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Thursday accounted for the largest share of the openings Campsite Sniper detected. 46 of 116 openings detected in the last 90 days occurred on a Thursday (39.7%), with Monday (25) and Sunday (23) next in line.
The largest concentrations of detected openings were first detected during the 03:00 and 04:00 local-time hours. Those hours contained 41 of 116 detected openings (35.3%). Hours show when Campsite Sniper first detected each opening, in Central Time, not when the change was made upstream.
Half of the openings Campsite Sniper detected appeared at least 17 days before the stay date; the middle 50% land 5.8–27 days out. Set an alert if you want Campsite Sniper to monitor future openings.
| Site | Openings | Share of all openings |
|---|---|---|
| 31 | 14 | 12.1% |
| 50 | 9 | 7.8% |
| 22 | 8 | 6.9% |
| 11 | 6 | 5.2% |
| 10 | 6 | 5.2% |
Site 31 had the most detected openings in the last 90 days: 14. One free watch covers every site here.
Of the 2,112 tracked site-dates (Sep 18 – Oct 16, 2026): 1,401 open for online reservation · 678 reserved · 27 closed · 6 unavailable (cause unspecified).
Of the open site-nights on mapped sites, 840 fall on weekdays and 535 on weekends (Fri–Sun). The split covers the 1,375 open site-nights on mapped sites; 1,401 site-dates are open across all monitored inventory.
October holds the most room. 831 of 1,098 site-dates are still open there.
| Window | Night | Sites open | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Labor Day | SAT Sep 5 | 0 | None open |
| SUN Sep 6 | 0 | None open | |
| MON Sep 7 | 0 | None open |
Labor Day: no online availability on any tracked night.
| Window | Date | Units open | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Labor Day | SAT Sep 5 | 0 | None open |
| SUN Sep 6 | 0 | None open | |
| MON Sep 7 | 0 | None open |
Labor Day: no online availability on any tracked date.
| Site | Open site-nights |
|---|---|
| 01 | 27 |
| 02 | 27 |
| 40 | 27 |
| 41 | 27 |
| 45 | 27 |
The 5 sites with the most open site-nights in the current snapshot. Pair a bookable date with a free alert to cover everything else.
| Unit | Open reservation dates |
|---|---|
| PICNIC | 26 |
This day-use unit currently has 26 reservation dates available.
The next bookable night is Sep 18; the first open weekend starts Sep 18. Campsite Sniper can watch later dates for you.
77 overnight sites and 1 day-use unit are represented in the current inventory. Day-use inventory is excluded from every night-based figure on this page — site-nights, longest runs, multi-night stays, holiday stays and RV fit; its reservation dates are listed separately below.
Multi-night stays. 150 2-night, 137 3-night, 76 7-night openings where a single site is free for every night, per Campsite Sniper's current snapshot — soonest Sep 18 at site 01.
RV length. Longest recorded site here is 141 ft. 73 sites take 25 ft, 73 sites take 35 ft, 72 sites take 40 ft. 4 sites of 77 have no recorded maximum and are not counted.
| Site | Max RV | Hookups | Open site-nights | Longest run | Dates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 50 ft | Yes | 27 | 27 nights | Sep 18, Sep 19, Sep 20, Sep 21, Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Sep 25, Sep 26, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29 +15 more |
| 02 | 55 ft | Yes | 27 | 27 nights | Sep 18, Sep 19, Sep 20, Sep 21, Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Sep 25, Sep 26, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29 +15 more |
| 40 | 89 ft | Yes | 27 | 27 nights | Sep 18, Sep 19, Sep 20, Sep 21, Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Sep 25, Sep 26, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29 +15 more |
| 41 | 80 ft | Yes | 27 | 27 nights | Sep 18, Sep 19, Sep 20, Sep 21, Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Sep 25, Sep 26, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29 +15 more |
| 45 | 48 ft | Yes | 27 | 27 nights | Sep 18, Sep 19, Sep 20, Sep 21, Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Sep 25, Sep 26, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29 +15 more |
| 46 | 52 ft | Yes | 27 | 27 nights | Sep 18, Sep 19, Sep 20, Sep 21, Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Sep 25, Sep 26, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29 +15 more |
| 54 | 68 ft | Yes | 27 | 27 nights | Sep 18, Sep 19, Sep 20, Sep 21, Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Sep 25, Sep 26, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29 +15 more |
