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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · MN

Cross Lake Recreation Area

Closedrecreation.gov lists every site closed this weekend, read 16:26 UTC

Why it’s closed, and what’s open near here Tell me when it comes back

Right now: Closedrecreation.gov lists every site closed this weekend, read 16:26 UTC
A night: $24–$40When it reopens, per site
Sites: 122In the agency’s record

Photos · Melanie Peterson PAO

87 ftLongest rig

1,230 ftElevation

206 ftWater · an unnamed pond

In townCrosslake, MN

46%Tree cover

The place

the agency’s own description · what’s there · 3 notices

In the agency’s own words

In Central Minnesota's popular lakes area, the Cross Lake Recreation Area is best known for its picturesque sunsets, beautiful beaches and well-maintained campsites. The campground provides a full menu of activities for camping enthusiasts, while being located just minutes from shopping and paved bike trails. For a virtual tour go to: http://www.photographyoptions.net/images/headwaters/tour.html Recreation The recreation area provides plenty of water based entertainment like boating, canoeing, kayaking, water skiing and fishing. Two onsite beaches are convenient for swimming and sunbathing. Two accessible fishing piers provide angling opportunities on both Cross Lake and the Pine River. Keep reading

Facilities

The sizable campground has 122 campsites including 97 with electric hookups. Additional amenities include two accessible hot shower facilities, a boat ramp, playground, floating docks for boat parking, 2 picnic shelters, a dump station and accessible fishing piers.

Natural Features

Cross Lake Recreation Area is nestled among tall pines on the eastern banks of Cross Lake on the Whitefish Chain of Lakes. The area has tremendous appeal, with access to 13 natural lakes, 13,660 acres of water and 119 miles of scenic shoreline. The collection of lakes help form the Headwaters of the Mississippi River.

Nearby Attractions

The Recreation Area is located adjacent to the city of Crosslake and is just a short walk from shopping and a paved bike trail. It's also near the Crow Wing State Park where visitors can view the Mississippi River from the historic "Chippewa Lookout." Charges & Cancellations Reservations must check in within 24 hours of their scheduled arrival or risk their reservation being cancelled. Modifications to existing reservations will be charged a $10.00 non-refundable modification fee. Modifications to reservations may be made online or by calling Recreation.gov at (877)444-6777

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

What the agency tells you

Rule

Reservations * All reservations must be made and/or modified at recreation.gov or by calling 1-877-444-6777. No walk ins allowed. * Cross Lake Recreation Area staff and volunteers do not make reservations on site. * Campers must check in within 24 hours of their scheduled arrival or risk their reservation being cancelled.

Rule

Title 36: Rules and Regulations In the interest of more effective resource management and to increase the overall enjoyment of the visitor experience available at the Cross Lake Recreation Area, Corps wide rules and regulations have been established and will be enforced (Title 36). Click here for more information 14-Day Stay Limit To ensure everyone has a chance to enjoy our campsites, please be aware of our 14-day camping policy. - Camping at any of our sites is limited to a maximum of 14 days within any 30-consecutive-day period. - This rule is in accordance with official regulation CFS 327.7(b). An extension may only be granted with written permission from the District Commander. - Please be aware that violations may result in the cancellation of reservations or removal from the campground. America The Beautiful Passes We proudly accept America The Beautiful passes. To ensure fair use, please remember: - The pass may only be used for the single campsite you are actively occupying. - Passes are non-transferable and cannot be shared with friends or family for other sites. - If a pass is used for multiple sites simultaneously, it will be invalidated, and the full camping fee for the additional site(s) will be charged. Cross Lake Recreation Area has additional rules including but not limited to: * Firewood restrictions are in effect to prevent the spread of invasive insects and disease. Click here for more information * ATV/UTV and Golf Cart operation within the campground is not allowed. * All vehicles and camping equipment must fit on the campsite. Do not park or place camping equipment on the grass. * Posted speed limit is 10 mph. * Limit two tents per site, or one wheeled unit and one tent. * Reserved campsites must be occupied daily and with intention of overnight camping. Visitors may not book a site just for access to the boat docks.

