Mosomo Point
- Right now
- Taking bookingsSites offered on 1 of the next 16 nights; a database flag says not open read 16:20 UTC
- A night
- $16From, per site
- Sites
- 2322 on recreation.gov
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 6 notices
In the agency’s own words
Mosomo Point Campground is located between Little and Big Cut Foot Sioux Lakes, in the heart of the Chippewa National Forest. Visitors enjoy the area for canoeing, trophy muskie fishing, hiking, and beautiful scenery. The Chippewa National Forest and the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe work together to co-steward resources - making the Forest a great place to recreate as well as a special place where cultural and traditional resources are protected and preserved and the Band’s treaty rights are respected. Keep reading
Recreation
Canoeing, kayaking and fishing are very popular activities at Mosomo Point. Its protected location on the lake provides calm waters away from the big lake, making it an ideal spot for flatwater paddling. Miles of trails in the area provide great hiking, horseback riding, mountain biking, and birding opportunities. The Simpson Creek Trail and Cut Foot Sioux National Recreation Area Trail can be accessed nearby. Cut Foot Sioux Lake is located next to Lake Winnibigoshish, which can be accessed from Cut Foot Sioux. Lake Winnie offers excellent fishing opportunities for walleye, perch and muskie. It is one of Minnesota's premier fisheries. Boating and water skiing are popular activities.
Facilities
The campground offers single-unit sites, each equipped with a picnic table and campfire ring. Vault toilets and hand pumps for drinking water are provided. There is a boat access just down the road from the campground, and a public fishing pier a few miles before the campground's entrance.
Natural Features
The campground is situated in a transitional area between Little and Big Cut Foot Sioux Lakes. The quiet cove is lined with mature red and white pine trees. The lake is home to a variety of waterfowl and birds of prey, including loons, osprey, and bald eagles.
Nearby Attractions
The Cut Foot Sioux Visitor Information Center is located a half-mile from the campground. The center offers interpretive displays, educational programs, trails and area information.
What the agency tells you
Fee includes one camping unit per site. Double occupancy is not permitted on single unit sites.
Some important campground rules: - Quiet hours are from 10pm – 6am. Generators cannot be run during this time. If you have a medical condition that requires powered equipment, please plan accordingly with battery backup. - Pets are welcome but must remain on a leash 6' or shorter in length at all times. Pets are not allowed in beach areas. - Campfires cannot be left unattended. They must be extinguished before the campsite is vacated. - Fireworks, including sparklers, are not allowed. - Cutting/damaging live vegetation is not allowed. You may gather dead and downed wood for campfires if it fits within the fire ring. - The use of power saws, including electric chainsaws, is strictly prohibited. - Off-highway vehicle use is permitted only to enter and exit the campground and must adhere to the speed limit of 5 mph. Operators must adhere to state OHV laws. All regulations are found under 36 CFR 261 and are punishable by fines.
Bundled firewood is no longer available in Chippewa National Forest campgrounds. Firewood may be available for sale at local vendors, or may be brought from home if within Itasca County. You may also cut dead and downed wood in the forest without a permit as long as it will be used in the campground. Chainsaw use (gas and electric) is not permitted in the campground. 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 informatio n.
Everything else this campground posts · 3
Northern Minnesota is home to black bears. Campers must keep coolers and other bear attractants locked inside hard-sided campers or in vehicles when not attended, including overnight. Black bears are present and active within the campground area. Feeding any wildlife, including hanging bird feeders, is strictly prohibited. NEW FOR 2025: Chippewa National Forest Campground Food Storage Order
Reservations must be made at least 4 days in advance. After this window, sites are considered first-come first-serve. Customers with reservations may change to an open non-reservable site after arrival - please see the campground host as well as a sign at the entrance kiosk for more information. If you would like more site-specific information, call the Deer River Ranger District at 218-246-2123 before making a reservation. First-come, first-serve sites may be available after the reservation season.
