Cass Lake Live Cam

Trying to figure out where we are located, need better information about the best route to get you here, or how to find one of our great towns or lakes? Well, we are located in northcentral Minnesota's beautiful "lakes and woods" country - the heart of the state's "land of sky blue waters". We are a big county, the state's sixth largest (approximately the size of the State of Delaware). Our borders are about 2 1/2 hours drive time from Minneapolis-St.Paul, and 2 hours from both Duluth and Fargo, North Dakota.

Cass County is a place of many small towns (our biggest is less than 1000 population), but we are big in heart, hospitality and great outdoors. Our towns and surrounding recreation areas are just loaded with great restaurants and shopping, and ample tourist services. Cass County is home to the 1.7 million acre Chippewa National Forest, America's second oldest, seven state forests including the state's oldest, the Pillsbury (along with the Foothills, Land O'Lakes, Remer, Battleground, Bowstring and Welch Lake State Forests), and thousands of acres of county forest lands, including County Memorial at Deep Portage.

We are easily accessible via an excellent network of federal, state and local highways.

Driving options from Minneapolis-St.Paul:

Take MN Hwy 169 north to MN Hwy 6 in Garrison. Take MN Hwy 6 north across the Mississippi River to Outing and eastern Cass County.

Take Interstate Hwy 94 northwest to Monticello, Clearwater or St.Cloud and then cross over the Mississippi River to US Hwy 10. Take US Hwy 10 north to Little Falls. From Little Falls, take MN Hwy 371 north to Brainerd and the southeastern part of Cass County immediately to the west.

Take Interstate Hwy 94 northwest to Monticello, Clearwater or St.Cloud and then cross over the Mississippi River to US Hwy 10. Take US Hwy 10 northwest to Randall and Crow Wing Co.Rd.1. Take scenic Co.Rd.1 north to the Crow Wing River, Pillager and southern Cass County.

Take Interstate Hwy 94 northwest to Monticello, Clearwater or St.Cloud and then cross over the Mississippi River to US Hwy 10. Take US Hwy 10 northwest to Motley and MN Hwy 64. Cross the Crow Wing River and follow MN Hwy 64 north into southwestern Cass County.

Driving options from Duluth:

Take US Hwy 2 west to Lake Winnibigoshish and the northeastern part of Cass County.

Take US Hwy 2 west to Floodwood, then scenic MN Hwy 200 west to Remer and the eastcentral part of Cass County.

Take Interstate Hwy 35 south to Hinkley, then MN Hwy 210 southwest through Brainerd to the southeastern part of Cass County.

Driving options from Fargo:

Take US Hwy 10 east to Motley and MN Hwy 64. Cross the Crow Wing River and follow MN Hwy 64 north into the southwestern part Cass County.

Take US Hwy 10 east to Detroit Lakes and MN Hwy 34. Take scenic MN Hwy 34 east to Walker and the westcentral part of Cass County.

Driving options from Grand Forks:

Take US Hwy 2 east to Cass Lake and into the northwestern part of Cass County.

Driving options from International Falls and western Ontario:

Take US Hwy 71 south to Big Falls and MN Hwy 6. Follow scenic MN Hwy 6 south to Deer River. From Deer River, take either US Hwy 2 west or Itasca Co.Rd.11 south into the northeastern part of Cass County.

Take US Hwy 71 southwest to Bemidji and US Hwy 2. Take US Hwy 2 east to Cass Lake and into the northwestern part of Cass County.

Once you reach Cass County, we continue to provide one of northcentral Minnesota's best networks of paved roads to help speed you to your destination. Check out our map of paved highways to ensure the most direct route or to locate one of our scenic backroads for some leisure or historic touring.

If your ultimate destination is further off the "beaten track", we suggest you locate it via a terrific - and free - on-line travel and mapping service that can tell you where just about every lake or other important site is situated in Cass County - providing names of even our most obscure backroads.

From early May through late September, select from over 120 camping facilities, providing nearly two thousand individual camp and RV sites. These can range from the most primitive, walk-in or canoe-in sites to carefully manicured facilities with water and power, that can accommodate even the largest "home-away-from-home" you could possibly cart along with you.

Our Chippewa National Forest offers excellent camping facilities, including a number of recently renovated, breathtaking campgrounds on the shores of Leech, Cass and Winnibigoshish Lakes. These sites are augmented by superb campgrounds managed by the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, and an almost endless array of private facilities, scattered across every part of the county.

Look into camping in Cass County, whether it be for a short holiday or an extended seasonal visit. You won't regret it, because we make camping memories that last long after you return home!

Who in their right mind would consider camping out in the middle of a northwoods winter? Well, you might be surprised that increasing numbers of just plain old ordinary folks are finding cold weather camping to be a satisfying alternative to the snowbound, rustic cabin by the lake or even a cozy, modern motel room.