Iron Lake Campground
The numbers that decide it
- Longest rig
- 40 ft
- Sites
- 7
- Electric hookups
- Not published
- Pull-through sites
- No
- Paved access
- No
- Accessible sites
- Not published
- Driveway grade
- Not published
- Bear boxes
- Not published
- Campfires
- Not published
- Shade
- Yes
- Group sites
- Not published
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. See it on Recreation.gov
Iron Lake Campground
Iron Lake is a unique campground due to its remote location and small size. It is in an area burned over in the 2007 Ham Lake fire, and visitors can see post fire ecology including uncommon black-backed woodpeckers. Please stay on trails and roads; burned areas have hazards and forest renewal can be fragile. Fishing for walleye and northern is good. Blueberries are also abundant in the area. There are lots of canoeing opportunities. If you enter the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, you will need to have a permit (self-issued for day use) and follow wilderness regulations including group size. See the back of the permit for details. Downloadable information and map.
Before you go
Season
May 6 – October 21
Reservations
Reservations accepted
Fees
Single Site: $24/night
Restrictions
Maximum of nine people per site. There is space for one vehicle and one towed vehicle (such as a boat trailer). Additional vehicles on the site require additional half fee and must park on the spur. No vehicles may park on the grass or where they impede traffic.
Scenic drives that pass close
Make it a night on a better road
Byway plans the drive in — real stops, real weather, nothing invented.