Monday, August 16, 2010

Monocle Lake National Forest Campground


Monocle Lake, is part of the Hiawatha National Forest, and is about 20 miles West of Sault Ste. Marie. The campground is set in a dense hardwood forest and situated on Monocle Lake. The lake itself is nice to swim in, but gets deep in a hurry, there is a small beach at one end. There is also a hiking trail that runs by the lake and into the woods. This is a nice location and is near by several other cool things. You are only a mile from Point Iroquois light house. The light house is retired and is now open to the public, you can also walk to the beach and watch great sunsets over Lake Superior.
Cost is $14 per day. It is primitive so no water or power. They do have some pressurived water faucets, so we just took 6 gallon water jugs to fill up the camper. About 2 miles away is Bay Mills Casino, and they have an RV park there where you can can dump your tanks for $10, they also have fresh water fill. Or Brimley State Park is about 7 miles East of the campground.
While we were here we also discovered Bay View campground about 10 miles further west. This is another National Forest Campground, but it is RIGHT on Lake Superior, I think this is going to be our destination for next year.

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