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Lake Retreat Close to Town and Enjoy Nature on Bike Trail

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View from Lake
Living Room with Fireplace
Kitchen and Dining
View from Dock
Fishing from Dock

Reviews

9.2 out of 10
Wonderful
3 bedrooms2 bathroomsSleeps 121500 sq ft

Popular amenities

  • Kitchen
  • Washer
  • Dryer
  • Free WiFi
  • Air conditioning
  • Outdoor Space

Explore the area

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Watertown, SD
  • Place, Lake Kampeska
    ‪1 min walk‬
  • Place, Watertown Mall
    ‪13 min drive‬
  • Place, Dakota Sioux Casino
    ‪14 min drive‬
  • Airport, Watertown, SD (ATY-Watertown Regional)
    ‪7 min drive‬

Rooms & beds

3 bedrooms (sleeps 12)

Bedroom 1

1 Queen Bed

Bedroom 2

1 Queen Bed

Bedroom 3

2 Twin Beds, 1 Twin Bunk Bed and 1 King Bed

Other (See Description)

1 Queen Bed

2 bathrooms

Bathroom 1

Toilet · Shower only

Bathroom 2

Bathtub or shower · Toilet

Spaces

Deck or patio
Kitchen
Garden
Dining area

About this property

Lake Retreat Close to Town and Enjoy Nature on Bike Trail

Cozy cabin home on beautiful, shady, tree filled lot on private North Lake Drive of Lake Kampeska. Close to Kampeska Lodge for hunting and fishing advice and supplies, also convenient to Highway 20, for easy drive to Watertown and shopping or Lakefront dining at North Shore Restaurant. There are three large parks and bike trails encircling the lake. Bike trail access is across the road going by the property.

South Dakota is famous for it's fishing and hunting. You can fish on the many nearby lakes for walleye, pike, and bass. Pheasants are heard daily from the property and duck, goose, and deer hunting are popular in the fall.

Watertown is known for the Terry Redlin Art Museum, Historic Goss Opera House, Casino Speedway Racing, and many other fun activities.

This property is 3.5 hours West of Minneapolis, MN on Hwy 212, 2 hours North of Sioux Falls, SD on Interstate 29, or 2.5 hours South of Fargo, ND on Interstate 29. Watertown is centrally located on the Eastern side of the Coteau Des Prairies Lake Region. It is an easy one day drive from The Black Hills of South Dakota and Mount Rushmore.

Keywords: lakefront home, dock, on north shore of Lake Kampeska
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House Rules

Check in after 3:00 PM
Minimum age to rent: 21
Check out before 10:00 AM
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Children

Children allowed: ages 0-17
High chair and rocking chair in closet
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Events

Events allowed
NO parking on neighbor's driveway or on any lawn
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Pets

No pets allowed
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Smoking

Smoking is not permitted
No fireworks allowed, no open fires allowed

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
Parties and events are allowed on site
Note from host: NO parking on neighbor's driveway or on any lawn
Host has not indicated whether there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property; consider bringing a portable detector with you on the trip
Host has indicated there is a smoke detector on the property

We should mention

A car is required for transportation to and from this property

About the neighborhood

Watertown

Located in Watertown, this cabin is near a water park and on the waterfront. The area's natural beauty can be seen at Sandy Shore Recreation Area and Pelican Lake Recreation Area, while Goss Opera Hall and Codington County Heritage Museum are cultural highlights. Bramble Park Zoo and Watertown Family Aquatic Center are also worth visiting. Be sure to check out the area's animals with activities such as game walks and birdwatching.
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Watertown, SD

What's nearby

  • Lake Kampeska - 1 min walk - 0.1 km
  • Watertown Mall - 13 min drive - 16.0 km
  • Dakota Sioux Casino - 14 min drive - 15.5 km
  • Pelican Lake Recreation Area - 20 min drive - 23.9 km
  • Lake Poinsett - 47 min drive - 66.5 km

Getting around

  • Watertown, SD (ATY-Watertown Regional) - 7 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Casey's - ‬11 min drive
  • ‪Subway - ‬11 min drive
  • ‪Roadhouse Cafe - ‬11 min drive
  • ‪Backroads Coffeehouse & Lunchboxx - ‬10 min drive
  • ‪2nd Street Station - ‬11 min drive

Frequently asked questions

Is Lake Retreat Close to Town and Enjoy Nature on Bike Trail pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

How much does it cost to stay at Lake Retreat Close to Town and Enjoy Nature on Bike Trail?

