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Winnie Dam Campground is situated in the heart of northern Minnesota's lake country on scenic Winnibigoshish Lake in the Chippewa National Forest.
Lake Winnie offers excellent fishing opportunities for walleye, perch and musky. It is one of Minnesota's premier fisheries. Boating on this 67,000-acre lake is also very popular.
Many hiking and biking trails meander around the lake and its 141 miles of shoreline. Hunting areas can be found in the surrounding forest.
The campground, pronounced "win-uh-big-osh-ish," offers 22 sites with electric hookups. Amenities include showers, flush toilets, pit toilets, drinking water, a dump station, boat ramp, picnic shelter and playground.
A forest of mixed hardwoods and towering red pines covers the area, housing an abundance of wildlife including nesting bald eagles, porcupines, black bears, chipmunks and many others.
Wild blackberries, raspberries, and blueberries grow seasonally on the forest floor.
From Deer River, Minnesota, take Highway 2 west for one mile. Turn right on Highway 46 and go 12 miles. Turn left on Itasca County 9 and continue 2 miles, then turn left at signs and follow to the campground.
Very nice fish cleaning facility. Nice bathrooms. Nice picnic area.
Such a beautiful place to go fishing. I caught a few bass and had a couple Northern snap my line. Such a beautiful sunset
This is a great campground! Site are big and spaced far apart! Bathrooms are very clean and newer, you have to get door code from campground host so only campers can use them! I can not find a down side here!
Another win with this ACOE campground, although make sure you go to Winni Dam campground and not Winni campground. We went to Winni campground and there was no electric hookups, it was near dark when we figured we were at the wrong campground... long drive around the lake.
Our family had a BLAST! The kids loved being able to walk around the while campground, and of course the playground area. The hosts were very welcoming and friendly.
