USDA Forest Service · Minnesota
South Pike Bay Recreation Area
USDA Forest Service · Minnesota, United States
- Cost
- Overnight Use: Single Site: $16 per night
- Drinking water
- Yes
- Restrooms
- Yes
- Elevation
- 1,316 ft
- Dark sky
- Bortle class 1
- Cell coverage
- T-Mobile weak · AT&T weak · Verizon weak (carriers' 4G LTE filings to the FCC, 2025-12; not measured here)
- Access road
- SOUTH PIKE BAY CAMPGROUND (NFSR 3455) · paved · high degree of user comfort
- Nearest town
- Cass Lake, MN
About
US Forest Service campground. South Pike Bay Campground is located on the south shore of beautiful Pike Bay, on Cass Lake in north central Minnesota. Visitors enjoy the area for its excellent boating, canoeing and fishing opportunities. Open season: 05/23/2026-09/21/2026. Not reservable through Recreation.gov, so plan on first-come, first-served; check with the ranger district for current conditions and fees.
Weather, month by month
| Month | Typical high | Typical low | Coldest night | Hottest day | Years with a night below 32°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16° | 1° | -25° | 40° | 11 of 11 |
| February | 19° | 3° | -26° | 43° | 11 of 11 |
| March | 36° | 20° | -9° | 62° | 11 of 11 |
| April | 43° | 31° | 15° | 69° | 10 of 11 |
| May | 63° | 45° | 31° | 84° | 1 of 11 |
| June | 73° | 58° | 46° | 89° | 0 of 11 |
| July | 79° | 64° | 53° | 91° | 0 of 11 |
| August | 76° | 63° | 55° | 93° | 0 of 11 |
| September | 70° | 57° | 42° | 84° | 0 of 11 |
| October | 54° | 41° | 25° | 70° | 3 of 10 |
| November | 37° | 27° | 7° | 60° | 9 of 10 |
| December | 26° | 16° | -19° | 45° | 10 of 10 |
Mid-month figures from 2016–2026 of daily weather at this spot (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0), in °F. Typical is the median; coldest and hottest are the extremes seen.
Nearby campgrounds
- South Pike Bay · USDA Forest Service · 0 mi · 22 sites
- Cass Lake Loop · USDA Forest Service · 4 mi · 13 sites
- Norway Beach Loop · USDA Forest Service · 5 mi · 80 sites
- Wanaki Loop · USDA Forest Service · 5 mi · 42 sites
- Chippewa Loop · USDA Forest Service · 5 mi · 64 sites
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