Picnic Point (WI)
5Heads up5 fires, nearest 20 mi
- Right now
- OpenListed open; its database flags it not open
- Sites
- 1All of them booked ahead
- Season
- January 1 – December 31Open January 1 through December 31
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 4 notices
In the agency’s own words
Picnic Point Campground is a quaint campground, where a large group can enjoy a peaceful escape in northern Wisconsin. The rustic nature of the campground draws campers in for a respite from the hustle and bustle of nearby cities and towns. Keep reading
Recreation
A boat ramp into the 411-acre Mondeaux Flowage is available not far from the campground. The lake, although rather shallow, is popular for swimming and fishing. Anglers fish for musky, pan fish, largemouth bass and pike, among other varieties. A system of hiking trails is available in the area, including the 1,200-mile Ice Age National Scenic Trail, which traces the edge of a historic glacier that once covered the state of Wisconsin and much of North America.
Facilities
The campground offers one large group campsite for tent camping only. The site can accommodate up to 35 people. Reservations can only be made for the whole campground. If the campground is not reserved, then individual sites can be taken on a first come, first served basis. The site is equipped with multiple tables and campfire rings with grills. Vault toilets are provided. The campground does not provide trash collection and visitors are required to pack out all garbage. Drinking water is not available on site, however, it is available at Glacial Springs or Westpoint Campground.
Natural Features
The campground's shaded group campsite is nestled under towering pine trees along the western shore of Mondeaux Flowage. Sites sit right on the edge of the scenic lake, where boats can also be anchored.
Nearby Attractions
The city of Medford is located about 18 miles from the campground. A variety of services can be found there.
What the agency tells you
RV camping is prohibited at the campground
Click here for more information on the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest
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.
Everything else this campground posts · 1
Operation of all ATVs & UTVs are prohibited in campground. View the Medford Motor Veihicle Use Map (MVUM) here: Medford MVUM or Access our MVUM maps on the go with the Avenza app
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 1 · 1 tent-only, 1 group
- Hookups
- None
- Longest rig
- 12 ft
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets
- “…tables and campfire rings with grills. Vault toilets are provided. The campground does not provide trash…”
- Drinking water
- None, bring your own
- “…are required to pack out all garbage. Drinking water is not available on site, however, it is available at Glacial…”
- Boat ramp
- Yes
Around the campground
- On the water
- Lake
- Boating
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Swimming
- Night sky · 53rd darkest of 70 in WI
- Bortle 3
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.
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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 · 12
What you actually pay
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
1 sites · the site map
All 1 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. 1 of the 1 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| PICNIC POINT | GT1 | group tent only area nonelectric | 12 ft | 126 ft | $75 |
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
West Point Recreation AreaChequamegon National Forest · 0.8 mi
Spearhead PointChequamegon National Forest · 1.6 miNorth Twin Lake Recreation AreaChequamegon National Forest · 1.7 mi
EastwoodChequamegon National Forest · 1.8 miKathryn Lake Recreation AreaChequamegon National Forest · 12 mi
ChippewaChequamegon National Forest · 14 miFrom Medford, take State Highway 13 north 4 miles. Turn left (west) onto County Highway M for about 7 miles. Turn right (north) onto County Highway E and continue for about 8 miles. Turn right (east) onto Forest Road 1563 and continue for 1 mile, then turn right (south) onto Forest Road 106 for 2 miles.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Chelsea, WI
Typical weather
Typical October night 35°F, day 55°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.
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
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
Picnic Point (WI) 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 →