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Leech Lake Rec Area

ReservableOut of season, no booking; November 3 opens May 3.

Book on recreation.govWe make nothing when you book

Right now: Nobody has saidNo season, no closure, no bookings to read
A night: $26–$50Across the site types the agency prices
Sites: 77All of them booked ahead

Photos · Shawn Weissenfluh

138 ftLongest rig

1,300 ftElevation

768 ftWater · Leech Lake

24.8 miW of Cohasset, MN

62%Tree cover

The place

the agency’s own description · what’s there · 9 notices

In the agency’s own words

Leech Lake Recreation Area is located in the heart of the Chippewa National Forest in Federal Dam, Minnesota on the Leech Lake River. The area is best known for its fishing and boat access to Portage Bay on Leech Lake, a famous perch, walleye and musky fishery. Keep reading

Recreation

Boating, canoeing and fishing are very popular activities. Anglers will find walleye, perch, bass, northern pike and musky, where every cast has the potential to yield a trophy. Miles of scenic hiking trails meander around Leech Lake, including the Soo Line, Heartland and North Country National Scenic Trails.

Facilities

This campground offers 73 wooded sites with electric hookups, including eight sites with full hookups. Additionally, there are four primitive walk-to tent sites. A group day-use picnic shelter with electric is available, as well as two mini-picnic shelters. Amenities include flush toilets, showers, drinking water, laundry facilities, a dump station, boat ramps and overnight boat mooring. Campers enjoy the park's basketball, volleyball, badminton and shuffleboard courts, as well as the horseshoe pits. Younger campers love the playground areas.

Natural Features

Leech Lake has 316 miles of shoreline and encompasses 14 natural lakes. A mixed forest of elm, ash, maple, basswood, birch, aspen and pine covers the area. Wildlife is abundant around the lake, where campers commonly hear the tell-tale call of loons out on the water.

Charges & Cancellations

Customers may cancel their reservation prior to arrival both on-line and through the call center. A $10 service fee will be withheld from any refund for a cancellation. A customer who cancels a reservation the day before or on the day of arrival will pay a $10.00 service fee AND forfeit the first night's use fee (not to exceed the total paid for the original reservation). Cancellations for a one-night reservation will forfeit the entire amount paid and will not be subject to an additional service fee. If a customer wants to switch dates that are entirely outside of the original reservation dates, there is a $10 change fee.

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

What the agency tells you

Rule

Visitors with reservations are to go directly to their campsite. You do not need to check in at the office.

Rule

Vehicles and trailers must be parked on the campsite pads, or be parked at the designated parking areas. Tents and screen houses must also be on the campsite pad.

Rule

Only two tents OR one wheeled-camping unit plus one tent are authorized per site.

Everything else this campground posts · 6

Rule

Pets must be on a leash at all times and all pet waste must be picked up immediately.

Rule

ATV's, UTV's and motorized scooters are not allowed in the campground.

Rule

No swimming is allowed at the boat ramps, docks or the mooring canal.

Rule

Firewood Alert! Only firewood certified or approved by a state or federal natural resource agency is permitted. Any unauthorized firewood in the campground may be removed and destroyed by Corps of Engineers staff. Certified firewood is available for purchase near this facility.

Rule

Don't Move Firewood: Protect your forests from tree-killing pests by buying your firewood locally and burning it on-site. Visit www.dontmovefirewood.org for further information.

Rule

Check in at 1pm or after on first date of reservation. Check out time is noon.

Read them on the agency’s own page →

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

Tents and rigs

Sites: 77 · 4 walk-in
Hookups: 73 electric, 8 water, 8 sewer
Longest rig: 138 ft
Paved pads: 2 of 77
Accessible sites: 2
Pets: Allowed
Campfires: Allowed, barring fire bans
Shade: 69 of 75 sites

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

Facilities

Toilets: Flush Toilets; “…mini-picnic shelters. Amenities include flush toilets, showers, drinking water, laundry facilities, a…”
Showers: Yes, the record doesn’t say what kind; “Amenities include flush toilets, showers, drinking water, laundry facilities, a dump station, boat ramps and overnight boat mooring.”
Drinking water: Yes; WATER SPIGOT on 1 of 78 campsite records
Dump station: Yes; recreation.gov lists “Dump Station”
Boat ramp: Yes
Playground: Yes
Camp host: On site; recreation.gov lists “Host”
Stay limit: 14 nights; recreation.gov facility rule maxStay

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

Water, toilets and showers: counted from this campground’s own campsite records and read from the agency description, shown above · Sep 12, 2026

Around the campground

On the water: Lake, River, Beach, Coast; Badminton; Boating; Fishing; Ranger programs; Other Recreation Concession Site; Picnicking; Ranger Station; Shuffle Board; Visitor center; Water access
Night sky · 60th darkest of 77 in MN: Bortle 3

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

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.

