Chippewa National Forest · Minnesota

Onegume — how to get a site when it's sold out

Overview One of the Chippewa National Forest's most popular campgrounds, Onegume is located on Little Cut Foot Sioux Lake. It is near MN State Highway 46, also known as Avenue of the Pines Scenic Byway, in the heart of the Chippewa National Forest. Visitors come to the area for boating, excellent fishing, and beautiful scenery.

🏕️ 48 sites 🚐 Standard, Tent only

Booking Onegume

Sites at Onegume 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.

Site facts

Total sites48
Site typesStandard, Tent only
HookupsElectric hookups at some sites
LocationDeer River, MN
Book throughRecreation.gov
Official listingRecreation.gov

The cancellation play at Onegume

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 Onegume 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.

Other campgrounds in Chippewa National Forest

Norway Beach LoopCancellation alerts available
Chippewa LoopCancellation alerts available
Stony PointCancellation alerts available
Deer LakeCancellation alerts available
Clubhouse LakeCancellation alerts available
Wanaki LoopCancellation alerts available
North StarCancellation alerts available
Cut Foot Horse CampgroundCancellation alerts available
Winnie Campground - USFSCancellation alerts available
Mosomo PointCancellation alerts available
South Pike BayCancellation alerts available
Mabel LakeCancellation alerts available
Williams NarrowsCancellation alerts available
Webster LakeCancellation alerts available
Bimijiwan Recreation AreaCancellation alerts available
East Seelye BayCancellation alerts available
Cass Lake LoopCancellation alerts available
Norway Beach Picnic ShelterCancellation alerts available

Page data refreshed 2026-10-29. Site facts come from the official directory listing for Onegume; cancellation statistics come from our own scanning logs.