Rule

Closure * The Campground will close 15-OCT-2026 for the remainder of the season. This includes all dump stations, all restrooms, and water spigots. At this time, the main boat ramp is expected to remain available throughout October.

Source: recreation.gov facility notices, quoted verbatim · Sep 9, 2026

Tents and rigs

Sites: 122 · 6 tent-only
Hookups: 98 electric, 12 water, 12 sewer
Longest rig: 87 ft
Paved pads: 2 of 122
Accessible sites: 2
Pets: Allowed
Campfires: Allowed, barring fire bans
Shade: Every site

Source: Recreation.gov campsite records · Aug 23, 2026

Facilities

Showers: Yes, the record doesn’t say what kind; “Additional amenities include two accessible hot shower facilities, a boat ramp, playground, floating docks for boat parking, 2 picnic shelters, a dump station and accessible fishing piers.”
Dump station: Yes; recreation.gov lists “Dump Station”
Boat ramp: Yes
Playground: Yes
Stay limit: 14 nights; recreation.gov facility rule maxStay

Source: Stated in the agency description · Aug 23, 2026

Water, toilets and showers: read from the agency description, shown above · Sep 12, 2026

Around the campground

On the water: Lake, River, Beach; Biking; Boating; Canoeing; Fishing; Ranger programs; Picnicking; Swimming; Visitor center
Night sky · 72nd darkest of 77 in MN: Bortle 4

Source: Recreation.gov activity records · Aug 23, 2026

Night sky: VIIRS Day/Night Band annual cloud-free composite, VNL V2 2024 (Earth Observation Group, Colorado School of Mines), read at the published coordinate · Sep 8, 2026

Nothing to book until it reopensread 16:26 UTC

recreation.gov lists every site closed this weekend

Every one of the next thirty nights is in recreation.gov’s record and not one site is being offered on any of them. That’s a campground closed or not yet released for booking, not a sold-out one.

Max stay14 nightsthe facility record

A night, when it reopens$24–$40plus $8 to reserve, once per bookingthe agency’s rate schedule

If plans change$10 to cancel$10 to change a reservation; this campground publishes its own terms toorecreation.gov’s schedule

Runs itU.S. Army Corps of EngineersBooked through recreation.govthe agency’s record

What’s open near here

Tell me when it reopens

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We check the agency’s own record once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time it stops saying closed.

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Free forever, no booking kickbacks.

Every line of the receipt · 13

What you actually pay

The sign priceU.S. Army Corps of Engineers

A night, when it reopens$24–$40

Standard Nonelectric$24

Tent Only Nonelectric$24

Standard Electric$32

Full Hook-Up$40

Rates for the season the campground is in now, May 14, 2026 to Oct 14, 2026.

The booking feerecreation.gov

Reservation fee, booked online$8

One fee per reservation, however many nights you book, and it’s non-refundable. $9 if you book by phone, $3 in person.

Pass discounts only apply to the recreation (or use) fee for the facility. Other charges such as electricity or water hookups, reservation or other fees are not eligible for a discount.

If your plans changerecreation.gov

Change fee, moving to dates outside your booking$10

Cancellation fee$10

Cancelling the day before, or the day of$10 + your first night

No-show$20 + your first night

“Modifications to existing reservations will be charged a $10.00 non-refundable modification fee.” · this campground’s own terms

Who keeps the booking fee

The agency’s own policy text says the reservation fee and the cancellation processing fee are “retained by the reservation service contractor”, and that a campground concessionaire will decline to refund them because “they did not receive these fees”. Recreation.gov is run under contract by Booz Allen Hamilton. What share of your booking fee the contractor keeps isn’t published in any federal dataset we can read, so we print no number for it. Our reporting on the contract →

How we know this receipt · 5

Sign price: recreation.gov facility rate schedule, quoted as the agency publishes it · Sep 10, 2026

