Chipmunk Rapids Recreation Area
3Heads up3 fires, nearest 25 mi
This is how it should work.
- Right now
- OpenThe agency lists it open
- Season
- April 25 – November 30Open April 25 through November 30
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there
In the agency’s own words
If you are looking for a base camp to explore area trails or If you want solitude, but also want to be able to drive up to your campsite, try the Chipmunk Rapids Recreation Area off Highway 70 west of Florence. The Chipmunk Rapids Recreation Area is a small campground on the Florence District that consists of a campground with 6 campsites equipped with fire rings, a vault toilet and drinking water. Upon entering, you will come across an artesian well that flows throughout the year and produces excellent drinking water! The area is popular for trout fishing, with a variety of other fish species in nearby lakes. Keep reading
A carry-in canoe access is nearby and is a popular starting and ending point for canoe trips on the Pine River, a state wild and scenic river. Come enjoy all the trails; there is a one-mile trail that connects the campground with Lost Lake Campground. Just north of the river is the south trailhead of the Lauterman Lake National Recreation Trail. So, if you like to hike, mountain bike, fish or enjoy a variety of water activities, then Chipmunk Rapids Recreation Area is the place for you, conveniently located just 20 miles west of Florence. Chipmunk Rapids Recreation Area is pet friendly; See our restrictions for more information.
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets
- “…6 campsites equipped with fire rings, a vault toilet and drinking water. Upon entering, you will come…”
- Drinking water
- Yes
- “…with fire rings, a vault toilet and drinking water. Upon entering, you will come across an artesian…”
Around the campground
- On the water
- Lake, River
Nothing to book, just show up
One of 1,623 federal campgrounds where the site still goes to whoever pulls in first. Get there before noon on a summer weekend.
recreation.gov publishes no availability for a campground you can’t reserve, so there’s no thirty-night reading to draw here. The season bar above is what the agency does publish.
Every line of the receipt · 5
What you actually pay
How we know this receipt · 4
record Aug 24, 2026 · How we know all this
Getting there
the map and the coordinate
Where it is
Lost Lake Campground (WI)Nicolet National Forest · 0.6 miLost Lake Recreation AreaNicolet National Forest · 0.6 mi
Lost Lake CabinsNicolet National Forest · 1.1 miStevens Lake CampgroundNicolet National Forest · 7.8 miStevens Lake Recreation AreaNicolet National Forest · 7.8 mi
Morgan Lake Campground and Group SiteNicolet National Forest · 8.3 miThe weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Long Lake, WI
Typical weather
Typical October night 31°F, day 53°F.
Coldest night of the open season: typical November night 21°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.
Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or moreOutside the published season
A normal is the 1991-2020 average for the month, not a forecast: about half of all Julys are colder than the July line. The seven-day forecast above answers the other question.
The land, and who answers for it
what threatens it · who answers for it
What threatens this place
You’re camping on ground somebody wants. We track the threats and the comment deadlines.
Who answers for this land
Chipmunk Rapids Recreation Area is in Wisconsin’s 7th congressional district. Its representative, Tom Tiffany (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →