Free camping in Minnesota

419 free and low-cost camps on public land in Minnesota, grouped by the unit that manages them — that is who sets the stay limit and the fire rules. See them on the map →

Superior National Forest304 camps

• 7 Beaver Lake1,671 ft
• Agassa Lake Site 11,471 ft
• Apple Tree Site1,475 ft
• Astrid Lake Site 11,332 ft
• Astrid Lake Site 21,338 ft
• August Lake Site 11,544 ft
• Baird Lake Campsite1,609 ft
• Baker Lake Campground1,778 ft
• Baker Lake Rustic Campground1,777 ft
• Ball Club Lake Camping Area1,947 ft
• Ball Club Lake Site 11,938 ft
• Bass Lake Site 1
• Bass Lake Site 21,403 ft
• Bass Lake Site 31,365 ft
• Bear Island Lake Site 11,432 ft
• Bear Island Lake Site 21,434 ft
• Bear Island Lake Site 31,419 ft
• Bear Island Lake Site 41,424 ft
• Bearskin Site #11,705 ft
• Beetle Lake Site 1
• Big Lake1,702 ft
• Big Lake Site 1
• Big Lake Site 2
• Big Lake Site 31,416 ft
• Big Lake Site 4
• Big Rice Lake Campsites (3)
• Birch Lake Campgound1,442 ft
• Birch Lake Site 11,790 ft
• Birch Lake Site 11,426 ft
• Birch Lake Site 101,441 ft
• Birch Lake Site 111,424 ft
• Birch Lake Site 121,427 ft
• Birch Lake Site 131,420 ft
• Birch Lake Site 141,421 ft
• Birch Lake Site 151,421 ft
• Birch Lake Site 161,420 ft
• Birch Lake Site 21,420 ft
• Birch Lake Site 31,420 ft
• Birch Lake Site 4
• Birch Lake Site 51,421 ft
• Birch Lake Site 61,427 ft
• Birch Lake Site 7
• Birch Lake Site 8
• Birch Lake Site 91,420 ft
• Brule Lake Site #1
• Burntside Lake Site 11,409 ft
• Burntside Lake Site 2
• Burntside Lake Site 31,380 ft
• Burntside Lake Site 4
• Burntside Lake Site 51,380 ft
• Burntside Lake Site 61,385 ft
• Cadotte Lake Recreation Area1,642 ft
• Camp Four Lake 21,427 ft
• Canal Lake Site #11,770 ft
• Cascade Lake Site 11,800 ft
• Cascade Lake Site 2
• Cascade River Rustic Campground1,595 ft
• Clara Lake Campground1,687 ft
• Clara Lake Rustic Campground1,681 ft
• Cloquet Lake Site 11,925 ft
• Comfort Lake
• Crane Lake Site 11,123 ft
• Crane Lake Site 21,122 ft
• Crane Lake Site 31,121 ft
• Crane Lake Site 41,127 ft
• Crescent Lake Campground1,781 ft
• Crescent Lake Site #11,791 ft
• Crescent Lake Site #21,783 ft
• Crescent Lake Site #31,782 ft
• Dam Five Lake Site 11,739 ft
• Devilfish Lake Site 11,877 ft
• Divide Lake Campground1,967 ft
• Divide Lake Site #11,950 ft
• Dragon Lake Site 21,709 ft
• Dry Lake Site 1
• Dumbbell Lake Site #11,947 ft
• Dumbbell Lake Site #21,948 ft
• East Bearskin Lake Campground1,725 ft
• East Twin Lake Site 11,841 ft
• East Twin Lake Site 2
• East Twin Lake Site 4
• East Twin Lake Site 51,398 ft
• East Twin Lake Site 61,385 ft
• Echo Lake Site 11,222 ft
• Echo Lake Site 21,225 ft
• Echo Lake Site 31,225 ft
• Eighteen Lake Campground1,897 ft
• Eighteen Lake Rustic Campground1,897 ft
• Elbow Lake Site 11,699 ft
• Elbow Lake Site 11,717 ft
• Elbow Lake Site 21,697 ft
• Elbow Lake Site 2
• Elbow Lake Site 31,687 ft
• Elbow Lake Site 41,691 ft
• Elbow Lake Site 51,692 ft
• Everett Lake Site 11,379 ft
• Fenske Lake Campground1,489 ft
• Finger Lake Site 1
• Flour Lake Campground1,757 ft