Booking fee, change fee, cancellation fee, no-show: Rules and Reservation Policies, Recreation.gov, the published fee schedule, curated by hand into lib/reservation-fee-schedule.json (9 rows, each carrying its own verbatim sentence). The publisher states these policies were last updated September 2019. · Sep 9, 2026

This campground’s own terms: recreation.gov facility cancellation policy for this campground, quoted verbatim. Recreation.gov states that policies listed for specific locations supersede its site-wide policies. · Sep 9, 2026

Who keeps the booking fee: Recreation.gov facility policy text, Dead Swede Campground (facility 234221) · Not on the national policy page. This is agency policy text recreation.gov publishes on individual campground pages; this site holds it verbatim on 45 active campgrounds (campground_rules.cancellation_description, scripts/load-facility-rules.mjs). · Sep 9, 2026

The contract: Reservation Gods: Who Stole Our Campsites and Sold Them Back to Us, More Than Just Parks, April 2025 · Apr 1, 2025

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

Why this page can’t say why

recreation.gov lists every site at Cross Lake Recreation Area closed this Friday and Saturday night. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has published no closure notice we hold, so this page can’t say why, and it won’t fill the gap with a guess. A closed night isn’t a sold-out one: the reservations its record still carries were taken before the sites were closed.

Closure: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers status record · Oct 16, 2026

There’s no notice to quote and no reason to argue with, so this page offers you the watch and the list below, and no letter.

Open within 150 miles · 4

The agency’s own word that these are open, not our reading of a season.

Noma Lake CampgroundChippewa National Forest · 75 mi
Birch Lake CampgroundSuperior National Forest · 133 mi · 31 sites
Wanoka Lake Recreation AreaChequamegon National Forest · 135 mi · walk-up
Perch Lake Recreation AreaChequamegon National Forest · 137 mi · walk-up

Open near here: Agency-published status, in the CAMPANAC campground index · Oct 16, 2026

recreation.gov availability, read 16:26 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this

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The sites

122 sites · which ones have room · the site map

The sites, ranked

from 122 mapped sites

76 ftbetween you and the next site, typically

92%of tent sites sit clear of electric or RV sites

Most roomCROSSLAKE 121 130 ftCROSSLAKE 030 119 ftCROSSLAKE 048 112 ftCROSSLAKE 092 103 ftCROSSLAKE 001 101 ft

Least roomCROSSLAKE 040 42 ftCROSSLAKE 042 42 ftCROSSLAKE 002 49 ft

Source: Derived by CAMPANAC from recreation.gov per-site coordinates (nearest-neighbor distance) · Oct 12, 2026

All 122 sites

122 of 122 sites located

Standard18Tent only6RV / electric98

001 002 003 004 005 006 007 008 009 010 011 012 013 014 015 016 017 018 019 020 021 022 023 024 025 026 027 028 029 030 031 032 033 034 035 036 037 038 039 040 041 042 043 044 045 046 048 049 050 051 052 053 054 055 056 057 058 059 060 061 062 063 064 065 066 067 068 069 070 071 072 073 074 075 076 077 078 079 080 081 082 083 084 085 086 087 088 089 090 091 092 093 094 095 096 097 098 099 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123

Aerial · Esri World Imagery

Sites: recreation.gov (RIDB), coordinates as published · Aug 23, 2026

Imagery: Esri World Imagery

SleepsTakes aUp to

The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 122 of the 122 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.