Click here for more information on the Chippewa National Forest. For more information on tribal camping, click here.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 23
- Hookups
- None
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets
- “…with a picnic table and campfire ring. Vault toilets and hand pumps for drinking water are provided.…”
- Drinking water
- Yes
- “…and campfire ring. Vault toilets and hand pumps for drinking water are provided. There is a boat…”
- Camp host
- On site
- recreation.gov lists “Host”
Around the campground
- On the water
- Lake, Creek
- Berry Picking
- Biking
- Birding
- Boating
- Canoeing
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Ranger programs
- Kayaking
- Mushroom Picking
- Paddling
- Scenic drives
- Stargazing
- Visitor center
Fully booked this Friday and Saturday, all 1 site-nights takenread 16:20 UTC
recreation.gov lists 22 of the 23 campsites the agency files here. The rest aren’t on its booking system, so a reservation won’t get you one.
OpenBookedNot reservable
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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, $16 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
recreation.gov availability, read 16:20 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
23 sites · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 22 mapped sitesAll 23 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. 23 of the 23 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| MOSOMO POINT | 01 | standard nonelectric | 73 ft | 223 ft | $16 |
| MOSOMO POINT | 02 | standard nonelectric | 99 ft | 100 ft | $16 |
| MOSOMO POINT | 03 | standard nonelectric | 83 ft | 148 ft | $16 |
| MOSOMO POINT | 04 | standard nonelectric | 82 ft | 72 ft | $16 |
| MOSOMO POINT | 05 | standard nonelectric | 82 ft | 134 ft | $16 |
| MOSOMO POINT | 06 | standard nonelectric | 78 ft | 53 ft | $16 |
| MOSOMO POINT | 07 | standard nonelectric | 71 ft | 130 ft | $16 |
| MOSOMO POINT | 08 | standard nonelectric | 71 ft | 145 ft | $16 |
| MOSOMO POINT | 09 | standard nonelectric | 106 ft | 40 ft | $16 |
| MOSOMO POINT | 10 | type not stated | 122 ft | $16 | |
| MOSOMO POINT | 11 | standard nonelectric | 89 ft | 115 ft | $16 |
| MOSOMO POINT | 12 | standard nonelectric | 89 ft | 203 ft | $16 |
| MOSOMO POINT | 13 | standard nonelectric | 92 ft | 120 ft | $16 |
| MOSOMO POINT | 14 | standard nonelectric | 98 ft | 217 ft | $16 |
| MOSOMO POINT | 15 | standard nonelectric | 73 ft | 149 ft | $16 |
| MOSOMO POINT | 16 | standard nonelectric | 86 ft | 228 ft | $16 |
| MOSOMO POINT | 17 | standard nonelectric | 73 ft | 145 ft | $16 |
| MOSOMO POINT | 18 | standard nonelectric | 82 ft | 222 ft | $16 |
| MOSOMO POINT | 19 | standard nonelectric | 74 ft | 145 ft | $16 |
| MOSOMO POINT | 20 | standard nonelectric | 82 ft | 234 ft | $16 |
| MOSOMO POINT | 21 | standard nonelectric | 74 ft | 157 ft | $16 |
| MOSOMO POINT | 22 | standard nonelectric | 73 ft | 256 ft | $16 |
| MOSOMO POINT | 23 | standard nonelectric | 73 ft | 265 ft | $16 |
OpenStreetMap has no toilet mapped within 1 km of this campground, so no site here carries a toilet distance. That’s a gap in the map, not a finding about the campground.
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
OnegumeChippewa National Forest · 0.5 miOnegume (ah-ni-gah-mig[k])CampgroundChippewa National Forest · 0.5 mi
Williams NarrowsChippewa National Forest · 1.3 miEast Seelye BayChippewa National Forest · 2.3 mi
Deer LakeChippewa National Forest · 2.7 mi
Cut Foot Horse CampgroundChippewa National Forest · 2.9 miFrom Deer River, travel north on Highway 46 for 19 miles. Turn west on Forest Road 2190 about a half-mile past the Cut Foot Sioux Visitor Center. Continue 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 Inger, MN
Typical weather
Typical October night 35°F, day 51°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical January night -5°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 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.
The land, and who answers for it
who answers for it
Who answers for this land
Mosomo Point 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 →