• Fourmile Lake Campground1,673 ft
• Fourmile Lake Site #31,664 ft
• Fourmile Lake Site 11,676 ft
• Fourmile Lake Site 21,669 ft
• Fourmile Rustic Campground1,673 ft
• Franklin Lake Site 11,219 ft
• Franklin Lake Site 21,209 ft
• Frear Lake Site 1
• Frear Lake Site 2
• Frear Lake Site 31,699 ft
• Glacier Pond Site 11,517 ft
• Grassy Lake Site 11,370 ft
• Grassy Lake Site 21,376 ft
• Greenstone Lake Site 21,462 ft
• Greenwood Lake Site 11,882 ft
• Gunflint Lake Site 11,584 ft
• Gunflint Lake Site 21,578 ft
• Gunflint Lake Site 31,546 ft
• Gunflint Lake Site 41,546 ft
• Gunflint Lake Site 51,546 ft
• Ham Lake Site 11,703 ft
• Ham Lake Site 21,701 ft
• Ham Lake Site 31,702 ft
• Ham Lake Site 41,703 ft
• Harriet Lake Rustic Campground1,740 ft
• High Lake Site 11,443 ft
• High Lake Site 21,447 ft
• High Lake Site 31,442 ft
• High Lake Site 4
• Hogback Lake Campground1,773 ft
• Hogback Lake Rustic Campground1,772 ft
• Homer Site 21,820 ft
• Homer Site 31,823 ft
• Iron Lake Campground1,867 ft
• Island River1,551 ft
• Island River Site31,550 ft
• Jean Lake Campsite1,427 ft
• Johnson Lake Site 11,448 ft
• Johnson Lake Site 101,172 ft
• Johnson Lake Site 13
• Johnson Lake Site 14
• Johnson Lake Site 21,170 ft
• Johnson Lake Site 71,169 ft
• Johnson Lake Site 81,175 ft
• Kawishiwi Lake Campground1,661 ft
• Kawishiwi Lake Rustic Campground1,654 ft
• Kemo Lake Site 11,892 ft
• Lake Jeanette Site 11,366 ft
• Lake Jeanette Site 101,366 ft
• Lake Jeanette Site 111,363 ft
• Lake Jeanette Site 21,367 ft
• Lake Jeanette Site 8
• Lake Jeanette Site 9
• Lake Vermilion Public Islands1,358 ft
• Lake Vermilion Site 11,371 ft
• Lake Vermilion Site 151,375 ft
• Lake Vermilion Site 18
• Lake Vermilion Site 191,367 ft
• Lake Vermilion Site 41,372 ft
• Lake Vermilion Site 51,366 ft
• Little Gunflint Lake Site 31,548 ft
• Little Gunflint Lake Site 41,557 ft
• Little Isabella River Campground1,828 ft
• Little Johnson Lake Site 11,174 ft
• Loon Lake1,770 ft
• Low Lake Site 11,354 ft
• Low Lake Site 21,397 ft
• Low Lake Site 3
• Maude Lake Campsite1,374 ft
• Maude Lake Site 21,388 ft
• McDougal Lake Campground1,783 ft
• Moss Lake Campsite1,746 ft
• Myrtle Lake Site 10
• Myrtle Lake Site 51,281 ft
• Nels Lake Site 11,423 ft
• Nels Lake Site 21,413 ft
• Nels Lake Site 31,417 ft
• Nickel Lake Site 11,495 ft
• Nigh Lake Site 11,371 ft
• Ninemile Lake Campground1,623 ft
• North Lake Site 11,554 ft
• North Lake Site 21,550 ft
• North Lake Site 31,557 ft
• North Lake Site 41,555 ft
• Northern Light Lake Site 11,550 ft
• Ojibway Lake Site 11,488 ft
• Ojibway Lake Site 21,481 ft
• Old Birch Dam Campgrd1,421 ft
• Otto Lake Site 11,619 ft
• Otto Lake Site 21,626 ft
• Oxbow Dispersed Campsites (3)1,261 ft
• Pauline Lake Site 1
• Pfeiffer Site 21,449 ft
• Pickerel Lake Site 11,418 ft
• Pickerel Lake Site 21,404 ft
• Picket Lake Site 11,375 ft
• Picket Lake Site 2
• Picket Lake Site 31,375 ft
• Pickett Lake Site 1
• Pine Lake 2
• Pine Lake 31,711 ft
• Pine Lake 41,709 ft
• Pine Lake Site 11,867 ft
• Poplar River Campground1,565 ft