As of Mar 30, 2026, prices found for a 1-night stay for 2 adults at Lake Retreat Close to Town and Enjoy Nature on Bike Trail on May 2, 2026 start from $226, including taxes and fees. This price is based on the lowest nightly price found in the last 24 hours for stays in the next 30 days. Prices are subject to change. Choose your dates for more accurate prices.

How much is parking?

Onsite parking is available at the property.

What time is check-in at Lake Retreat Close to Town and Enjoy Nature on Bike Trail?

Check-in begins at 3:00 PM.

What time is check-out at Lake Retreat Close to Town and Enjoy Nature on Bike Trail?

Check-out is at 10:00 AM.

Where is Lake Retreat Close to Town and Enjoy Nature on Bike Trail located?

Situated on the waterfront, this cabin is steps from Lake Kampeska, and within 6 mi (10 km) of Cattail Crossing Golf Course and Sandy Shore Recreation Area. Bramble Park Zoo and Glacial Lakes Distillery are also within 6 mi (10 km).

Reviews

9.2

Wonderful

Reviews are presented in chronological order, subject to a moderation process, and verified unless otherwise labeled.
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Rating 10 - Excellent. 36 out of 59 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 19 out of 59 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 4 out of 59 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 59 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 59 reviews

8.8/10

Cleanliness

10/10

Check-in

9.8/10

Communication

9.8/10

Location

9.6/10

Listing accuracy

Reviews

Verified

10/10 Excellent

Artena M.

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Great access to the lake / ice. Level entrance from driveway to the house. Great to have the fireplace in the winter. Great lakeside community. Walking / biking path nearby. Close to town, restaurants.
Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Tania R.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great Stay

Really nice place to stay!
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2020
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Jennie G.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Paula was great to work with and easy to contact! The house worked perfectly and very clean! Great location right on the water!
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Jens C.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Spacious Lake House

Great location with lots of space. Right in the lake with a boat dock.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Craig O.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
We have stayed here a number of times. It fits our family perfectly. Thank you Paula!
Stayed 6 nights in Jul 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Lea N.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great Lake House

Great location on the lake and very comfortable.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2020
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Ross K.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Pheasant hunt

Had a great trip! Host was very responsive.
Stayed 6 nights in Oct 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

P K.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Peaceful lake stay

The view is great - excellent location. Good for families. The home is equipped with everything needed for a comfortable stay. Thank you!
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Jessica P.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great place!

The property/house was perfect for our family vacation. The dock to the lake was a kiddo favorite for swimming and fishing. The owner was great at communicating with house details. We’d definitely go back again!!
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2023
Archival

10/10 Excellent

Pat D.

Great place for a family visit

We make at least one trip to Watertown every year and have been staying at this property for the last several years. It is a wonderful place to stay. Very peaceful and beautiful. The owner has always been very attentive to our needs. We look forward to coming back next year.
Stayed 6 nights in Jul 2016
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Beverly M.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Reunion on Kampeska

The rental house was just what we wanted to relax by the lake. Everyone liked the casual feel of the house.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2023
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Ryan A.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Fishing trip with the guys

Property worked out great for us. Everything was well supplied and suited our needs.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2023
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Craig O.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Summer Tradition

We have stayed at the property a number of times. Location is excellent and the property provides excellent value for the money. Can't beat the view.
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2019
Verified

8/10 Good

Gaylan L.

The property was comfortable for our three families of eleven total. Never ran out of hot water.

We had a great time, topped only by the three days of nearly perfect weather for boating sports with the grandchildren. The garage was nice for keeping fishing and water sports items stored when not in use.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2018
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Paul A.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Nice property

No issues with anything. Owner was great to communicate with
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2022
Verified

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Family time

Our family enjoyed the time spent together. We visited the zoo, water park, and a hotel waterpark. The children enjoyed playing outside. Unfortunately, the only fish that someone caught was a big carp!
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2024
Archival

10/10 Excellent

Karie S.

