Campsite #5 at Iron Lake Campground, MN

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Campsite #5

9 reviews

	8 people
30 ft	Back-In
2	weak

5/29

6/5

Campsite #5 Features: Back-In parking, RV Site, Tent Site, Trailer Site, Pets Allowed

Campsite Reviews (9)

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@SteveM7756642 · Camped on Sep 28, 2024 at Campsite #5

Site 5 to close to other sites. UTV running around on camp road to noisy

@MichaelR189137 · Camped on Jul 31, 2024 at Campsite #5

All was very good. Campground was quiet and clean. Only negative was a couple of dogs in the campground barking very early in the morning. I would return.

@ShaneM5636433 · Camped on Jun 23, 2024 at Campsite #5

This campground is a gem. Quiet, clean, secluded - perfect get-away and ideally located to provide easy access to both hiking and paddling.

@LynetteR460101 · Camped on Sep 7, 2023 at Campsite #5

Excellent site and a beautiful lake! Quiet campground with loads of wildlife! We love it here!

@JimH4011279 · Camped on Jul 4, 2023 at Campsite #5

This is the perfect place if you want solitude and quiet. Nothing fancy, just the awesome setting and view. Quite rustic. Pit toilets were ok, but out of toilet paper for the first two days. Water was available but only at a small spicket out by the road from which the flow was quite slow. No hookups, of course, but a nice firepit and picnic table. I was lot 5, and it was quite large. It backed up against the lake. There was a narrow path that took you down to the shore. There are only 6 or 7 sites in this campground. I saw only one other campsite being used during my 5 day stay. The bugs were quite bad at night. I used a lot of insect repellant. During the day was not too bad for bugs. You are an hour from Grand Marais, and there are no gas stations or stores (unless the resorts you pass have supplies). You just need to come fully supplied and full of gasoline. I enjoyed the experience, but rustic was what I wanted. I marked down to 4 stores because of toilet paper issue and the water supply issues.

@ChrisN6913042 · Camped on Sep 25, 2022 at Campsite #5

This is an excellent campground for getting in touch with nature. There are seven well spaced campsites. We usually stay in September and on weekdays we are the only campers in the campground. It is not unusual to see beavers, moose, bears, wolves, and Lynx in the area. Sometimes right in the campground. The lake itself is unpopulated to the west and offers great canoeing and fishing. There is no camp host which can be both good and bad (Bring toilet paper).

@SteveE7846862 · Camped on Aug 13, 2022 at Campsite #5

Nice, peaceful cites. Provided the perfect spot to get a good nights sleep before entering BWCA.

@ScottN8104786 · Camped on Jun 17, 2022 at Campsite #5

Fantastic campsites, most with little trails to the waterfront. Very quiet with only the slightest road noise in the distance when one of the few cars goes by. We've stayed here twice and loved it each time. After the addition of a cell tower in Sept 2021, there is now cell coverage at this site. We have mixed emotions on this, since we liked unplugging from the world for a few days. But it is good too be able to contact someone if needed!

I would highly recommend this campground to anyone looking to get away from the city and enjoy some peace and quiet.

Worth noting, pack in some water with you for drinking, washing dishes, putting it fires etc. as the on-site water is very slow flowing (comes from a solar powered pumping shed near the front). Vault toilets have been pretty clean and not smelly on both our trips. No running water for hand washing, so bring some sanitizer!

@BethP445 · Camped on Jul 26, 2019 at Campsite #5

Very quite, small campground. Excellent location for waking up early to drive the Gunflint Trail for wildlife viewing. Also located near several hiking trails.

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Campsite #5 at Iron Lake Campground, MN

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