• Poplar River Rustic Campground1,558 ft
• Rice Lake Site 11,709 ft
• Rice Lake Site 21,707 ft
• Rice Lake Site 31,722 ft
• Round Lake 11,685 ft
• Round Lake 21,671 ft
• Sand Lake Sites 1 And 21,706 ft
• Sawbill Lake Campsite1,798 ft
• Scarp Lake Site #11,778 ft
• Scarp Lake Site #2
• Secret Blackstone Site 11,447 ft
• Section 29 Lake Campground1,638 ft
• Section 29 Lake Rustic Campground1,631 ft
• Shoko Lake Site 11,832 ft
• Sht- Big White Pine711 ft
• Sht- Cliff Creek
• Sht- Crow Creek797 ft
• Sht- Cut Log1,087 ft
• Sht- Durfee Creek1,127 ft
• Sht- East Devil Track1,043 ft
• Sht- East Lake Agnes
• Sht- East Leveaux
• Sht- East Poplar River1,288 ft
• Sht- East Rollins Creek
• Sht- Falls
• Sht- Fredenberg Creek1,288 ft
• Sht- Hazel1,414 ft
• Sht- Indian Creek1,092 ft
• Sht- Jackson Creek
• Sht- Jonvick Creek
• Sht- Kadunce River915 ft
• Sht- Kimball Creek766 ft
• Sht- Ledge1,202 ft
• Sht- Mystery Mountain
• Sht- North Bally Creek Pond
• Sht- North Carlson Pond1,309 ft
• Sht- North Cascade River1,383 ft
• Sht- North Little Brule River886 ft
• Sht- Onion River
• Sht- Otter Lake Campsite1,616 ft
• Sht- South Bally Creek Pond
• Sht- South Carlson Pond1,473 ft
• Sht- South Cross River1,102 ft
• Sht- South Little Brule River774 ft
• Sht- Springdale Creek1,254 ft
• Sht- West Devil Track1,016 ft
• Sht- West Fork Of The Kadunce818 ft
• Sht- West Poplar River1,302 ft
• Sht- Woodland Caribou Pond1,326 ft
• Sht- Woods Creek
• Sht-Spruce Creek1,198 ft
• Sht-Sundling Creek1,511 ft
• Sht-Trout Creek990 ft
• Silver Island Lake Campground1,652 ft
• Silver Island Rustic Campground1,650 ft
• Silver Island Site 11,666 ft
• Silver Island Site 21,646 ft
• Silver Island Site 3
• Silver Island Site 41,646 ft
• Sletten Lake Site 11,503 ft
• Snowbank Lake Site 111,427 ft
• Snowbank Lake Site 121,440 ft
• Snowbank Lake Site 71,429 ft
• Snowbank Lake Site 8
• South Kawishiwi Campground1,454 ft
• Steer Lake Site #11,766 ft
• Sullivan Lake Campground1,720 ft
• T Lake Site 11,654 ft
• T Lake Site 21,651 ft
• Tee Lake Site 11,439 ft
• Temperance River Group Site
• Temperance River National Forest Campground1,521 ft
• Timber Lake Site 11,694 ft
• Tofte Lake Site 11,427 ft
• Tofte Lake Site 21,445 ft
• Tofte Lake Site 41,435 ft
• Toohey Lake Campground1,685 ft
• Toohey Lake Rustic Campground1,685 ft
• Trestle Pine Site #11,830 ft
• Triangle Lake Site 11,502 ft
• Triangle Lake Site 21,496 ft
• Trout Lake
• Twin Lake Site 11,526 ft
• Two Island Lake Campground1,775 ft
• USFS dispersed camp #2 — St. Louis County, MN1,325 ft
• USFS dispersed camp #3 — St. Louis County, MN
• Vermilion River Site 31,307 ft
• Vermilion River Site 61,217 ft
• Vermilion River Site 71,270 ft
• West Twin Lake Site 11,862 ft
• West Twin Lake Site 11,391 ft
• West Twin Lake Site 21,385 ft
• Whisper Lake Site 11,452 ft
• White Iron Lake Site 11,931 ft
• White Pine Lake Rustic Campground1,606 ft
• Whitefish Lake Rustic Campground1,681 ft
• Whitewater Lake Complex1,457 ft
• Wilson Lake Rustic Campground1,718 ft
• Wilson Site 11,702 ft
• Windy Lake Site 11,670 ft
• Windy Lake Site 31,673 ft