| 76 | Not recorded | None | 27 | 27 nights | Sep 18, Sep 19, Sep 20, Sep 21, Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Sep 25, Sep 26, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29 +15 more |
| 77 | Not recorded | None | 27 | 27 nights | Sep 18, Sep 19, Sep 20, Sep 21, Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Sep 25, Sep 26, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29 +15 more |
| 78 | Not recorded | None | 27 | 27 nights | Sep 18, Sep 19, Sep 20, Sep 21, Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Sep 25, Sep 26, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29 +15 more |
| 79 | Not recorded | None | 27 | 27 nights | Sep 18, Sep 19, Sep 20, Sep 21, Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Sep 25, Sep 26, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29 +15 more |
| 47 | 72 ft | Yes | 26 | 18 nights | Sep 18, Sep 19, Sep 20, Sep 21, Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Sep 25, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30 +14 more |
| 39 | 82 ft | Yes | 25 | 18 nights | Sep 18, Sep 19, Sep 20, Sep 21, Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30, Oct 1 +13 more |
| 51 | 66 ft | Yes | 25 | 18 nights | Sep 18, Sep 19, Sep 20, Sep 21, Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30, Oct 1 +13 more |
| 53 | 62 ft | Yes | 25 | 18 nights | Sep 18, Sep 19, Sep 20, Sep 21, Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30, Oct 1 +13 more |
| 55 | 56 ft | Yes | 25 | 18 nights | Sep 18, Sep 19, Sep 20, Sep 21, Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30, Oct 1 +13 more |
| 70 | 70 ft | Yes | 25 | 20 nights | Sep 18, Sep 19, Sep 20, Sep 21, Sep 22, Sep 25, Sep 26, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30, Oct 1 +13 more |
| 74 | 76 ft | Yes | 25 | 25 nights | Sep 20, Sep 21, Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Sep 25, Sep 26, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30, Oct 1 +13 more |
| 42 | 126 ft | Yes | 24 | 13 nights | Sep 18, Sep 19, Sep 20, Sep 21, Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Sep 25, Sep 26, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29 +12 more |
| 48 | 75 ft | Yes | 24 | 17 nights | Sep 18, Sep 19, Sep 20, Sep 21, Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30, Oct 1, Oct 2 +12 more |
| 17 | 77 ft | Yes | 23 | 18 nights | Sep 20, Sep 21, Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30, Oct 1, Oct 2, Oct 3 +11 more |
| 49 | 98 ft | Yes | 23 | 17 nights | Sep 18, Sep 19, Sep 20, Sep 21, Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30, Oct 1, Oct 2, Oct 3 +11 more |
| 63 | 83 ft | Yes | 23 | 20 nights | Sep 20, Sep 21, Sep 22, Sep 25, Sep 26, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30, Oct 1, Oct 2, Oct 3 +11 more |
| 69 | 71 ft | Yes | 23 | 18 nights | Sep 18, Sep 19, Sep 20, Sep 21, Sep 22, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30, Oct 1, Oct 2, Oct 3 +11 more |
| 75 | 62 ft | Yes | 23 | 12 nights | Sep 20, Sep 21, Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Sep 25, Sep 26, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30, Oct 1 +11 more |
| 35 | 84 ft | Yes | 22 | 11 nights | Sep 18, Sep 19, Sep 20, Sep 21, Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30, Oct 1, Oct 4 +10 more |
| 50 | 95 ft | Yes | 22 | 12 nights | Sep 18, Sep 19, Sep 20, Sep 21, Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30, Oct 1 +10 more |
| 52 | 61 ft | Yes | 22 | 11 nights | Sep 18, Sep 19, Sep 20, Sep 21, Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30, Oct 4 +10 more |
| 61 | 63 ft | Yes | 22 | 11 nights | Sep 21, Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Sep 25, Sep 26, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30, Oct 1, Oct 4 +10 more |
| 64 | 73 ft | Yes | 22 | 19 nights | Sep 20, Sep 21, Sep 22, Sep 26, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30, Oct 1, Oct 2, Oct 3, Oct 4 +10 more |
| 65 | 64 ft | Yes | 22 | 11 nights | Sep 18, Sep 19, Sep 20, Sep 21, Sep 22, Sep 25, Sep 26, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30, Oct 4 +10 more |
| 67 | 71 ft | Yes | 22 | 11 nights | Sep 18, Sep 19, Sep 20, Sep 21, Sep 22, Sep 25, Sep 26, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30, Oct 4 +10 more |
| 37 | 67 ft | Yes | 21 | 17 nights | Sep 21, Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30, Oct 1, Oct 2, Oct 3, Oct 4, Oct 5 +9 more |
| 72 | 66 ft | Yes | 21 | 18 nights | Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30, Oct 1, Oct 2, Oct 3, Oct 4, Oct 5 +9 more |
