Agency-listedUSFS · dispersedFee
Farr Lake Ca
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · WI · 45.15624, -88.36249
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Ask about this camp →U.S. Forest Service lists this site. On most of their ground you can camp away from developed sites pretty much anywhere — so treat this as a known-good spot, not the only one allowed. The unit sets stay limits and how far off road and water you must be. What changes is conditions — roads, gates, closures, fire rules. Check those with the unit before you commit to the drive.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Farr Lake Ca
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 894 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Farr Lake CaNIFC · AirNow
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Active wildfires from NIFC (within ~50 mi); air quality from AirNow. Always confirm current fire restrictions with the managing office before you go.
Everything you need — measured from Farr Lake Ca · Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest · WI
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- GGrocery6 mi
- FFuel6 mi
- @Mail11 mi
- HHardware13 mi
- DDump14 mi
- LLaundry14 mi
- ShShower14 mi
- OOutfitter18 mi
- RxPharmacy18 mi
- MMechanic18 mi
- +Urgent care18 mi
- EVEV fast charger18 mi
- WWater31 mi
- AAir-up44 mi
- PPropane47 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 31-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 6 mi out.
One dot per need — the nearest of each kind, straight-line from camp. Places from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors); the EV fast charger from the US DOE station locator. Open in Google Maps ↗
The site — Farr Lake Ca
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service · dispersed
Elevation
894 ft
State
WI
Coordinates
45.15624, -88.36249
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Farr Lake Ca · Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest · WI (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townMountain · ~5.6 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelBP gas station · ~5.9 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~13.6 mi
- GroceriesPine's Groceries · ~5.7 mi
- PharmacyCrivitz Pharmacy · ~18.1 mi
- Hospital / clinicBellin Health Crivitz · ~18.4 mi
- HardwareAce Hardware · ~12.6 mi
EV charging — from Farr Lake Ca · Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest · WI — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger18.4 mi straight-line E — Tim Witt Chevrolet, Crivitz, WI (at a car dealership) · Non-Networked · J1772, CCS · 1 fast port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2025-11-13 · hours: Dealership business hours · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach3 within 25 mi · 14 within 50 · 65 within 100 · 196 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)18.4 mi — Kwik Trip #1101, Crivitz
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO48.8 mi — NORWAY MI DC FAST EV 1, Norway
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)17.1 mi — The North Woods Distillery, Coleman, WI (at a brewery / winery) · Non-Networked · J1772 · 1 Level 2 port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2024-11-06 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Pricing at the fast chargernot listed
- Power (kW)not listed by AFDC — “DC fast” spans roughly 24 to 350 kW, so ask the network.
- Read this honestlyStraight-line miles, like every distance on this site. Roads run longer than this, and you have to get back. We know where a charger is listed. We don’t know if it works today, how fast it is, or the road miles. Check the network before you commit.
Snapshot 2026-09-16 · AFDC record 183601 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Farr Lake Ca · Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest · WI — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletAda Lake · ~23.2 mi NW · USFS
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Other camps near Farr Lake Ca
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Bagley Rapids~5.0 mi · fee
- Mountain Lakes Ca~10.0 mi · fee
- Old 32 Ca~10.2 mi · fee
- Boulder Lake~13.3 mi · fee
The unit that manages Farr Lake Ca
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Farr Lake Ca are set by Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Farr Lake Ca
Source
U.S. Forest Service recreation data
Confidence
Likely — The record is good enough to put a pin on, but thin in places. Treat the details as a starting point, not gospel.
How it was placed
Developed FEE campground (not free) - review | auto:usfs-fee 2026-08-20: US Forest Service developed campground, agency coordinates, agency states a fee. No dollar amount in the agency record -- expect a charge and confirm the current rate before you go. Not field-verified. | Fee 2026-08-30: no rate published by the agency. This is a Forest Service 'CAMPING AREA' on the Lakewood-Laona District, not a named campground: it has no page of its own in the Chequamegon-Nicolet recreation directory (all 47 camping entries were walked, and farr-lake, farr-lake-campground, farr-lake-recreation-area and farr-lake-camping-area all return 404), and a recreation.gov search on this pin within 25 miles finds no listing. Expect a self-serve envelope if anything is charged. Checked https://www.fs.usda.gov/r09/chequamegon-nicolet/recreation/camping-cabins.
EV chargers
US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center station locator, snapshot 2026-09-16. Straight-line miles to the nearest public, open, unrestricted station; restricted and planned units are shown but never counted.
Field check
On the agency's books. The land manager inventoried this site, so its existence is not in question — current conditions are. Nobody from here has camped it recently.
What we don’t know about Farr Lake Ca
A land record can put you within a few meters of a spot. It cannot tell you any of this — so check it yourself, and treat anything below as the open question it is.
- Road surface & last-mile access
- How many rigs actually fit
- Cell coverage by carrier
- Seasonal & winter access
- Current fire restrictions
- Whether any water here is drinkable
- Shade & wind exposure
- Noise and who else shows up
- Whether a listed EV charger works today, or the road miles to it
Before you go — Farr Lake Ca
Camping near a reservoir →Water on public land →What “dispersed” means here →How to read this page →All field notes →
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