Booking windowOut of seasonOut of season, no booking. On November 3, 2026 at 10 AM ET, availability opens through May 3, 2027.recreation.gov Add to calendar (.ics)

Max stay14 nightsthe facility record

A night$26–$50plus $8 to reserve, once per bookingthe agency’s rate schedule

A weekend$60–$108DerivedFriday and Saturday, everything includedours, from the lines above

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

Watch for a cancellation

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Free forever, no booking kickbacks.

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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.

Free forever, no booking kickbacks.

Book on recreation.gov

We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.

Every line of the receipt · 16

What you actually pay

The sign priceU.S. Army Corps of Engineers

A night, per site$26–$50

Standard Electric Campsite$26

Full Hook-up Campsite$40

Electric Double Campsite$50

Group area, a night$35

The agency has already scheduled a change from May 1, 2027: $30 to $58 a night.

Rates for the season the campground is in now, May 1, 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.

What a stay costs

One nightDerived$34–$58

A weekend, Friday and SaturdayDerived$60–$108

Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rates for this season, $26–$50 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.

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

“A $10 service fee will be withheld from any refund for a cancellation. A customer who cancels a reservation the day before or on the day of arrival will pay a $10.00 service fee AND forfeit the first night's use fee (not to exceed the total paid for the original reservation).” · 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 · 6

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

The two totals: Derived by CAMPANAC by adding the agency’s own published nightly rate to recreation.gov’s own published reservation fee. Both components are cited above; the addition is ours and is shown only where every component is known. · 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

rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this

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The sites

78 records · which ones have room · the site map

The sites, ranked

from 78 mapped sites

94 ftbetween you and the next site, typically

Most roomPICNIC 207 ft32 157 ft73 154 ft30 147 ft01 144 ft

Least room08 59 ft09 59 ft11 68 ft

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

All 78 records

78 of 78 records located

RV / electric73Walk, hike or boat in4Day use1

01 02 03 04 05 06 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 PICNIC

Aerial · Esri World Imagery

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

Imagery: Esri World Imagery

SleepsTakes aUp to

Toilet distances are OpenStreetMap’s, measured for 78 of the 78 sites listed. A site with no reading is unknown, never far.

The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 77 of the 78 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.

Measured shade is NLCD Tree Canopy Cover 2024 (USDA Forest Service / MRLC) read at the site’s own coordinate, 27% canopy or more, and only for the sites the agency gave no Shade value. It never changes the agency’s own shaded count beside it.


