I have stayed at Sawbill in early October many times. For those who have stayed at Crescent, how was it? Early October as well. Thanks.

My dad and I stayed there early September bear hunting one year, was a nice place we ended up only staying 3 night but enjoyed it.

I have stayed there a couple of times but both were in the spring. We enjoyed camping there and the fishing was solid. Also if you are interested in losing your lower unit Crescent lake is a great place to do it.

We stayed there last spring, and really like it. It's right on the edge of the boundary waters and has that feel, short of a couple vehicles and motors. I don't think there are any structures/cabins on the lake.

Note, half of the sites are available for reservations, while the other half are first come first serve. There is also one island campsite that was open when we were there.

I really like the walk-in peninsula campsites, particularly #4 and #5 which are right on the end. #3 is nice too. If you don't want to walk your gear in, you could load it in the boat, launch, and boat to the peninsula sites. But it's only about a 40 yd walk, so it's not bad.

About half of the sites are right on the water, like a boundary waters site. They are spaced out a little bit more than a state park site, so you don't feel like you're right on top of the next group. There is a fair amount of trees and bushes between each site. Decent privacy on many, and very good on some.

Many of the sites are tiered, with the camp pad, on a different level than the vehicle, so if you have issues with your knees, and climbing stairs, look around a little. #9 is a Handicapped site, and is completely flat with respect to the parking slab, tent slab, and access to the water. I think 6, 7, and 8 might have been flat too. But while those are nice sites right on the water, they are a little small for multiple tents.

I hear that the lake has a decent muskie population. We didn't know the lake and were able to find the walleyes in a 2 hour session.

You're only about 15 minutes from Sawbill, and not much farther the other way to brule, so you could make day trips into the boundary waters from there.

One of my friends were up there this year checking it out, and saw a bear, so be safe with your food.

Last year we saw a bull moose standing in the road, about 10 minutes from Crescent on the dirt road. That was pretty cool. The sawbill trail, and the subsequent road to crescent crosses a river about 3 or 4 times, it might be the temperance. I can't remember. We're going to check with the ranger to see if we can kayak down the river.

We're going to be camping on Crescent July 8th-11th, so if you have specific questions, I can check it out for you.

analyzer: "We stayed there last spring, and really like it. It's right on the edge of the boundary waters and has that feel, short of a couple vehicles and motors. I don't think there are any structures/cabins on the lake.


Note, half of the sites are available for reservations, while the other half are first come first serve. There is also one island campsite that was open when we were there.


I really like the walk-in peninsula campsites, particularly #4 and #5 which are right on the end. #3 is nice too. If you don't want to walk your gear in, you could load it in the boat, launch, and boat to the peninsula sites. But it's only about a 40 yd walk, so it's not bad.


About half of the sites are right on the water, like a boundary waters site. They are spaced out a little bit more than a state park site, so you don't feel like you're right on top of the next group. There is a fair amount of trees and bushes between each site. Decent privacy on many, and very good on some.


Many of the sites are tiered, with the camp pad, on a different level than the vehicle, so if you have issues with your knees, and climbing stairs, look around a little. #9 is a Handicapped site, and is completely flat with respect to the parking slab, tent slab, and access to the water. I think 6, 7, and 8 might have been flat too. But while those are nice sites right on the water, they are a little small for multiple tents.


I hear that the lake has a decent muskie population. We didn't know the lake and were able to find the walleyes in a 2 hour session.


You're only about 15 minutes from Sawbill, and not much farther the other way to brule, so you could make day trips into the boundary waters from there.


One of my friends were up there this year checking it out, and saw a bear, so be safe with your food.



Last year we saw a bull moose standing in the road, about 10 minutes from Crescent on the dirt road. That was pretty cool. The sawbill trail, and the subsequent road to crescent crosses a river about 3 or 4 times, it might be the temperance. I can't remember. We're going to check with the ranger to see if we can kayak down the river.


We're going to be camping on Crescent July 8th-11th, so if you have specific questions, I can check it out for you.


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thankyou, great info.