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Lost Creek Rustic Outpost Camp

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Lost Creek Rustic Outpost Camp is located near Ontonagon in the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park. The terrain consists of dense forests and rolling hills. Campers can experience temperatures ranging from 60°F in summer to 20°F in winter, and nearby attractions include Lake Superior and the scenic waterfalls within the state park.

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MIDNR Parks and Recreation Division

Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park

Lost Creek Rustic Outpost Campground is a small, three-site rustic campground located on Lost Creek and near the Lost Lake trailhead. The campground offers solitude and a camping experience unlike a typical state park modern campground. The sites are ideal for tent, van or compact campers.

There is a vault toilet, but no running water is available at any of the outpost campgrounds. You can access water at the park headquarters or visitor center.

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Location

Lost Creek Rustic Outpost Camp is located in Michigan

Address

412 South Boundary Rd
Ontonagon, MI 49953

Coordinates

46.75447616 N
89.67949955 W

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2 hrs 55 min from Wausau
3 hrs 8 min from Duluth
4 hrs 4 min from Green Bay
4 hrs 11 min from Eau Claire

Cheryl K.

Guide

Reviewed Jun. 26, 2025

Good for limited amenities

This campground has 3 spacious sites, a vault toilet and stream water (downhill) that must be filtered. Sites are $20 payable at the visitor center. We filled up water at the visitor center. There is a hiking parking lot at the entrance to the campground and several cars drive into the campground to turn around. The ranger drove by at dusk. Very quiet and no flies when there were bunches at Union Bay

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Month of VisitJune

Katy Z.

Ranger

Reviewed Oct. 27, 2022

Lots of hiking!

We love to go to the porcupine mountains to hike with amazing views! The campgrounds in Michigan are great with private sites. It’s true camping with only water and toilets available with the great outdoors and not a lot of extras. The porcupines is an interesting area of the upper peninsula landscape with so many hiking opportunities!

Month of VisitMay

andrew S.

Traveler

Reviewed Apr. 28, 2021

Awesome place

Awesome place to go it is a big area for campers and water hookups and things like that it is definetly fun and your right next to the superior lake must see

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