| 03 | 76 ft | Yes | 20 | 17 nights | Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Sep 25, Sep 26, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30, Oct 1, Oct 2, Oct 3 +8 more |
| 06 | 138 ft | Yes | 20 | 11 nights | Sep 21, Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30, Oct 1, Oct 4, Oct 5, Oct 6 +8 more |
| 33 | 73 ft | Yes | 20 | 7 nights | Sep 18, Sep 19, Sep 20, Sep 21, Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30, Oct 1, Oct 4 +8 more |
| 36 | 106 ft | Yes | 20 | 11 nights | Sep 20, Sep 21, Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30, Oct 1, Oct 2, Oct 3 +8 more |
| 58 | 105 ft | Yes | 20 | 11 nights | Sep 18, Sep 19, Sep 20, Sep 21, Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Sep 25, Oct 1, Oct 4, Oct 5, Oct 6 +8 more |
| 62 | 111 ft | Yes | 20 | 11 nights | Sep 20, Sep 21, Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30, Oct 1, Oct 4, Oct 5, Oct 6 +8 more |
| 43 | 72 ft | Yes | 19 | 10 nights | Sep 18, Sep 19, Sep 20, Sep 21, Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Sep 27, Oct 1, Oct 5, Oct 6, Oct 7 +7 more |
| 56 | 74 ft | Yes | 19 | 13 nights | Sep 19, Sep 20, Sep 21, Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Oct 2, Oct 3, Oct 4, Oct 5, Oct 6, Oct 7 +7 more |
| 66 | 68 ft | Yes | 19 | 11 nights | Sep 20, Sep 21, Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30, Oct 4, Oct 5, Oct 6, Oct 7 +7 more |
| 26 | 74 ft | Yes | 18 | 15 nights | Sep 20, Sep 21, Sep 27, Sep 30, Oct 1, Oct 2, Oct 3, Oct 4, Oct 5, Oct 6, Oct 7, Oct 8 +6 more |
| 32 | 59 ft | Yes | 18 | 7 nights | Sep 20, Sep 21, Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Sep 28, Sep 29, Oct 2, Oct 3, Oct 4, Oct 5, Oct 6 +6 more |
| 68 | 141 ft | Yes | 18 | 11 nights | Sep 21, Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30, Oct 4, Oct 5, Oct 6, Oct 7, Oct 8 +6 more |
| 16 | 48 ft | Yes | 17 | 8 nights | Sep 20, Sep 21, Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30, Oct 1, Oct 2, Oct 7, Oct 8, Oct 9 +5 more |
| 38 | 93 ft | Yes | 17 | 13 nights | Sep 25, Sep 26, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30, Oct 1, Oct 2, Oct 3, Oct 4, Oct 5, Oct 6 +5 more |
| 73 | 75 ft | Yes | 16 | 11 nights | Sep 18, Sep 19, Sep 20, Sep 21, Sep 30, Oct 4, Oct 5, Oct 6, Oct 7, Oct 8, Oct 9, Oct 10 +4 more |
| 22 | 60 ft | Yes | 15 | 10 nights | Sep 19, Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 30, Oct 1, Oct 5, Oct 6, Oct 7, Oct 8, Oct 9, Oct 10, Oct 11 +3 more |
| 27 | 71 ft | Yes | 15 | 11 nights | Sep 24, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30, Oct 4, Oct 5, Oct 6, Oct 7, Oct 8, Oct 9, Oct 10, Oct 11 +3 more |
| 71 | 118 ft | Yes | 15 | 10 nights | Sep 20, Sep 24, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29, Oct 5, Oct 6, Oct 7, Oct 8, Oct 9, Oct 10, Oct 11 +3 more |
| 08 | 36 ft | Yes | 14 | 6 nights | Sep 25, Sep 26, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30, Oct 3, Oct 4, Oct 5, Oct 7, Oct 11, Oct 12 +2 more |
| 44 | 100 ft | Yes | 14 | 7 nights | Sep 18, Sep 19, Sep 20, Sep 21, Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Oct 8, Oct 9, Oct 10, Oct 11, Oct 12 +2 more |
| 13 | 76 ft | Yes | 13 | 11 nights | Sep 30, Oct 1, Oct 4, Oct 5, Oct 6, Oct 7, Oct 8, Oct 9, Oct 10, Oct 11, Oct 12, Oct 13 +1 more |
| 15 | 59 ft | Yes | 13 | 10 nights | Sep 18, Sep 19, Sep 20, Oct 5, Oct 6, Oct 7, Oct 8, Oct 9, Oct 10, Oct 11, Oct 12, Oct 13 +1 more |
| 04 | 64 ft | Yes | 12 | 5 nights | Sep 18, Sep 19, Sep 20, Oct 1, Oct 4, Oct 5, Oct 6, Oct 7, Oct 8, Oct 12, Oct 13, Oct 14 |
| 30 | 60 ft | Yes | 12 | 6 nights | Sep 26, Sep 27, Oct 2, Oct 3, Oct 4, Oct 5, Oct 6, Oct 7, Oct 11, Oct 12, Oct 13, Oct 14 |
| 31 | 97 ft | Yes | 12 | 7 nights | Sep 20, Sep 21, Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Sep 25, Sep 26, Oct 10, Oct 11, Oct 12, Oct 13, Oct 14 |
| 18 | 72 ft | Yes | 11 | 9 nights | Sep 20, Sep 21, Oct 6, Oct 7, Oct 8, Oct 9, Oct 10, Oct 11, Oct 12, Oct 13, Oct 14 |
| Unit | Open reservation dates | Consecutive dates | Dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| PICNIC | 26 | 18 dates | Sep 18, Sep 19, Sep 20, Sep 21, Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Sep 25, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30 +14 more |
Leech Lake Recreation Area is located in the heart of the Chippewa National Forest in Federal Dam, Minnesota on the Leech Lake River. The area is best known for its fishing and boat access to Portage Bay on Leech Lake, a famous perch, walleye and musky fishery.
