East Twin
5Heads up5 fires, nearest 17 mi
- Right now
- OpenListed open; its database flags it not open
- A night
- $15From, per site
- Sites
- 10All of them booked ahead
- Season
- May 2 – October 31Open May 2 through October 31
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 4 notices
In the agency’s own words
Located on a sparkling 110-acre lake, the East Twin Campground is a known family favorite. The area provides access to a beautiful portion of the Chequamegon National Forest in northwestern Wisconsin. Keep reading
Recreation
A variety of recreational activities are available, including fishing, boating and swimming on the adjacent lake. A boat ramp is located about a half-mile east of the campground, providing access to East Twin Lake and also features a walk-in portage to West Twin lake which is located just outside the campground. Largemouth bass and pan fish are akin to the body of water, as well as an occasional musky or other freshwater species. Miles of hiking and mountain bike trails are located nearby and just down the road is an established Blue Heron rookery.
Facilities
The campground offers several single family campsites for tent and RV camping with many located on the lake. East Twin campground offers two tent walk-in sites for those looking for a somewhat more secluded camping experience. Each site is equipped with tables and campfire rings with grills. Accessible vault toilets and drinking water are provided. Trash collection and an aluminum can recycling bin are also available at the campground.
Natural Features
The campground is situated in a maple, birch and hemlock forest, with many sites overlooking the lake. A variety of birds and wildlife, including elk, eagles, loons, blue heron and other species, make their homes near the campground.
Nearby Attractions
The Dead Horse Run trailhead is located just five miles south on County Road GG.
What the agency tells you
First-come, first-served sites may be available
Off-road vehicles must be trailered at all times within the campground
Click here for more information on the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forests
Everything else this campground posts · 1
Don't move firewood: To limit the spread of invasive tree-killing pests, firewood from outside the area is not permitted. Some states have quarantines and may confiscate your firewood. Please help protect our forests from invasive species by obtaining your firewood at or near your camping destination and burning it on-site. Visit dontmovefirewood.org for more information.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 10 · 1 tent-only
- Hookups
- None
- Longest rig
- 45 ft
- Accessible sites
- 8
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets
- “…campfire rings with grills. Accessible vault toilets and drinking water are provided. Trash collection…”
- Drinking water
- Yes
- “…grills. Accessible vault toilets and drinking water are provided. Trash collection and an aluminum can…”
- Boat ramp
- Yes
Around the campground
- On the water
- Lake
- Biking
- Boating
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Night sky · 2nd darkest of 70 in WI
- Bortle 2
No reading yet, book on recreation.gov
Every site here is reservable, and the record lists none held back for anyone who drives up.
No availability snapshot inside the last 36 hours, so this page draws nothing rather than ageing a reading into fiction.
Watch for a cancellation
Full? Watch it.
One email when a night opens, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.
We read recreation.gov once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time a site in your window is free for the nights you asked for.
Scanners that check every few minutes exist, and most of them charge. This one is free, it reads the same calendar, and it won’t always be first.
Tell me when the season opens
Watch for the season to open
One email when the season goes on sale, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.
We check once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time the agency has that season on sale.
Scanners that check every few minutes exist, and most of them charge. This one is free, it reads the same calendar, and it won’t always be first.
We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.
Every line of the receipt · 13
What you actually pay
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rate for this season, $15 a night, plus one $8 recreation.gov reservation fee for the booking. A weekend here means Friday and Saturday night, booked once. Optional charges (an extra vehicle, a second tent, a dump-station fee) are listed separately and aren’t in this total.
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
rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
10 sites · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 10 mapped sitesAll 10 sites
The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 10 of the 10 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| EAST TWIN | 001 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | yes | 119 ft | 202 ft | $15 |
| EAST TWIN | 002 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | yes | 92 ft | 167 ft | $15 |
| EAST TWIN | 003 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | yes | 92 ft | 83 ft | $15 |
| EAST TWIN | 004 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | yes | 91 ft | 63 ft | $15 |
| EAST TWIN | 005 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | yes | 91 ft | 54 ft | $15 |
| EAST TWIN | 006 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 103 ft | 135 ft | $15 | |
| EAST TWIN | 007 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | yes | 133 ft | 100 ft | $15 |
| EAST TWIN | 008 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | yes | 144 ft | 31 ft | $15 |
| EAST TWIN | 009 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | yes | 186 ft | under 10 ft | $15 |
| EAST TWIN | 010 | tent only nonelectric | 517 ft | 50 ft | $15 |
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Day LakeChequamegon National Forest · 2.6 mi
Mineral LakeChequamegon National Forest · 7.0 mi
Beaver Lake (Chequamegon-Nicolet NF, WI)Chequamegon National Forest · 7.6 miBeaver Lake Recreation AreaChequamegon National Forest · 7.8 mi
Lake ThreeChequamegon National Forest · 8.7 miNamekagon Lake Recreation AreaChequamegon National Forest · 11 miDrive 4 miles north from Clam Lake on County Highway GG. Turn right (east) on Forest Road 190 and continue for about one mile to the campground.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Clam Lake, WI
Typical weather
Typical October night 34°F, day 53°F.
Coldest night of the open season: typical October night 34°F. Bring the bag rated for it.
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
Roadless country, and what’s coming for it
You’re camping on ground somebody wants. We track the threats and the comment deadlines.
Who answers for this land
East Twin 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 →