Chippewa National Forest · Minnesota
Overview North Star Campground is located 4 miles south of Marcell and 25 miles north of Grand Rapids on MN State Highway 38. There are 38 campsites located within easy walking distance of the sandy swimming beach. The lake has many sheltered bays and inlets to provide quiet water for ideal fishing.
Sites at North Star are reserved through Recreation.gov. Sites here can be reserved in advance through the official system, and they are claimed fast — cancellations then trickle back all season, unannounced, at any hour of the day or night.
| Total sites | 39 |
|---|---|
| Site types | Standard |
| Location | Grand Rapids, MN |
| Book through | Recreation.gov |
| Official listing | Recreation.gov |
Because sites are booked months ahead, a steady share of reservations get cancelled as trips fall through. Each cancellation instantly returns that site and those nights to the official calendar — first-come, first-served, no waitlist, no announcement. Refreshing the booking page yourself, every few minutes for weeks, works in theory. In practice, the people who get these sites are the ones who hear about the opening first.
itOpened scans the Recreation.gov calendar for North Star around the clock. When a site matching your dates and your vehicle opens, you get a text with a direct link to it. You book it yourself, in your own account, at the normal price. We never book, hold, or resell — your fee pays for monitoring, and openings are first-come, so speed is the whole game.
| Norway Beach Loop | Cancellation alerts available |
|---|---|
| Chippewa Loop | Cancellation alerts available |
| Stony Point | Cancellation alerts available |
| Deer Lake | Cancellation alerts available |
| Clubhouse Lake | Cancellation alerts available |
| Onegume | Cancellation alerts available |
| Wanaki Loop | Cancellation alerts available |
| Cut Foot Horse Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Winnie Campground - USFS | Cancellation alerts available |
| Mosomo Point | Cancellation alerts available |
| South Pike Bay | Cancellation alerts available |
| Mabel Lake | Cancellation alerts available |
| Williams Narrows | Cancellation alerts available |
| Webster Lake | Cancellation alerts available |
| Bimijiwan Recreation Area | Cancellation alerts available |
| East Seelye Bay | Cancellation alerts available |
| Cass Lake Loop | Cancellation alerts available |
| Norway Beach Picnic Shelter | Cancellation alerts available |
Page data refreshed 2026-10-29. Site facts come from the official directory listing for North Star; cancellation statistics come from our own scanning logs.