Stayed at the Ironwood Lake Campground, which was natural and secluded with minimal amenities. Pit toilets, no showers or power and well water must be treated. Unlimited free firewood is a plus.
Beautiful wild setting, although without the breathtaking vistas available in the Rockies. The lake is wide and bordered with dense reeds, without much in the way of beach to hang out on. There is a small boat launch which was popular with tubers on the weekend.
Sites seem geared toward RV camping - big open grassy sites with no tent pads, but our spot worked fine for tenting. Might get a bit marshy in rainy weather though.
Overall very self-service oriented, we saw cleaning staff but no rangers in 3 days. Closest supplies are at EJ General Store in Rich Lake, about 25...
Read morePinehurst is still pretty new. The ground is still soft and site privacy is ok but there are alot of thorned bushes and weeds in surrounding greenery. There is NO free firewood anymore. People were abusing it so it's $10 a bin now. There are no showers unfortunately but there are quite a few bathrooms and drinking water is available. The kids park is cute mostly climbing obstacles, no swings or slides. Lake is nice, the drop off is about 150ft out so it's good for kids, very shallow, and the park has a pretty large area roped off and with buoys for kids and free life jackets to borrow for infants to adults. Cell service is pretty good for camping, spotty but it's there when you need it. All in all I would...
Read moreI would like to say that I did this canoe circuit in 2017 Solo and again in 2018 with my friend.
Mut say that the parks people really care about this canoe circuit. The old wooden out houses have been replaced with nice open air units.
We meet up with three park personal on the 1.6 km portage. They were going to walk the trail clearing the fallen trees. They helped us move the canoe up the start of the trail must say the hardest part.
With talkung to them they said they had been cleaning the camp sites just two days earlier. All the sits were in great...
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