Flour Lake Campground

The campsite was fine. #7. We had really close neighbors, though. Our tents were pretty well back to back, and the guy snored loudly. Vault toilets that got pretty ripe. Mosquitoes as thick as fog. The gravel road has sinkholes you can break an axle in. Wifi available at the lodge, but be gone by 6pm, because they will come up to your car slapping their flashlight in their palm and kick you out. Beautiful lake with some nice smallmouth.

I was here a while back and decided to give it another whirl during a fall trip to Grand Marais/Gunflint. However a bit of difference this time:

-Online booking showed that it was first come first serve, so we decided to go ahead and try our luck.

-I came with my buddies during mid-late October and we were NOT expecting snowfall [light]

-We arrived and the campground was actually CLOSED for the season!! (Arrived October 19th)

-To our luck though, the owners of the campground (Golden Eagle Lodge) allow you to camp on campgrounds for free but no utilities (water or trash).

-We were still able to use the covered outhouse near our site.

-Virtually no other campers when we got there, but by Fri/Sat/Sun, RV campers started rolling in.

Of course, this experience was way different from my July visit (3 star rating), but considering the fact that the campground was still open when other campgrounds on Gunflint were not (no outhouse/water/trash), it was great because it was free.

-40ish minute drive from Grand Marais.

-Right by Gunflint Scenic Byway. Try to find some Moose!

Site #26 was huge and that’s where we stayed for the trip. Very secluded and near the trail to the lake. No Loons.

Campground did not have that many people in it when I stayed a night here. The grounds were well kept with the fall leaves in full color. I only stayed a night as I was hoping between campgrounds, but I really did like the night here. The sites are fairly secluded which made it nice at night to see the stars and enjoy the fire. This is a rustic campground so no running water but the vaults were well kept. I did not make it to the lodge but it is close by and you can get showered up there and get a meal, which the people I met said they had done and it was worth it. I would say 36 and 37 were really good sites, but there are a lot to choose from depending on what you want and when you go. I would imagine the bugs are bad in the summer months but in the fall they were perfectly at bay. Site 26 is for sure the best site out of the group as it is the most secluded and you can get lost in there with the longer drive into the actual site.