South Bend Watercraft Site
HollyRose M.
Reviewed Dec. 1, 2020

Wildlife and Views! Remote Site

This is a site on Pine River Water Trail - it's tucked just above Rat Lake, and only accessible by boat/waterfcraft. Its up on a little hill, and has  great view of the river. 

- There is a fire ring with grate 

- Picnic table available 

- A rustic latrine is just off behind the site

- No tent pad, but a couple cleared grassy soft spots great for a tent

- Plenty of deadfall for a small fire, but no actual firewood. I have been to this site a few times, and once there was a few stacked logs probs from a fallen tree that the DNR stacked up to be nice ;-) 

This site is about an hour and a half - two hours downstream from the Pine River Damn access. It's about an hour to the next access, on why 15. We did have cell phone service out there, but definitely remote!

We saw so much wildlife on this kayak trip, and enjoyed a great swim in the river. It's never super deep or too strong a current, and in front of this site it's sandy and great swimming!

Since it's up on the hill, the view is really great. Note: Make sure to pull your watercraft ALL the way up the hill or secure it tightly! One of our Kayaks slide back down the hill into the river, got caught in a branch so we were lucky!

SiteSouth Bend Watercraft site on Pine River State Water Trail
Month of VisitAugust
  • Review photo of South Bend Watercraft Site by HollyRose M., December 1, 2020
  • Review photo of South Bend Watercraft Site by HollyRose M., December 1, 2020
  • Review photo of South Bend Watercraft Site by HollyRose M., December 1, 2020
  • Review photo of South Bend Watercraft Site by HollyRose M., December 1, 2020
  • A couple of Swans on a date right in front of the campsite!
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