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View of Lake Jeanette
View of Lake JeanetteView of Lake Jeanette
USFSSuperior National Forest · Minnesota

Jeanette Lake

Overview Jeanette Lake Campground is a small, single-loop campground on a peninsula reaching out onto the glacier-carved Lake Jeanette in Superior National Forest.
Sites146 reservable
Elev.1,355ft
Comf.n/a
Max rig35 ft
Electricnonesites
From Duluth3h37real road time
The honest read
Synthesized from
RIDB · Open-Meteo
OSM · OSRM
Updated 2026-05-27

Sits at 1,355 ft. 14 sites total: 6 reservable and 8 first-come, first-served. Of the sites, 3 walk-in, and the longest takes a 35-ft rig. Within about 4 miles: 2 named hiking routes, 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
142 mi
3h37
02
Minneapolis
274 mi
6h01
By drive time
Duluth · 3h37Minneapolis · 6h01Camp

Picking your site

04 · 14 SITES
Color byShow only

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

0
Pull-thru
3
Walk-in
0
50-amp
0
Accessible
0
Prime
14
Sites
★ The standout
Site 11
JEAN · walk-in.
To neighbor
398 ft
0
Type
Walk-in

What's within four miles

05 · TRAILS · PEAKS · WATER

Trails & Peaks

Named hiking routes
2
Trail segments
17

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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