Chippewa National Forest67 camps

• Adele Lake (M1)1,372 ft
• Barnum Lake - W21,356 ft
• Baumgartner Lake B2
• Big Bass Island - W681,386 ft
• Big Bass Lake - W301,306 ft
• Big Jack Lake M1281,409 ft
• Blue Sky Lake C20
• Camp Cassaway C26
• Castle Creek B191,301 ft
• Chippewa National Forest Dispersed Site1,388 ft
• Clubhouse Campground1,341 ft
• Cut Foot Dispersed Campsites1,300 ft
• Diamond Lake - W711,386 ft
• Dispersed Camping Site C331,307 ft
• Dixon Lake B201,305 ft
• Doctor Lake (M2)1,375 ft
• East Seelye Bay Campground1,310 ft
• First River Campsite D32
• Forjer Lake (M13)1,413 ft
• Gadbolt1,390 ft
• Gilfillan (On North Twin Lake) B8
• Glove Lake 2 B36
• Gut Lake - Nct W53
• Hazel Lake Camping - W57
• Hill Lake (M86)1,388 ft
• Island Lake B43
• Jack The Horse M1301,355 ft
• Kremmer Lake North (M135)1,372 ft
• Little Bass Island - W131,394 ft
• Little Portage Lake C391,308 ft
• Long Lake - W381,318 ft
• Lower Pigeon D501,319 ft
• Marie Lake B 231,327 ft
• Mark Lake C271,365 ft
• Middle Pigeon River (D55)1,316 ft
• Mississippi River 3 C311,302 ft
• Mississippi River D721,302 ft
• Mississippi River Governors Point C371,320 ft
• Mississippi River Site A1,326 ft
• Mississippi River Site B C35B
• Mississippi-Leech River1,289 ft
• Moose Lake B421,363 ft
• Mosomo D47
• Noma Lake1,353 ft
• North Twin Lake B91,336 ft
• Old Pines - Nct W471,341 ft
• One Loaf Lake D561,309 ft
• Onegume Overflow1,301 ft
• Pigeon Lake Dam D421,304 ft
• Potato Island South C191,341 ft
• Schram Lake C251,305 ft
• Shingobee - Nct W501,387 ft
• Skimmerhorn Lake B45A1,334 ft
• Spider Lake Campsites M36 To M391,375 ft
• Spruce Island (East M4B)1,371 ft
• Spruce Island (West M4A)
• Sq___ Lake B411,321 ft
• Star Island Recreation Area - C171,305 ft
• Suomi South Side Dispersed Sites M7
• Suomi South Side M111,399 ft
• Tamarack Point1,307 ft
• Third River Camp B281,298 ft
• Trout Lake Beach Campsite M341,367 ft
• Trout Lake Golf Course Campsite M331,322 ft
• Trout Lake M321,324 ft
• Turtle Lake (M115)1,305 ft
• Turtle River B31,310 ft

U.S. Forest Service29 camps

• Bass Lake #2 D101,368 ft
• Big Dick Lake M441,324 ft
• Bluewater Lake M421,319 ft
• Caribou Lake M60
• Dead Horse Lake M81
• Doctor Lake M21,363 ft
• Duck Lake M741,316 ft
• East Lake M751,351 ft
• Gunflint Lake Site 61,552 ft
• Hole In The Wall Lake M831,453 ft
• Little Cottonwood Lake M911,289 ft
• Little Ruby Lake M1001,371 ft
• Mississippi River D21,372 ft
• Orange Lake M71,348 ft
• Sht- Aspen Knob
• Sht- Beaver Pond1,079 ft
• Sht- Chapins Ridge996 ft
• Sht- Crow Creek Valley
• Sht- Crystal Creek964 ft
• Sht- Dyers Creek1,192 ft
• Sht- East Branch Baptism River
• Sht- East Caribou River
• Sht-Bear Lake
• Sht-Blesner Creek1,440 ft
• Sht-Blueberry Hill
• Sht-East Kennedy Creek1,153 ft
• Sht-East Palisade Creek1,097 ft
• Sht-Section 131,602 ft
• Snowshoe Lake M1221,313 ft