Turtle River State Park, Grand Forks

Very close to town, nice river for swimming, nice quiet campground, friendly neighbors.

Can't really say I enjoyed this at all. It is a very small park. I'm sure if you want to camp, you could go some where else that is a much better place to have some fun.

and quite little park tucked away! Its not far from town so its easy to get to! Great for camping. The river is fun to swim in. Awesome for biking or hiking. Its a very beautiful place! I love nature and this is one of my favorite places to be! Lots of memories. You should try it out and experience how serene and beautiful it can be!

I spent most of all of my free time in the park, while my three oldest children were just babies(the oldest was 31/2)!! It is a relaxing place where the kids can take their bikes, skooters, or tricyles, and explore the trailes with a parent walking just ahead or behind them. From camping, to walking, or just going down for an afternoon cook out and a family game of soccer, we were never disapointed in our visits there! The camping sites were large with water and clean restrooms close to the sites. I found the staff most friendly and helful during our stays and visits there!!!(I was 8 months pregnant being the only adult with a 3yr old and 2yr old and they stopped by to make sure we were fine and not in need of anything!) We now live 1,500 miles away and still there can be no place to compare to the Turtle River Park we enjoyed and now miss so much!!! ~Jewels and the gang!!!

Turtle River State Park has many amenities, including Mountain Biking Trails, Hikeing Trails, A confrence facility with a full kitchen, group campsites, many individual tent campsites spread throughout the park and a full service campground. The weather is best in the fall (Late August through October) if you want to tent and mountain bike or hike. The slightly cooler temperatures of this time combined with very little rain make this the ideal time to camp. This time also has the least traffic. The park is very quite, and short walk from your campsite will get you out to a meadow where sunsets are increadable. Most buildings at the park were built by the CCC durring the great depression, and many are still in really good condition. The Hiking, Biking, and Cross-Country ski trails wind through oak groves and tall prarie grasses, and many diferent levels of dificulty are available for skiers and bikers. The one drawback is there is a lot of debris along the Nature Trail, as the whole park was flooded in 2000 when a dam upstream overflowed durring a storm. The park service has cleaned most of that up though, and made significant improvements in the parks infistructure to the point where all facilities are now at or above the level they were before the flood. JG