Aune-Osborn Campground

The young lady in office was very sweet. Other than checkin we never saw any employee again but there was no issues to be addressed. Bathrooms and showers are extremely clean and secured with codes. Wish they had laundry facilities but the next campground does. The location could not be any better. You can watch large barges come up the channel and head toward locks. Across the channel is Canada. Level, gravel sites.

Easy friendly check in, easy to find and navigate inside of, well laid out, spaces not too close together. Big rig friendly. 30 amp and water at sites. Dump station conveniently located. Great views of the freighters going up and down the river. People were quiet and friendly when we were there. Lots of areas on either side to walk dogs.
Be aware-depending on your space water and electric can be awkwardly placed, bring long cords and extra hoses. WiFi doesn’t reach the whole campground and service is next to nothing.

The park was easy to find. It is located just off of Riverside Drive. There is pavement all the way until you hit the interior roads. The park is Big rig friendly. Signage is adequate. Check in was efficient and friendly. The rules are fairly basic but one being, No motor homes are allowed to NOSE INTO a site.

Our site, 39, was a back in that was just long enough for our Coach and Towed. We were one row back from the view of Saint Mary’s River so we could easily see the Great Lakes Freighters as they sailed by. Services (30 amp, and water only) were to the left side. Distancing is fair for an urban park. There is NO privacy barrier at any of the sites. Site surface is asphalt paving just long and wide enough for a rig. Each site has a table and a fire pit. Our site was flat and even. Overall the park was .

The park included wifi worked reasonably well for a campground of it’s size. There is no cable TV. We did get some OTA TV. Satellite wouldn’t be a problem as there are no trees to interfere. We did not use the washrooms or showers but we checked and found them clean.

There is a small store across the street from the park but no restaurants restaurants within easy walking distance. A short drive away you can find food, shopping and convenience stores. We found this park to be an okay overnighter. We paid $40.00 for the night we stayed (which included the $8.00 reservation fee) and we feel we received fair value. We will be back if in the area again. Be advised, this is a very popular park. Reservations are strongly recommended. We would liked to have stayed longer but it was not possible.

This is close to a 5 star county campground. Excellent bathhouse and laundry. The sites are mushy after a rain as they are a mixture of rock, grass, and dirt. IF they were paved, this is a 5 star rating for me. The premium sites next to the river are worth the few extra dollars in price. I woke up in the middle of the night and watched a 1000 foot freighter slide by my bedroom window. TIP: Get a free maritime app that shows the ships location in real time so you know when the next one is coming. 

We didn’t have a river site, but still had a view of the river and the ships. Sites are fairly close together, but our site was level. Nice restrooms and shower areas. Free WiFi,but signal very weak and really only works near the office. The ships are the reason to stay here. You can see them from the rv park and the locks are a short distance away. You can see what ships are coming. Where they are headed and what they are carri g a trip boatnerd.com. You hear ship horns at night. Our site was near a road which was quite busy and noisy.

I would give this place 3 stars if we didn't have a water-view. Sites aren't private and they're relatively close together.

I called multiple times in January to make a reservation but never got a call back. In March I decided to give it another shot and emailed roger_auneosborn@yahoo.com. I received a response 4 days later at which time, no waterfront sites were available, but we were still able to get a site that had a partial water view.

On our 2nd Saturday night here, there was very loud music playing from somewhere outside of the campground for hours, going as late as 1am. We had to put on our air conditioner to block out the sound.

Over the air HDTV channels included the major networks.

Verizon - DOWNLOAD: 6.83Mb/s, UPLOAD: 11.42Mb/s
AT&T - DOWNLOAD: 22.90Mb/s, UPLOAD: 4.79Mb/s