Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: Listening Point - General Discussion :: Camping
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schweady |
x2jmorris: "It looks like either it is a photo or an unrated camp site. I can't quite tell which one is purple." Even the unrated camp sites still are marked on this site's maps as red. Photo locations are indicated with light blue dots. |
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nctry |
lincolnmurdoch: "What does a purple dot mean?" Where are you seeing a purple dot? Actual paper canoe map or the map on this website. Here you click on it and you may get information or a picture. |
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GraniteCliffs |
lincolnmurdoch: "What does a purple dot mean?" I am wanting to know how you managed how to resurrect this ancient thread!! Good thing some of us are not running for a public office. The opposition could search and find a number of outlandish or inappropriate postings we have made. There goes that career. |
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Soledad |
-------- "CAMPSITES: Camp only at Forest Service designated campsites that have steel fire grates and wilderness latrines. You may camp up to 14 consecutive days at one site. Be sure to make camp early enough in the day to be able to find an available campsite. Keep the campsite clean and free from litter. Do not build structures, cut live wood, carve names in trees, or write on the rocks." -------- Campsites are not hard to find, but you may not get the one you want every time you want it. There will be days when you have to keep paddling or go back to a site that you noticed earlier that was unoccupied. Campsites close to entry points tend to get used the most and the further away you get from entry points, the more open sites you will see. If you plan on moving everyday, break camp early, and start looking for sites around the early to mid afternoon. |
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Bannock |
Folks here will have lots of pictures of BWCA Campsites and the firegrats and toilets that are there. I don't have any of your area online, but here is a sampling of others. Fire Grate at a campsite Sawbill Lake Campsite Lynx Lake Fire Pit Campsite on Mesaba |
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TomT |
Hudson Lake Hudson Lake Insula Lake (Williamson Island) Insula *You'll notice foil on the fire grate in pic #1. We wanted to grill steaks and thought it would be a good idea to do this instead of putting directly on grill. Well the fire pretty much melted the foil. It's probably better to bring a type of grid of your own if you want to do any grilling. |
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prettypaddle |
But you're right that the quality of a campsite varies widely--some are small (fewer tent spots) with less scenic views or located by swamps which can mean lots of bugs. Don't worry too much about getting a "bad" campsite though--as long as you don't get one with a really full throne which you can smell from the fire grate/tent area you'll be fine. Even if you do happen to get a less than ideal site one night, that just makes the next "good" campsite that much better! |
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TomT |
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cowdoc |
Lake La Croix Pocket Lake Oyster Lake |
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TomT |
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x2jmorris |
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lincolnmurdoch |
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GopherAdventure |
lincolnmurdoch: "What does a purple dot mean?" I believe the purple dots are sites of former campsites that have been closed due to fire or blowdown or are no longer suitable for campers. Tony |
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quetico152 |
You guys are missing the most important picture... the LATRINE! |
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schweady |
nctry: "lincolnmurdoch: "What does a purple dot mean?" It's right there in this website's map legend: purple dot - Closed campsite. There are lots of them on this website's map pages, especially on larger lakes that used to have oodles more sites. Old paper maps will still show them with red dots; on newer maps, they've disappeared. I add them to my newer maps as a hollow circle; sometimes, they're fun areas to explore. |