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Chippewa National Forest Dispersed Site
Hike-in · U.S. Forest Service · MN · 47.03824, -94.62885
We haven't personally camped here. Everything below is pulled from public land data, USGS maps and OpenStreetMap — a real place on U.S. Forest Service land, but not field-checked by us. Confirm road conditions, current access, stay limits and fire restrictions before you go.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 1,388 ft.
Fire & smokeNIFC · AirNow
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Active wildfires from NIFC (within ~50 mi); air quality from AirNow. Always confirm current fire restrictions with the managing office before you go.
Everything you need
Services & drive-time data covers the public-lands states we've mapped so far — not this camp's region yet. Open in Google Maps ↗
The site
Access
Hike-in
Land
U.S. Forest Service · dispersed
Elevation
1,388 ft
State
MN
Coordinates
47.03824, -94.62885
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureRecreation Lake (water) · nearby
- Nearest townAh-gwah-ching · ~4.0 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelBenedict Outpost · ~8.7 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump stationnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesSuper One Foods · ~4.7 mi
- PharmacyThrifty White Pharmacy · ~4.7 mi
- Hospital / clinicCHI St. Joseph's Health · ~22.1 mi
- HardwareHackensack Lumber & Hardware · ~9.0 mi
Nearby restrooms — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletShingobee - Nct W50 · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletShingobee River · ~1.2 mi SW · USFS
- RestroomBig Bass Island - W68 · ~2.9 mi S · USFS
- RestroomWoodtick Impoundment - Nct W90 · ~6.2 mi SE · USFS
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Other camps nearby
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Shingobee - Nct W50~0.0 mi
- Gadbolt~2.4 mi
- Long Lake - W38~2.5 mi
- Big Bass Island - W68~2.9 mi
The unit that manages this camp
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions are set by the unit, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this
Source
OpenStreetMap contributors
Confidence
Researched — The record is detailed and internally consistent, and the coordinates land where the managing agency says this site is.
How it was placed
auto: hike (road/trail right there)
Field check
Not verified on the ground. Nobody from here has camped it. It stays at Researched until someone does.
What we don’t know
A land record can put you within a few metres of a spot. It cannot tell you any of this — so check it yourself, and treat anything below as the open question it is.
- Road surface & last-mile access
- How many rigs actually fit
- Cell coverage by carrier
- Seasonal & winter access
- Current fire restrictions
- Whether any water here is drinkable
- Shade & wind exposure
- Noise and who else shows up
Before you go
Your first dispersed night →Fire rules & restrictions →Getting unstuck →Power off-grid →All field notes →
Been here? Tell us what changed. This page is built from public records, so the fastest way it gets better is somebody who has actually pulled in. Road washed out, site gone, gate locked, or it is exactly as described — all of it useful. Send a report →