Boating, canoeing and fishing are very popular activities. Anglers will find walleye, perch, bass, northern pike and musky, where every cast has the potential to yield a trophy. Miles of scenic hiking trails meander around Leech Lake, including the Soo Line, Heartland and North Country National Scenic Trails.
This campground offers 73 wooded sites with electric hookups, including eight sites with full hookups. Additionally, there are four primitive walk-to tent sites. A group day-use picnic shelter with electric is available, as well as two mini-picnic shelters.
Amenities include flush toilets, showers, drinking water, laundry facilities, a dump station, boat ramps and overnight boat mooring.
Campers enjoy the park's basketball, volleyball, badminton and shuffleboard courts, as well as the horseshoe pits. Younger campers love the playground areas.
Leech Lake has 316 miles of shoreline and encompasses 14 natural lakes. A mixed forest of elm, ash, maple, basswood, birch, aspen and pine covers the area. Wildlife is abundant around the lake, where campers commonly hear the tell-tale call of loons out on the water.
From Grand Rapids, Minnesota, take Highway 2 west for 33 miles to Bena. Turn south onto County Road 8 and proceed 8 miles to Federal Dam. From Bemidji, Minnesota, take Highway 2 east for 35 miles to Bena, Turn south onto County Road 8 and proceed 8 miles to Federal Dam. From Walker, Minnesota, take Highway 200 east for 20 miles to County Road 8. Turn north onto County Road 8 and proceed 14 miles to Federal Dam. LEECH LAKE REC AREA 01217 FEDERAL DAM DR. NE FEDERAL DAM MN 56641
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Reservations for Leech Lake Rec Area are made through Recreation.gov. 1,401 of 2,112 tracked site-dates are currently open (66.3%). Campsite Sniper has also detected 116 site openings here in the last 90 days, so further dates may appear. Pick a site or unit on the map to see its calendar, or set a free Campsite Sniper alert. You complete the reservation yourself on Recreation.gov.
No. Campsite Sniper sends alerts and direct Recreation.gov links. It never books, pays for, holds, hoards, or resells reservations.
Campsite Sniper re-checks public Recreation.gov availability for this facility every hour and republishes whenever anything changes. This facility's data last changed at Sep 18, 2026 16:19 UTC; an older timestamp means nothing has changed since that time, not that checking stopped. Always confirm final availability on Recreation.gov when you book.
Campsite Sniper detected 45 site-date openings at Leech Lake Rec Area in the last 7 days, 97 over 30 days and 116 over the last 90.
Thursday accounted for the largest share of the openings Campsite Sniper detected in the last 90 days: 46 of 116 (39.7%). Days reflect when Campsite Sniper first detected each opening, not when the change occurred upstream.
137 three-night openings are showing, counting only runs where the SAME site is free for all three nights. The soonest starts Sep 18 at site 01. Confirm and book on Recreation.gov.
73 of the 77 sites that support RV analysis have a recorded maximum of 35 ft or more; the longest recorded is 141 ft. 73 of those 77 sites have a recorded maximum length and 4 do not; they are not counted as fitting.
October 2026, with 831 open site-dates in the current snapshot of 1,098.
Half of the openings Campsite Sniper detected appeared at least 17 days before the stay date; the middle 50% landed 5.8-27 days out. Campsite Sniper can monitor future changes for dates you select.
As of the Sep 18, 2026 snapshot: the next open date is Fri, Sep 18 and the next open weekend starts Fri, Sep 18. Detected openings can add earlier dates at any time; a free Campsite Sniper alert catches those the moment they appear.
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We run paced availability checks for Leech Lake Rec Area. One watch covers every matching site.
When a match opens, you get a push with a Recreation.gov link so you can review and book it yourself.