LEECH LAKE REC AREA	01	standard electric	45 ft	20/30/50 amp		144 ft	652 ft	849 ft	$26–$50
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	02	standard electric	48 ft	20/30/50 amp		126 ft	510 ft	766 ft	$26–$50
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	03	standard electric	70 ft	20/30/50 amp		107 ft	549 ft	891 ft	$26–$50
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	04	standard electric	57 ft	20/30/50 amp		107 ft	455 ft	907 ft	$26–$50
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	05	standard electric	55 ft	20/30/50 amp		109 ft	343 ft	809 ft	$26–$50
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	06	standard electric	138 ft	20/30/50 amp		87 ft	385 ft	990 ft	$26–$50
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	08	standard electric	36 ft	20/30/50 amp		59 ft	310 ft	905 ft	$26–$50
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	09	standard electric	50 ft	20/30/50 amp		59 ft	299 ft	958 ft	$26–$50
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	10	standard electric	77 ft	20/30/50 amp		69 ft	371 ft	1,069 ft	$26–$50
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	11	standard electric	60 ft	20/30/50 amp		68 ft	287 ft	1,021 ft	$26–$50
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	12	standard electric	65 ft	20/30/50 amp		78 ft	255 ft	1,085 ft	$26–$50
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	13	standard electric	44 ft	20/30/50 amp		69 ft	386 ft	1,138 ft	$26–$50
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	14	standard electric	54 ft	20/30/50 amp		90 ft	584 ft	1,244 ft	$26–$50
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	15	standard electric	53 ft	20/30/50 amp	yes	107 ft	612 ft	1,163 ft	$26–$50
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	16	standard electric	48 ft	20/30/50 amp	yes	84 ft	660 ft	995 ft	$26–$50
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	17	standard electric	65 ft	20/30/50 amp		90 ft	586 ft	1,327 ft	$26–$50
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	18	standard electric	63 ft	20/30/50 amp		116 ft	454 ft	1,267 ft	$26–$50
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	19	standard electric	61 ft	20/30/50 amp		105 ft	340 ft	1,218 ft	$26–$50
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	20	standard electric	67 ft	20/30/50 amp		72 ft	303 ft	1,323 ft	$26–$50
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	21	standard electric	49 ft	20/30/50 amp		72 ft	283 ft	1,389 ft	$26–$50
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	22	standard electric	44 ft	20/30/50 amp		92 ft	223 ft	1,478 ft	$26–$50
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	23	standard electric	61 ft	20/30/50 amp		107 ft	139 ft	1,587 ft	$26–$50
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	24	standard electric	63 ft	20/30/50 amp		106 ft	241 ft	1,561 ft	$26–$50
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	25	standard electric	78 ft	20/30/50 amp		94 ft	350 ft	1,508 ft	$26–$50
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	26	standard electric	65 ft	20/30/50 amp		94 ft	439 ft	1,446 ft	$26–$50
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	27	standard electric	40 ft	20/30/50 amp		118 ft	557 ft	1,484 ft	$26–$50
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	28	standard electric	48 ft	20/30/50 amp		114 ft	357 ft	1,624 ft	$26–$50
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	29	standard electric	57 ft	20/30/50 amp		114 ft	259 ft	1,687 ft	$26–$50
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	30	standard electric	52 ft	20/30/50 amp		147 ft	528 ft	2,066 ft	$26–$50
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	31	standard electric	97 ft	20/30/50 amp		96 ft	481 ft	1,927 ft	$26–$50
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	32	standard electric	51 ft	20/30/50 amp		158 ft	657 ft	2,062 ft	$26–$50
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	33	standard electric	70 ft	20/30/50 amp		127 ft	668 ft	1,940 ft	$26–$50
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	34	standard electric	112 ft	20/30/50 amp		96 ft	507 ft	1,858 ft	$26–$50
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	35	standard electric	67 ft	20/30/50 amp		101 ft	640 ft	1,816 ft	$26–$50
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	36	standard electric	97 ft	30/50 amp		101 ft	483 ft	1,728 ft	$26–$50
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	37	standard electric	61 ft	20/30/50 amp		78 ft	694 ft	1,751 ft	$26–$50
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	38	standard electric	86 ft	20/30/50 amp		94 ft	548 ft	1,660 ft	$26–$50
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	39	standard electric	69 ft	20/30/50 amp		78 ft	739 ft	1,699 ft	$26–$50
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	40	standard electric	77 ft	20/30/50 amp		84 ft	603 ft	1,585 ft	$26–$50
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	41	standard electric	80 ft	20/30/50 amp		74 ft	784 ft	1,628 ft	$26–$50
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	42	standard electric	116 ft	20/30/50 amp		73 ft	664 ft	1,525 ft	$26–$50
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	43	standard electric	72 ft	20/30/50 amp		74 ft	832 ft	1,577 ft	$26–$50
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	44	standard electric	99 ft	20/30/50 amp		73 ft	729 ft	1,485 ft	$26–$50
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	45	standard electric	41 ft	20/30/50 amp		100 ft	668 ft	1,416 ft	$26–$50
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	46	standard electric	28 ft	20/30/50 amp		107 ft	690 ft	1,309 ft	$26–$50
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	47	standard electric	58 ft	20/30/50 amp		108 ft	831 ft	1,403 ft	$26–$50
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	48	standard electric	72 ft	20/30/50 amp		95 ft	889 ft	1,362 ft	$26–$50
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	49	standard electric	87 ft	20/30/50 amp		92 ft	895 ft	1,291 ft	$26–$50
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	50	standard electric	40 ft	20/30/50 amp		125 ft	993 ft	1,474 ft	$26–$50
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	51	standard electric	60 ft	20/30/50 amp		89 ft	915 ft	1,236 ft	$26–$50
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	52	standard electric	60 ft	20/30/50 amp		138 ft	1,047 ft	1,359 ft	$26–$50
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	53	standard electric	60 ft	20/30/50 amp		112 ft	993 ft	1,199 ft	$26–$50
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	54	standard electric	63 ft	20/30/50 amp		89 ft	888 ft	1,155 ft	$26–$50
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	55	standard electric	53 ft	20/30/50 amp		86 ft	837 ft	1,029 ft	$26–$50
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	56	standard electric	67 ft	20/30/50 amp		86 ft	781 ft	1,048 ft	$26–$50
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	57	standard electric	46 ft	20/30/50 amp		84 ft	725 ft	1,075 ft	$26–$50
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	58	standard electric	94 ft	20/30/50 amp		84 ft	728 ft	1,145 ft	$26–$50
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	60	standard electric	50 ft	20/30/50 amp		107 ft	727 ft	1,240 ft	$26–$50
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	61	standard electric	57 ft	20/30/50 amp		115 ft	887 ft	802 ft	$26–$50
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	62	standard electric	92 ft	20/30/50 amp		85 ft	996 ft	903 ft	$26–$50
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	63	standard electric	74 ft	20/30/50 amp		85 ft	954 ft	855 ft	$26–$50
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	64	standard electric	65 ft	20/30/50 amp		101 ft	1,043 ft	942 ft	$26–$50
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	65	standard electric	57 ft	20/30/50 amp		122 ft	1,162 ft	1,062 ft	$26–$50
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	66	standard electric	64 ft	20/30/50 amp		76 ft	1,082 ft	993 ft	$26–$50
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	67	standard electric	65 ft	20/30/50 amp		112 ft	1,258 ft	1,164 ft	$26–$50
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	68	standard electric	50 ft	20/30/50 amp		76 ft	1,081 ft	1,006 ft	$26–$50
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	69	standard electric	63 ft	20/30/50 amp		95 ft	1,250 ft	1,173 ft	$26–$50
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	70	standard electric	68 ft	20/30/50 amp		90 ft	1,079 ft	1,033 ft	$26–$50
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	71	standard electric	108 ft	20/30/50 amp		104 ft	1,029 ft	1,079 ft	$26–$50
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	72	standard electric	60 ft	20/30/50 amp		95 ft	1,229 ft	1,195 ft	$26–$50
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	73	standard electric	65 ft	20/30/50 amp		154 ft	1,146 ft	1,232 ft	$26–$50
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	74	standard electric	62 ft	20/30/50 amp		104 ft	932 ft	984 ft	$26–$50
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	75	standard electric	48 ft	20/30/50 amp		118 ft	819 ft	884 ft	$26–$50
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	76	walk to				94 ft	1,038 ft	1,069 ft	$14
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	77	walk to				94 ft	997 ft	1,138 ft	$14
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	78	walk to				94 ft	1,090 ft	1,205 ft	$14
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	79	walk to				94 ft	1,097 ft	1,159 ft	$14
LEECH LAKE REC AREA	PICNIC	day use		30 amp	yes	207 ft	790 ft	685 ft	$35

