Onegume

One of the Chippewa National Forest's most popular campgrounds, Onegume is located on Little Cut Foot Sioux Lake, near MN State Highway 46 — also known as the Avenue of the Pines Scenic Byway — in the heart of the forest. Visitors come to the area for boating, excellent fishing, and beautiful scenery. The Chippewa National Forest and the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe work together to co-steward resources, making the forest a great place to recreate as well as a special place where cultural and traditional resources are protected and preserved and the Band's treaty rights are respected. This popular campground offers several single-family sites, the majority with 30-amp electric hookups, and most large enough to accommodate 38-foot RVs. Each site is equipped with a picnic table and campfire ring. There are three accessible vault toilets and three drinking water spigots throughout the campground, plus a fish cleaning building for camper use. The campground sits between Highway 46 and Little Cut Foot Sioux Lake, on the east side of the road before the bridge. A scenic forest of birch and red pine covers the area, offering shade and privacy between sites, and eleven sites are located on the lakefront. The lake is home to a variety of waterfowl and birds of prey, including loons, osprey and bald eagles. Boating and swimming are popular on Little Cut Foot Sioux Lake, and fishing during Minnesota's season opener is historically very good. An accessible fishing dock and fish cleaning station are on-site, along with a wooden fishing pier with a few boat slips at the water's edge and a picnic site with two tables and an open grassy area overlooking the lake. Miles of trails in the area provide great hiking, horseback riding, mountain biking and birding, including the Simpson Creek Trail and the Cut Foot Sioux National Recreation Trail. The lake adjoins and provides access to Lake Winnibigoshish, one of the state's premier fisheries, with excellent walleye, perch and muskie fishing plus boating and water skiing. The Cut Foot Sioux Visitor Information Center is just north of the campground, reached by a half-mile accessible trail, and offers interpretive displays, educational programs and area information. Several resorts in the area offer ice cream and other treats, and there is a small convenience store within a couple miles.