Baker Park Reserve

View map of location 20 miles west of Minneapolis on County Road 19. From Highway 12, take County Road 29 north to County Road 19, and follow 19 north to the main park entrance. From Highway 55, turn south on County Road 19, and follow 19 to the main entrance.

GET DIRECTIONS (OPENS IN NEW WINDOW) About Located on Lake Independence, Baker Park Reserve's 2,700 acres offer diverse outdoor activities in natural surroundings. You can golf at Baker National Golf Course, explore a creative play area, picnic and swim, or bicycle on paved trails that wind through meadows and forest. Visit for the day, stay overnight in the campground or plan a retreat to the Baker Near-Wilderness Settlement, a secluded log-cabin village. In the winter, the park offers 12.9K of cross-country ski trails.

203 sites, including 98 with electricity. Rental cabins also available. Showers and flush toilets (wheel chair accessible). RV dump station. Trails, beach, picnic and play areas provide recreation.

Five 12’x16’ cabins, each featuring a screened-in porch and furnished with a table, benches and wooden bunk beds with mattresses. Equipped with electricity, heat, overhead lighting, ceiling fans and outlets. Located near a modern restroom facility that includes showers, changing rooms and dishwashing sinks. A drinking fountain and water spigot are located near the restroom facility.

Three cabins sleep up to six people. Two cabins sleep five and are accessible for people with disabilities.