Lake Superior State Forest Campground

This place is always packed but we were lucky enough to find a free spot on a Saturday afternoon. Grand Marais is very close if you need gas, firewood or an awesome burger from the best burger in Grand Marie (can’t miss these).

All spots in this campground are on the side of Lake Superior which is a short walk away. All campgrounds have a fire pit and a picnic table. Restrooms are available if you’re brave enough as well as refuse site for trash and a water pump.

Campsites are very close together.

Bugs, speally flies are a pain in the behind but this is always expected. I think a cooler weather camping would be preferrable.

Sunsets are incredible at the beach, water is very cold but its worth a dip. Lots of beautiful rocks. If you’re into rocks, bring a blacklight you may be lucky enough to find yooperlites.

Just a heads up, the slower you go on those county dirt roads the more you’ll feel the rattles, so speed up and volume up.

So getting here will rattle the teeth outta your head — dirt county road. The campground is small but well-spaced so you have privacy. On the sandy shores of Lake Superior, this is a tucked away gem but it was so early in our site-seeing day, we didn’t want to get anchored to a place so far back from the direction we were heading!

Rustic campground far away from it all. At least 11 miles of corrugated dirt road to get to the campground from either way. Very slow going with a camper. All sites are first come first served so get there early if you want a spot. We got lucky and grabbed one of the last sites available and we noticed multiple cars driving through later in the day looking for open spots. We had no issues with flies even though it was mid July and had a nice breeze off the lake the whole time we were there. Each site has direct access to the beach and it’s absolutely beautiful.