Flour Lake Campground

Flour Lake Campground provides a convenient home base for exploring the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW). Its scenery, amenities and access to outdoor recreation areas make it a popular campground for canoeing, kayaking, boating and fishing. Superior National Forest, in northeastern Minnesota's Arrowhead Region, is comprised of 3 million acres and spans 150 miles along the United States-Canada border, with recreation opportunities year-round. The eastern edge of Flour Lake has two separate portages for entering the BWCAW, so the campground attracts canoe and kayak enthusiasts; portages link Flour Lake with East Bearskin Lake and Moon Lake. Flour Lake also provides great fishing for bass, walleye and lake trout. Entering the BWCAW requires a permit — day use permits are available at no charge, and you can inquire at the campground host site. The half-mile Honeymoon Bluff Trail begins a short walk up the road from the campground and offers a great vista of Hungry Jack Lake, and many additional hiking, mountain biking and cross-country ski trails are nearby. Flour Lake Campground has private sites, each containing a picnic table and campfire ring with grill, and several have views of the lake. Some are reservable, while others are first-come, first-served. Large RVs are easily accommodated. The campground has accessible vault toilets, a solar-powered drinking water system, trash and recycling facilities and a public boat ramp, and a fee dump station is nearby. The campground sits on the quiet shore of 352-acre Flour Lake in a stand of mixed hardwoods and pine. The lake features several shallow bays that are frequented by a variety of wildlife, including moose, beavers, bald eagles, ducks, loons, songbirds and bears. Golden Eagle Lodge, the lake concessionaire, offers watercraft rental, coin-operated showers and approved firewood. By far the most popular nearby attraction is the BWCAW, with over 1,200 miles of canoe routes, 12 hiking trails and over 2,000 designated campsites.