About Winnie Dam Campground - Usace
Number of accommodations: 21
Seasonal information
2026 Season availability
Campground Amenities
Most popular amenities
Showers
Playground
RV Utilities and Hookups
- Dump station on site
Water and Hygiene
- Potable Water
- Showers
On Site Services
- Playground
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Reviews (289)
What Guests Are Saying
Winnie Dam Campground is a well-maintained and clean facility with spacious sites, friendly hosts, and excellent amenities such as clean bathrooms and hot showers. It is particularly popular among fishermen, who enjoy both the river and lake access. While some guests noted minor issues like electric surges and loose pets, the overall atmosphere is peaceful and welcoming, making it an ideal base for exploration and relaxation.
What Guests Are Saying
Winnie Dam Campground is a well-maintained and clean facility with spacious sites, friendly hosts, and excellent amenities such as clean bathrooms and hot showers. It is particularly popular among fishermen, who enjoy both the river and lake access. While some guests noted minor issues like electric surges and loose pets, the overall atmosphere is peaceful and welcoming, making it an ideal base for exploration and relaxation.
Review Summary
Patricia R
VerifiedJune 17, 2025 • Stayed at: 07, Loop: LAKE WINNI
Small Corp of Engineers park on the Mississippi River. You can not see the river from the campground. There is an area immediately before the campground where you can fish the river. The sites are a gravel/dirt. They only have electric sites, which were for the most part level. The sites are shady and plenty of space between campsites. Very clean dump area. Get your gas, groceries and firewood before the park as there is nothing around. The town of Bemidji is about 30 minutes away.
mike m
VerifiedJune 14, 2025 • Stayed at: 19, Loop: LAKE WINNI
Very nice clean showers go there on a yearly basis
John M
VerifiedJune 14, 2025 • Stayed at: 21, Loop: LAKE WINNI
Clean and friendly-a great bargain!!
John M
VerifiedJune 14, 2025 • Stayed at: 21, Loop: LAKE WINNI
Clean and friendly-a great bargain!!
mike m
VerifiedJune 14, 2025 • Stayed at: 19, Loop: LAKE WINNI
Very nice clean showers go there on a yearly basis
Steven J
VerifiedJune 9, 2025 • Stayed at: 14, Loop: LAKE WINNI
Very nice campground we prefer the Corps of Engineers campground s my they are always clean and well kept. This was are first time at Winnie it was exceptional.
Steven J
VerifiedJune 9, 2025 • Stayed at: 14, Loop: LAKE WINNI
Very nice campground we prefer the Corps of Engineers campground s my they are always clean and well kept. This was are first time at Winnie it was exceptional.
Tom S
VerifiedJune 8, 2025 • Stayed at: 19, Loop: LAKE WINNI
Too many campers without their dogs on a leash and not controlling them. Walking around the road in the campground when a aggressive bulldog came out and attacked my daughter and her dog and the owners were not taking responsibility for it. Thankfully they left the next morning.
Tom S
VerifiedJune 8, 2025 • Stayed at: 19, Loop: LAKE WINNI
Too many campers without their dogs on a leash and not controlling them. Walking around the road in the campground when a aggressive bulldog came out and attacked my daughter and her dog and the owners were not taking responsibility for it. Thankfully they left the next morning.
Kurt K
VerifiedJune 5, 2025 • Stayed at: 18, Loop: LAKE WINNI
The campground is very nice. paved road right to the campground. Sites are spread out with plenty of space, paved loop road is good with easy service to sites and dump station, bath house is one of the best we have seen / used, quiet atmosphere, the commons / boat landing area is very nice with full service for boat landing or day use. The Rangers do their best to maintain the CG but they have several CG’s / Areas to maintain and are stretched rather thin. There is a full time CG host but in as many times as we have been here we have NEVER seen them do ANYTHNG, we have never seen them leave their site, they are very unfriendly with no camper interaction ? No CG mowing, site clean between reservations, no fire pit cleaning, no general trash pickup, or general conditions maintenance, thank goodness the bath house / vault toilets cleaning is sub contracted they do a great job ! in example - we told the host that the vault toilets were out of hand sanitizer and they told us “we don’t do that” the service will provide. Very disappointing that their job description is ‘just be there’ ????
Location Winnie Dam Campground - Usace
Address:
56448 County Road 9
Deer River, MN, 55636
United States
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.
Winnie Dam Campground is accessible via Highway 2, which is approximately 1 mile from Deer River, and Highway 46, which is accessed by turning right from Highway 2.
Latitude & Longitude: 47.43 / -94.0492
Elevation: 404 feet
Policies & Rules
General
- *This is a USACE Campground (Winnie Dam). Some visitors can get this confused with a U.S. Forest Service Campground titled: Winnie Campground.
- There is a code for the bathroom/shower building, please see host for code.
- Don't Move Firewood: Protect your forests from tree-killing pests by buying your firewood locally and burning it on-site. Visit Dontmovefirewood.org for further information.
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Last updated: June 3, 2026
