Lake Emily Park

This is a great example of a well maintained county campground. Both the north and south campgrounds have clean, generous sites. Most of the sites we saw were 20/30/50, but you may want to double check because some sites may only be 20/30 for electrical service. Three clean and well maintained bath houses, two in the north campground, and one in the south.

North campground has the beach, a nice playground, ball diamond, and a shelter building available for rent. So if you have kids, definitely pick the north campground.

South campground is much smaller, quieter, but several sites are right on the water. This is the one to pick for couples who value view over amenities and like it to be a bit quieter.

Both the north and south campgrounds have one dump station lane each. That can get a little cramped, especially on a Sunday. The park does a nice job of placing dumpsters in many different locations, so it’s never far to find one. The park rangers are also very visible, even at night. They take their job seriously about enforcing speed limits, excessive noise, and quiet hours, which is nice.

The couple of quirks: this is near Hwy 10, a very busy thoroughfare in central Wisconsin, so there will be some traffic noise. The worst noise though is the train. This campground is right on a heavily used freight rail line, and trains use their warning horns when approaching the crossing by the campground, both day AND night. Expect a train horn at 2am at least once during your stay.

Despite those two things, this is a nice county campground, and Portage County should be proud of their facility. 10 minutes from Stevens Point, 30 minutes from Wausau, and appx one hour each from Appleton, Green Bay, or Oshkosh. We will be back :)

Very nice campground with 20/30/50 amp electric sites. No water hookups on the sites but available. Most sites are very spacious. We stayed in the south campground. There are many more sites in the north campground but more crowded. Word of caution... There is a VERY busy train track nearby which gets a lot of train traffic all hours of the day. Hard to get good sleep.