Leech Lake Rec Area in MN -- Campground & RV Camping

Leech Lake Recreation Area is set in a mixed hardwood and pine forest on the Leech Lake River inside Chippewa National Forest. The facility offers 73 wooded sites with electric hookups (including eight full-hookup sites) and four primitive walk-to tent sites. Amenities include flush toilets, showers, laundry facilities, a dump station, playgrounds, sports courts, boat ramps, and overnight mooring slips. Campers come for boat access to Portage Bay to fish for walleye, perch, and musky, or to hike the nearby North Country National Scenic Trail.

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

• Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, a 77-site campground with the nearest through road 0.2 miles off.
• Sits on broad, near-level ground.
• The Leech Lake shoreline is 0.2 mi off.
• Open country, with nothing named rising within 30 miles.
• Most sites here have an electric hookup, with most of them shaded.

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