The agency files 1 more record here that isn’t a site for the night. It files it as day use. It’s in the table above, marked for what it is, and it isn’t counted as a site.

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 78 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

Coordinate47.24472, -94.23083

The mapSee it on the map

The driveDirections ↗

The phone218-654-3145

The agency’s pageOfficial page ↗

Where it is

Also near here

Stony PointChippewa National Forest · 13 mi

Winnie Campground - USFSChippewa National Forest · 13 mi Tamarack Point CampgroundChippewa National Forest · 15 mi

Winnie Dam Campground - USACEChippewa National Forest · 15 mi

Mabel LakeChippewa National Forest · 15 mi

Chippewa LoopChippewa National Forest · 16 mi

Getting there

From Grand Rapids, Minnesota, take Highway 2 west for 33 miles to Bena. Turn south onto County Road 8 and proceed 8 miles to Federal Dam.

From Bemidji, Minnesota, take Highway 2 east for 35 miles to Bena, Turn south onto County Road 8 and proceed 8 miles to Federal Dam.

From Walker, Minnesota, take Highway 200 east for 20 miles to County Road 8. Turn north onto County Road 8 and proceed 14 miles to Federal Dam.

LEECH LAKE REC AREA 01217 FEDERAL DAM DR. NE FEDERAL DAM MN 56641

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

Today60°Sunny

Tonight44°Mostly Clear

Sunday64°Sunny

Sunday Night38°Mostly Clear

NWS forecast for Federal Dam, MN

Source: National Weather Service, DLH forecast office · Oct 17, 2026

Typical weather

Typical October night 35°F, day 54°F.

Coldest month of the year: typical January night -2°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: LEECH LAKE, MN (USC00214652), 0.4 miles away 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

Leech Lake Rec 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: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers publishes no season and no closure for this campground, and it takes no bookings we can read. That’s a gap in the record and not a locked gate: the number below is the only way to be sure.

Sites on recreation.gov: recreation.gov’s own month availability payload for this facility, asked for October 2026 and November 2026. It names 78 of the 77 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 78 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: 0.13 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 place of any size: inside Federal Dam, MN. Straight line.

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