Beaver Lake Campground

Quiet and peaceful campground. My site was on the water so I could put my kayak in the water right from camp. But if you did not get a site on the water, there is no place to launch a kayak/canoe in the campground. There is a boat landing about a mile down the road. I was there Fourth of July weekend and the mosquitoes were not horribly bad. This is my favorite campground in the area.

This is a must stop if you're backpacking through the NCT, even if its just to poop somewhere with a roof. The vault toilet is absolutely luxurious. There is even a dumpster to lighten your load. Might as well spend the night in one of the gucci campsites that are equipped with fire rings and picknick tables. Beaver Lake is serene with woodpeckers providing the soundtrack. I might even come back in the summer with a cooler full of beer and a paddleboard.

We had a lot of fun tent camping at Beaver Lake with our two daughters (4 and 6) and two dogs. Loons on the lake, and lots of frogs. The mosquitos were VERY heavy, but we managed with bug spray and campfires. We thought the outhouses were unexpectedly nice despite previous reviewer’s comment. Though, we often travel to the BWCA, so really depends on your level of camping and being in the woods! Our biggest issue with the site was not having direct access to the water for the girls to swim, or to use the canoe (an issue for most of the sites at this campground because many are not on the water at all). There was 1 camp spot with direct water access and even had a small beach. There is a boat landing across the lake, but this was hard for us with the girls.

A remote 10-site rustic campground with a hand pump for drinking water. A boat landing can be found across the lake from the campground, about a half mile down the road. With Mineral Lake and Lake Three campgrounds now closed, this is the closest operating national forest campground to Copper Falls State Park. Though it’s a longer trek on gravel roads to get here from Mellen compared to the now-closed campgrounds, Beaver Lake remains a nice option for anyone looking to visit the many attractions in this region. St. Peter’s Dome is not a far drive from here and offers a scenic short day hike. The campground doesn’t have any path or access to the lake aside from the lakefront campsites themselves; choose a lakefront site if lake access is important to you. Beaver Lake lacks a beach but

Nice campground, small but great for tents or pretty small trailers. Vault toilet and water available, no power or dump station. The north country national scenic trail passes right by this campground - so it would be good for hikers. We stayed here while we were driving the Trans-Wisconsin Adventure Trail. The lake is beautiful and there is very little traffic that passes by on the gravel road. The road is gravel for quite some way to get to this place so might not be optimal for some cars but there is nothing you’d need 4wd for to get here.