Family Celebration

Beautiful property with an amazingly inviting home. We have always preferred staying in a home rather than a cramped hotel room - this property did not disappoint. Everything you could possibly need - dishes, wine glasses, etc. There were only three of us this trip but price still compared to three hotel rooms. This property could easily sleep 9 people.
Verified

8/10 Good

Michael W.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

On the lake in South Dakota

Nice place on the lake. Served us well as we were in Watertown working-mainly at night and sleeping during the day. Roomy and comfortable. Good alternative to a motel/hotel. Exterior of house needs some attention to all the cobwebs/etc. and tree limb trimming. could not sit outside and eat due to hordes of flies- maybe that time-of-the-year thing. Could be a really nice place with a little more TLC.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2022
Verified

8/10 Good

Benjamin F.

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Disliked: Cleanliness

Cabin on the Lake

Property Manager was very prompt and responsive in communicating. Overall the cabin met all of our basic needs and we enjoyed our stay. Upon arrival, the basic up keep of the outside needs more attention to detail (knock down the cob webs, broom & weed eat) and the inside floors, windows, and kitchen simply need cleaned. Bathrooms, Linens and bedding were very clean. We enjoyed the beautiful lake and peaceful setting. Washer and dryer are on premise but tucked away in the basement. Overall, it meets the basic needs but could use some attention to small details and updating to bring it up to a 5 star.
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2024
Verified

8/10 Good

David B.

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Kampeska Lake House

If internet isn’t important to you, then the spotty use of the neighbors service will be fine. Fortunately no one in our group had any work issues requiring their use of the service though WiFi was advertised as available. Would also recommend a little deeper cleaning, but I understand that spiders are pesky at Lake Kampesky (pun intended).
Stayed 13 nights in Jul 2022
Verified

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, listing accuracy
Disliked: Location

Sleeping with the windows open.

The facility was fine. Excellent upstair bedroom arrangement for family with kids. Parking was good. Dock was good. Furnishings were good. My only and major complaint is that the evenings and nights were so pleasant that I wanted to sleep with the windows open. Somewhere, relatively close to the east, a dog barked ALL NIGHT LONG! If I wanted to spend the evenings/nights with windows closed and air conditioning running, I would have stayed in Texas. Not fair to the hosts, I know.
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2023
Verified

8/10 Good

Tara M.

Great location and wonderful view/lake access!

This lake cabin is a great spot relative to Watertown, the lake and public access to put boats in/out. We loved: the patio, propane grill and fire, the view!, yard to enjoy when not in the water, the lake and beach areas, a great home base to play all weekend. The cabin has 3 double beds, a twin bed and twin bunks along with a double pull out sofa. We were a little tight with 4 couples and a few small children. It is a smaller cabin but the loft area upstairs is really nice and roomy. The cabin is older and wasn't super clean when we got there. But, it was just a home base for us to be outside most of the time so it worked well. Super quiet area and the bike path is a nice asset. Thanks for a fun weekend get away cabin!
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2018
Verified

6/10 Okay

Amber N.

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Disliked: Cleanliness

Great view!

This was an adorable house, in a good area, easy to get to everything and the back view of the lake was wonderful! The responsiveness of the owner/main contact, Paula, was very quick to respond which was appreciated. We all fit comfortably and it worked just fine for us. The only main issue we had was the cleanliness. While the house was clean as far as the bathroom and kitchen goes which is huge! The outside just needs a good pressure washing and the inside ceilings, walls and floors need to be cleaned of the spiderwebs and bugs. The bugs are everywhere. All and all it worked for us and we appreciated the view of the lake very much!
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2024
Archival

10/10 Excellent

Barbara S.

Watertown Property ID 30979

Very nice Property. Top 2 levels very clean and well set up. Basement had bugs but since they were dead it didn't bother us too much - sign on basement door said it was only for tornadoes; but since property was advertised as being equipped with washer/dryer we had planned on using them as we came from another place first assuming we could each throw in a load of laundry to get us by for next couple days. It was either use the washer/dryer or go buy new clothes. Would suggest trimming driveway trees a bit - was tough backing in 2 pickup/boat rigs. Lovely view of the lake.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2016
Verified

8/10 Good

Michael L.

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Lake life

This place had an amazing view while sitting outside on the lake side. Beds were a little small and hard but over all a good place to stay if your looking to be on the lake.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2021

About the host

Hosted by Paula Christensen

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Why they chose this property

We grew up in the area and always enjoy the people, recreational options, and the change of seasons.

What makes this property unique

This property provides good family or group accommodation value compared to local area motels.

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