Chippewa

We loved it! Great location, close to several fishing areas.

Sites were spread out with lots of trees for separation. Very peaceful

Nice sized sites and surrounded by lots of trees so fairly private. 3 loops, first come first serve - electric and non-electric double sites no water hook ups anywhere. only issue we had was the trails on the lake side sites were poor for transporting a large kayak. Nice flush toilets and showers available in each loop.

Had site #S48 Electric reserved in Bass Loop. Have been to several other Cheq Nat. Forest CG's and had really high expectations for this one. The roads coming in and though out the camping loops are paved which is nice but the loop roads are narrow with significant ditches and the entrance to the site was very narrow. The site was good sized with ample space for some dog stakeouts, screen porch, etc. Most of the forest is extremely mature throughout which results in very little ground cover, good for breeze and keeping mosquitos away but reduces the amount of privacy. The traffic, noise and chainsaw use -was very high for a Thurs afternoon / Fri morning along with the camp hosts driving around golf carts/SxS's quite a lot. There are 4 host in the campgrounds, I have never seen that many in a NF campground before. With that many I expected more control of rules and overall cleaner. We moved to a non-electric site, in the Beaver Loop which had direct access to the lake and a significant amount of privacy but cost more than the electric site? That site was large, close to the lake, good view and decent shoreline access but was dirty with lots of wrappers/scraps on ground. We were unable to process an on-line cancellation on Recreation.gov for the remainder of our original site due to poor / fair cell signal. Not a huge deal. The negative of the non-electric sites is the high usage of generators, several hours per day and even after quiet time (10pm), which the hosts should control? Some other NF campgrounds only allow generators for 2 hours at a time 2x per day, personally I believe they should not be allowed. Nothing like listening to generators all day!! Bathrooms on non-electric loop much cleaner than electric...less people?? They are decent with flush toilets and coin showers. Overall disappointed, below expectations, lake is awesome!

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Sites were big and level but fairly open. One beach was covered in weeds waist high but other seemed nice. No real hiking trails in campground

Reserved S45 w/electric, $15/night same as non-electric - wow, this is going to be great! Thats as "great" as it got! Site was un level and could tell right away where water pools...right where the RV pad was. Site was roomy and spaced away from other sites. If we never would have left our site our rating would have been much higher. But we had a family get together planned so fishing and swimming were on the menu. We took a walk through the campground to check out the two beaches and fishing pier. One beach is not being maintained, the other one was VERY ROCKY on the beach and swimming area, not kid friendly! The fishing pier doesn't appear to be maintained as there were missing boards from the railings and the pier itself has not been looked after in quite a long time, cobwebs galore, food wrappers, and fishing baskets hung off the pier with dead fish in them. Again, the missing railing boards make for a safety hazard. On our walk we noticed the benches and picnic tables in the common areas were in need of maintenance. Missing/broken boards, benches were crooked making sitting on them not comfortable, playground was usable, but needed sprucing up. Boat landing is in dire need of upkeep. The water level is at least 20 feet below the concrete ramp and looks like it's been that way for several years. Camp hosts are abundant, one in each loop. Not sure what they do except ride around on golf carts all day. Modern bathrooms haven't been deep cleaned in weeks! Broken/leaking toilets, scummy/moldy showers. The pit toilets were pristine compared to the modern bathrooms. The camp host in the Bass loop looks like they are "Homesteading!" Their campsite is trashy looking, not an image I would want presented if I was the ranger here. This campground could be a gem if it had some TLC, but it was unanimous in our group we won't be returning.

This campground is very clean and well monitored. There were multiple Camp Hosts driving around - and they were super helpful. The spot we had was quiet and peaceful. The beaches (there are two) were nice but do tend to get green later in the summer. I will be coming back!

This park catered to ATV users and offered little in the way of hiking or walking opportunities. The lake setting was nice. There were lots of mosquitoes although it was worse in MN.

A quiet and peaceful campgrounds. Hosts were very friendly and helpful. Grounds clean and fun to walk around the grounds on the paths and road.