CROSSLAKE	001	standard electric	58 ft	50 amp		101 ft	447 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	002	standard electric	58 ft	50 amp		49 ft	430 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	003	standard electric	56 ft	50 amp		49 ft	442 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	004	standard electric	64 ft	50 amp		83 ft	304 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	005	standard electric	51 ft	50 amp		80 ft	403 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	006	standard electric	53 ft	50 amp		83 ft	266 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	007	standard electric	68 ft	50 amp		78 ft	360 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	008	standard electric	42 ft	50 amp		68 ft	244 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	009	standard electric	64 ft	50 amp		66 ft	343 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	010	standard electric	48 ft	50 amp		68 ft	232 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	011	standard electric	75 ft	50 amp		66 ft	334 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	012	standard electric	30 ft	50 amp		71 ft	236 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	013	standard electric	34 ft	50 amp		71 ft	286 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	014	standard electric	38 ft	50 amp		87 ft	370 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	015	standard electric	75 ft	50 amp		77 ft	333 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	016	standard electric	52 ft	50/30 amp		90 ft	329 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	017	standard electric	40 ft	50 amp		77 ft	258 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	018	standard electric	35 ft	50 amp		77 ft	219 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	019	standard electric	24 ft	50 amp		82 ft	163 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	020	standard electric	17 ft	50 amp		76 ft	167 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	021	standard nonelectric	40 ft			96 ft	96 ftCross Lake	$24
CROSSLAKE	022	standard electric	79 ft	50 amp		90 ft	204 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	023	standard nonelectric	50 ft			85 ft	99 ftCross Lake	$24
CROSSLAKE	024	standard electric	68 ft	50 amp		71 ft	210 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	025	standard nonelectric	58 ft			75 ft	114 ftCross Lake	$24
CROSSLAKE	026	standard electric	80 ft	50 amp		80 ft	213 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	027	standard nonelectric	40 ft			75 ft	113 ftCross Lake	$24
CROSSLAKE	028	standard nonelectric	41 ft			88 ft	209 ftCross Lake	$24
CROSSLAKE	029	tent only nonelectric	52 ft			95 ft	87 ftCross Lake	$24
CROSSLAKE	030	standard nonelectric	76 ft			119 ft	249 ftCross Lake	$24
CROSSLAKE	031	tent only nonelectric	58 ft			95 ft	82 ft	$24
CROSSLAKE	032	standard nonelectric	79 ft			86 ft	147 ft	$24
CROSSLAKE	033	tent only nonelectric	58 ft			89 ft	63 ft	$24
CROSSLAKE	034	standard nonelectric	51 ft			83 ft	141 ft	$24
CROSSLAKE	035	tent only nonelectric	46 ft			64 ft	127 ft	$24
CROSSLAKE	036	standard nonelectric	40 ft			64 ft	126 ftCross Lake	$24
CROSSLAKE	037	tent only nonelectric	26 ft			68 ft	62 ftCross Lake	$24
CROSSLAKE	038	standard nonelectric	77 ft			77 ft	79 ftCross Lake	$24
CROSSLAKE	039	tent only nonelectric	36 ft			86 ft	under 10 ftCross Lake	$24
CROSSLAKE	040	standard nonelectric	53 ft			42 ft	125 ftCross Lake	$24
CROSSLAKE	041	standard nonelectric	49 ft			87 ft	81 ftCross Lake	$24
CROSSLAKE	042	standard nonelectric	35 ft			42 ft	163 ftCross Lake	$24
CROSSLAKE	043	standard nonelectric	42 ft			87 ft	167 ftCross Lake	$24
CROSSLAKE	044	standard nonelectric	55 ft			68 ft	225 ftCross Lake	$24
CROSSLAKE	045	standard nonelectric	51 ft			95 ft	262 ftCross Lake	$24
CROSSLAKE	046	standard electric	59 ft	50 amp		89 ft	356 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	048	standard nonelectric	74 ft			112 ft	339 ftCross Lake	$24
CROSSLAKE	049	standard nonelectric	78 ft			58 ft	230 ftCross Lake	$24
CROSSLAKE	050	standard electric	79 ft	50 amp		58 ft	216 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	051	standard electric	58 ft	50 amp		68 ft	465 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	052	standard electric	79 ft	50 amp		70 ft	410 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	053	standard electric	64 ft	50 amp		68 ft	533 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	054	standard electric	29 ft	50 amp		67 ft	458 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	055	standard electric	47 ft	50 amp		72 ft	573 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	056	standard electric	82 ft	50 amp		56 ft	463 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	057	standard electric	51 ft	50 amp		72 ft	571 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	058	standard electric	76 ft	50 amp		52 ft	455 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	059	standard electric	47 ft	50 amp		71 ft	399 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	060	standard electric	79 ft	50 amp		81 ft	290 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	061	standard electric	51 ft	50 amp		67 ft	393 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	062	standard electric	78 ft	50 amp		71 ft	276 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	063	standard electric	55 ft	50 amp		56 ft	406 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	064	standard electric	74 ft	50 amp		76 ft	290 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	065	standard electric	57 ft	50 amp		52 ft	404 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	066	standard electric	63 ft	50 amp		76 ft	291 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	