago, broad seas spotted with volcanoes created deposits of low-grade ore on the sea floor. In time, great forces folded, compressed, and thrust the sea floor into mountain ranges and opened the ore deposits to the weather. Weathering concentrated the low grade ore into rich hematite. Then came the glaciers flowing down from the Arctic. Four times they came south, cutting, crushing, and altering the land. As they retreated, they left a thick layer of debris--boulders, pebbles, soil--on the surface. The last glacier exposed an outcrop of rich hematite near Lake Vermilion. This outcrop later became the Soudan Mine. The origins of the underlying bedrock formations in the park date back over 2.7 billion years. The two bedrock formations are an iron-bearing metamorphic formation and a metamorphosed sedimentary rock formation. Mixed in these formations are deposits of other minerals such as nickel, lead, gold, silver, copper, and zinc.
| Agency / operator | Not listed |
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| Booking | Online via reservemn.usedirect.com (booking listing; window not listed) |
| X |
| $23 |
| 100E vermilion ridge campground | X | X | $35 |
| 101E vermilion ridge campground | X | X | $35 |
| 102E vermilion ridge campground | X | X | $35 |
| 104E vermilion ridge campground | X | X | $35 |
| 106E vermilion ridge campground | X | X | $35 |
| 108E vermilion ridge campground | X | X | $35 |
| 110E vermilion ridge campground | X | X | $35 |
| 112E vermilion ridge campground | X | X | $35 |
| 200E vermilion ridge campground | X | X | $35 |
| 306E vermilion ridge campground | X | X | $35 |
| 312E vermilion ridge campground | X | X | $35 |
| 314E vermilion ridge campground | X | X | $35 |
| 316E vermilion ridge campground | X | X | $35 |
| 400E vermilion ridge campground | X | X | $35 |
| 402E vermilion ridge campground | X | X | $35 |
| 404E vermilion ridge campground | X | X | $35 |
| 406E vermilion ridge campground | X | X | $35 |
| 202E vermilion ridge campground | X | X | $35 |
| 204E vermilion ridge campground | X | X | $35 |
| 206E vermilion ridge campground | X | X | $35 |
| 208E vermilion ridge campground | X | X | $35 |
| 301E vermilion ridge campground | X | X | $35 |
| 302E vermilion ridge campground | X | X | $35 |
| 303E vermilion ridge campground | X | X | $35 |
| 305E vermilion ridge campground | X | X | $35 |
| 307E vermilion ridge campground | X | X | $35 |
| 308E vermilion ridge campground | X | X | $35 |
| 309E vermilion ridge campground | X | X | $35 |
| 310E vermilion ridge campground | X | X | $35 |
| 409E vermilion ridge campground | X | X | $35 |
✓ available · R reserved · X not available · C closed · W first come, first served · N not yet released
| Max RV / trailer length | Not listed |
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| Bear storage | Not listed |
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| Season | Not listed |
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| Hookups | Not listed |
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