Hogback Lake Rustic Campground & Backcountry Sites

in Superior National Forest

The numbers that decide it

Recreation.gov publishes no site-level detail for this campground, so we cannot say what length of rig it takes. Call the managing office before committing to it in a large vehicle.

Site-level detail from Recreation.gov, checked 2026-08-05. Where a field says “not published”, the agency has not published it — it does not mean zero.

Hogback Lake Rustic Campground & Backcountry Sites

The Hogback Lake Area has a rustic campground with 3 sites, a 5 mile trail system passing 6 lakes with several different loops, and 5 backcountry campsites along the trail. There is also a boat launch and an accessible fishing pier. For a map of the Hogback Lake Area and driving instructions, click here .

Before you go

Season

May 10 – October 1

Reservations

First-come, first-served

Fees

There is no fee at rustic campgrounds.

Restrictions

Maximum of nine people per site at both campground and backcountry sites. At the campground, there is space for one vehicle and one towed vehicle (such as a boat trailer). Additional vehicles on the site must park on the spur. No vehicles may park on the grass or where they impede traffic.

Accessibility

Barrier free accessible fishing pier at campground.

Scenic drives that pass close

Make it a night on a better road

Byway plans the drive in — real stops, real weather, nothing invented.