067	standard electric	37 ft	50 amp		68 ft	408 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	068	standard electric	87 ft	50 amp		86 ft	297 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	069	standard electric	79 ft	50 amp		72 ft	403 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	070	standard electric	87 ft	50 amp		86 ft	300 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	071	standard electric	48 ft	50 amp		86 ft	402 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	072	standard electric	77 ft	50 amp		86 ft	288 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	073	standard electric	66 ft	50 amp		91 ft	489 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	074	standard electric	84 ft	50 amp		74 ft	570 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	075	standard electric	34 ft	50 amp		93 ft	481 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	076	standard electric	65 ft	50 amp		72 ft	581 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	077	standard electric	59 ft	50 amp		65 ft	487 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	078	standard electric	80 ft	50 amp		72 ft	584 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	079	standard electric	64 ft	50 amp		65 ft	473 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	080	standard electric	79 ft	50 amp		78 ft	587 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	081	standard electric	55 ft	50 amp		68 ft	469 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	082	standard electric	77 ft	50 amp		78 ft	587 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	083	standard electric	28 ft	50 amp		61 ft	606 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	084	standard electric	43 ft	50 amp		77 ft	633 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	085	standard electric	43 ft	50 amp		61 ft	674 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	086	standard electric	57 ft	50 amp	yes	55 ft	703 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	087	standard electric	61 ft	50 amp	yes	55 ft	749 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	088	standard electric	61 ft	50 amp		63 ft	809 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	089	standard electric	39 ft	50 amp		60 ft	838 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	090	standard electric	66 ft	50 amp		97 ft	757 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	091	standard electric	39 ft	50 amp		60 ft	822 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	092	standard electric	67 ft	50 amp		103 ft	717 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	093	standard electric	39 ft	50 amp		96 ft	786 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	094	standard electric	64 ft	50 amp		73 ft	682 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	095	standard electric	37 ft	50 amp		70 ft	755 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	096	standard electric	58 ft	50 amp		73 ft	670 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	097	standard electric	58 ft	50 amp		72 ft	789 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	098	standard electric	47 ft	50 amp		82 ft	650 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	099	standard electric	62 ft	50 amp		94 ft	851 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	100	standard electric	51 ft	50 amp		88 ft	901 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	101	standard electric	75 ft	50 amp		64 ft	821 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	102	standard electric	59 ft	50 amp		74 ft	936 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	103	standard electric	54 ft	50 amp		64 ft	853 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	104	standard electric	42 ft	50 amp		74 ft	920 ft	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	105	standard electric	54 ft	50 amp		66 ft	884 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	106	standard electric	49 ft	50 amp		89 ft	838 ft	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	107	standard electric	69 ft	50 amp		84 ft	923 ft	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	108	standard electric	70 ft	50 amp		89 ft	795 ft	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	109	standard electric	61 ft	50 amp		86 ft	884 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	110	standard electric	79 ft	50 amp		84 ft	750 ft	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	111	standard electric	51 ft	50 amp		87 ft	811 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	112	standard electric	80 ft	50 amp		70 ft	719 ft	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	113	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp		85 ft	745 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	114	standard electric	60 ft	50 amp		70 ft	689 ft	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	115	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp		79 ft	696 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	116	standard electric	58 ft	50 amp		79 ft	652 ft	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	117	standard electric	75 ft	50 amp		61 ft	648 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	118	standard electric	64 ft	50 amp		100 ft	596 ft	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	119	standard electric	64 ft	50 amp		78 ft	619 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	120	standard electric	79 ft	50 amp		69 ft	471 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	121	standard electric	51 ft	30 amp		130 ft	560 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	122	standard electric	60 ft	50 amp		77 ft	467 ftCross Lake	$32–$40
CROSSLAKE	123	standard electric	56 ft	50 amp		69 ft	457 ftCross Lake	$32–$40

