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Flour Lake Campground
FLOUR LAKEFlour Lake Campground
USFSSuperior National Forest · Minnesota

Flour Lake Campground

Overview Flour Lake Campground provides a convenient home base for exploring the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW).
Sites3727 reservable
Elev.1,785ft
Comf.n/a
Max rig85 ft
Electricnonesites
From Duluth3h21real road time
The honest read
Synthesized from
RIDB · Open-Meteo
OSM · OSRM
Updated 2026-05-27

Sits at 1,785 ft. 37 sites total: 27 reservable and 10 first-come, first-served. Within about 4 miles: 2 named hiking routes, 1 peak, lake or river access.

The campground at a glance

01 · CHARACTER
QuietCoolRoomyShadeRV-fitReserv.

Reads strongest on shade and reservability. Softest on roomy sites.

Six axes, each scored relative to every other federal campground in the region: quiet (miles to a major road), cool (elevation), roomy (average site spacing), shade, RV-fit (longest rig), and how reservable it is. All six come from data, nothing hand-tuned.

Getting there

03 · ACCESS
01
Duluth
140 mi
3h21
02
Minneapolis
294 mi
6h12
By drive time
Duluth · 3h21Minneapolis · 6h12Camp

Picking your site

04 · 37 SITES
Color byShow only

37 mapped sites · dot color = seclusion · click a dot for details. Basemap © OpenStreetMap.

0
Pull-thru
0
Walk-in
0
50-amp
5
Accessible
0
Prime
37
Sites
★ The standout
Site 026
LS · shaded.
To neighbor
108 ft
Max rig
30 ft
Type
Standard

What's within four miles

05 · TRAILS · PEAKS · WATER

Trails & Peaks

Named hiking routes
2
Trail segments
103
Peaks
1
Viewpoints
18

Water & Access

Lake / river access
yes
Method

We synthesize public data layers: RIDB and Recreation.gov facility and site records, Open-Meteo climate normals, OpenStreetMap roads, trails, and water, OSRM drive times, and USGS elevation. We take no bookings, no ads, and no paid placements. Independence is the entire point.

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