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USFS dispersed camp — Lake County, MN
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · Lake County, MN · 47.58120, -91.66349
The site — USFS dispersed camp — Lake County, MN
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
1,706 ft
County
Lake County, MN
Coordinates
47.58120, -91.66349
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go
Nearby & resupply — around USFS dispersed camp — Lake County, MN · Superior National Forest · MN (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureSand River (river) · mapped within 1.6 mi
- Nearest townWinter · ~8.9 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFinland Cooperative · ~22.8 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~24.4 mi
- GroceriesZup's · ~16.0 mi
- PharmacyThrifty White Pharmacy · ~22.9 mi
- Hospital / clinicEly Bloomenson Community Hospital · ~24.1 mi
- HardwareHardware Hank · ~24.1 mi
What the record says about the site — USFS dispersed camp — Lake County, MN · Superior National Forest · MN
- No drinking water — carry your own
From the OpenStreetMap contributors listing for this site — their words, not our visit. Records go stale; treat it as a starting point and confirm anything your trip depends on.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Ask an AI about this campsiteOpens Grok already loaded with this site. It reads the same records this page is built from, and links whatever it tells you.
Ask about this camp →OpenStreetMap contributors mapped this site, and PAD-US, the federal land map, puts it on U.S. Forest Service land. The agency has not told us it lists it, so treat it as a good place to look, not a confirmed camp. What changes is conditions — roads, gates, closures, fire rules. Check those with the unit before you commit to the drive.
Weather outlook — at USFS dispersed camp — Lake County, MN
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 1,706 ft.
Fire & smoke — around USFS dispersed camp — Lake County, MNNIFC · AirNow
No dated fire rule on record for this camp: ask the Superior National Forest.
Checking active fires & air quality…
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 USFS dispersed camp — Lake County, MN · Superior National Forest · MN
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- FFuel16 mi
- GGrocery16 mi
- @Mail16 mi
- OOutfitter21 mi
- ShShower21 mi
- MMechanic23 mi
- RxPharmacy23 mi
- LLaundry24 mi
- HHardware24 mi
- DDump24 mi
- WWater25 mi
- +Urgent care27 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 25-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 16 mi out.
Not within 60 mi: Propane. Plan those before you head up.
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 ↗
Nearby restrooms — around USFS dispersed camp — Lake County, MN · Superior National Forest · MN — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletSand Lake Carry Down · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletJackpot Atv Trailhead · ~4.9 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMcdougal Lake Boat Access · ~7.1 mi NE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMcdougal Lake Picnic Area · ~7.1 mi NE · USFS
Coming out here — USFS dispersed camp — Lake County, MN · Superior National Forest · MN
- Surface water mapped nearby: Sand River (river). That is wash water at best, and nobody has checked it for you — a creek can be dry and a tank can be mud. Filter or boil anything you drink.
- Power: Dave carries his own — batteries or solar. A generator will run your rig and it is also the thing everybody camped near you can hear.
- Getting online: Dave recommends Starlink. He has had it since SpaceX introduced it, used it for four years living on the road, and it delivers as promised — several hundred nights out, and he can count on one hand the places he could not connect. The cable on his unit runs 150 feet, which is usually all it takes to find enough sky. Starlink → Referral link — Starlink pays Dave $100 in cash if you sign up through it, and that money funds this site and the next trip. It costs you nothing and does not change the recommendation.
Open USFS dispersed camp — Lake County, MN elsewhere
Other camps near USFS dispersed camp — Lake County, MN
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Sand Lake Sites 1 And 2~0.0 mi
- McDougal Lake Campground~7.2 mi · fee
- 7 Beaver Lake~8.9 mi
- Round Lake 2~9.6 mi
The unit that manages USFS dispersed camp — Lake County, MN
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at USFS dispersed camp — Lake County, MN are set by Superior National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — USFS dispersed camp — Lake County, MN
Source
OpenStreetMap contributors
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
auto: drive (road/trail right there) | auto:dup-merge 2026-08-20: same campground as the agency record 'Sand Lake Sites 1 And 2' (within 60 m, different source). Archived to avoid two pins on one place; the agency row is authoritative because the agency named and placed it.
Site details
The OpenStreetMap contributors listing's own fields for this site (site type, whether tents or trailers fit, capacity, toilet, water, campfires, reservations). Printed as the record states them, unchecked by us, and never used to make a cost claim -- the cost verdict above is decided separately and audited before every deploy.
Field check
Contributed by OpenStreetMap. We did not get this from the agency; the land-manager name comes from PAD-US, the federal land map. Nobody from here has camped it recently.
What we don’t know about USFS dispersed camp — Lake County, MN
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 — USFS dispersed camp — Lake County, MN
Camping near a reservoir →Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Camping with a dog →All field notes →