Travel Guide
Plan Your Rally Trip
The Ojibwe Forests Rally takes competitors, volunteers, and spectators through some of the most beautiful country in northern Minnesota. With activities centered around Detroit Lakes and Bemidji, rally weekend is a great opportunity to experience the lakes, forests, restaurants, shops, and communities that make this region special.
Whether you are coming for the entire weekend or joining us for one day, we encourage you to make a trip of it. Arrive early, stay an extra night, explore the area—and support the local hotels, restaurants, and businesses that help make the rally possible.
Bemidji
Bemidji serves as one of the rally’s primary host communities and is home to the Saturday evening festivities at the Sanford Center. Located on the shores of Lake Bemidji and known as the First City on the Mississippi, the community offers a wide range of lodging, dining, shopping, outdoor recreation, and family activities.
For lodging, dining, attractions, and local event information, visit:
Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes welcomes the rally on Friday, with competition and entertainment centered around the Detroit Lakes area and Soo Pass Ranch. The community is surrounded by lakes, forests, beaches, trails, restaurants, and locally owned businesses—making it an ideal place to begin your rally weekend.
For lodging, dining, attractions, and local event information, visit:
Fargo-Moorhead
Fargo-Moorhead is the nearest major metropolitan area for many visitors traveling to the rally and offers additional options for air travel, lodging, dining, shopping, and entertainment. It can also serve as a convenient stop before or after your trip to rally country.
For regional visitor information, visit:
Explore More of Minnesota
Planning a longer trip? Explore Minnesota offers statewide travel information, trip-planning ideas, outdoor recreation, attractions, and additional destinations throughout the region.
Rally Weekend Recommendations Coming Soon
Our expanded Rally Travel Guide is currently being developed and will include recommended hotels, restaurants, local attractions, travel tips, and places worth visiting during rally weekend.
Please check back after July 3 for additional recommendations from the Ojibwe Forests Rally team.
In the meantime, we strongly encourage visitors to reserve lodging early. Rally weekend brings competitors, crews, volunteers, officials, media, and spectators into the region, and nearby accommodations may fill quickly.
Come for the rally. Stay for the lakes, forests, and communities that make northern Minnesota unforgettable.