Price: Derived by CAMPANAC: each site takes the per-night rate this campground publishes for the site’s own site type (recreation.gov rate schedule). recreation.gov publishes no per-campsite fee, and a site whose type carries no published rate is left blank rather than called free · Sep 11, 2026

25 of 122 listed

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

Getting there

the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number

Coordinate46.66972, -94.10833

The mapSee it on the map

The driveDirections ↗

The phone651-290-5793

The agency’s pageOfficial page ↗

Where it is

Also near here

Gull Lake Recreation Area21 mi

Mabel LakeChippewa National Forest · 26 mi

Stony PointChippewa National Forest · 36 mi

Sandy Lake38 mi

Leech Lake Rec Area40 mi

Pokegama Dam Campground47 mi

Getting there

From Brainerd, Minnesota on Highway 25, turn right on County Road 3 and travel north to Crosslake, Minn. The campground entrance is to the left, at the intersection of County Roads 3 and 66.

Directions: Driving directions as the agency wrote them · Sep 9, 2026

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

The weather

the next four days · the thirty-year normal

Next four days, and the thirty-year normal

Forecast

Today48°Sunny2% rain

Tonight32°Mostly Clear

Saturday57°Sunny

Saturday Night40°Mostly Clear

NWS forecast for Crosslake, MN

Source: National Weather Service, DLH forecast office · Oct 16, 2026

Typical weather

Typical October night 36°F, day 54°F.

Coldest month of the year: typical January night -1°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.

90°32°-10°

Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or more

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.

Measured at: PINE RVR DAM, MN (USC00216547), at the campground and at about the same elevation

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020, monthly normals · Sep 8, 2026

The land, and who answers for it

who answers for it

Who answers for this land

Cross Lake Recreation Area is in Minnesota’s 8th congressional district. Its representative, Pete Stauber (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →

Seen something wrong here? Tell us.

Source: U.S. Census district boundaries and the MTJP Congressional Public Lands Score

How we know

every fact on this page, and where it came from

Right now: recreation.gov lists every site here closed on Friday and Saturday night (read 16:26 UTC). U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has published no closure notice we hold, so the reason isn’t on this page. A closed night isn’t a sold-out one, and the reservations the record still carries predate the closure. That reading is ours, off the agency’s own booking record.

Sites on recreation.gov: recreation.gov’s own month availability payload for this facility, asked for October 2026 and November 2026. It names 122 of the 122 campsites the agency files here, and every one of them carries an answer either way. A campground nobody has read carries no answer at all, never a no. · Oct 14, 2026

Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point query at this campground’s coordinate · Sep 7, 2026

Tree cover: NLCD Tree Canopy Cover 2024 (USDA Forest Service / MRLC), one 30 m cell at this coordinate, taken as the median across the 122 campsites here that carry a reading · Sep 9, 2026

Water: USGS National Hydrography Dataset, nearest perennial lake, reservoir, river or stream to this campground’s coordinate · Sep 8, 2026

Night sky: VIIRS Day/Night Band annual cloud-free composite, VNL V2 2024 (Earth Observation Group, Colorado School of Mines), read at the published coordinate: 0.31 mcd/m² of artificial all-sky glow, ranked against the 77 rated federal campgrounds in Minnesota · Sep 8, 2026

Sky-glow model: Duriscoe, Anderson, Luginbuhl and Baugh (2018), a simplified model of all-sky artificial sky glow derived from VIIRS Day/Night band data, the National Park Service sky-glow model

Cell signal: the Army Corps’s own campground description, read as text by CAMPANAC. None of this is a measurement. It’s what the land manager published about the place, and phones, carriers and weather all disagree with each other; treat it as a warning, not a promise.

Nearest town: U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line 2024 places, measured by CAMPANAC to the town boundary; population is the ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimate · Sep 9, 2026