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Booking
Walk-in Only
Sites
9 campsites
Season
Year-round
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Unknown
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Price
Varies
Booking
Walk-in Only
Sites
9 campsites
Season
Year-round
Cell
Unknown
Pets
Check Policy
Elevation by Open-Meteo.com, licensed under CC BY 4.0, processed by Outdoorithm.
Emily Lake State Forest Campground
46.8568, -88.8561
Tent campers who fish or paddle will find this place hard to beat in fall: bass, perch, bluegill, and occasional trout from a usable dock, bugs mostly gone, and sunsets over the water that reviewers keep mentioning. Get there early on weekends, no reservations, nine sites.
No showers, no hookups, no designated swim beach, and a weedy shoreline with 'no swimming' signs. Summer mosquitoes are genuinely bad. If you need cell service, count on nothing, you're 22 miles north of Houghton in state forest land.
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Fall offers the best combination of comfortable weather, spectacular color, and low bug pressure. Expect crisp days in the 40s–60s°F and nights near freezing by October. Deciduous understory and aspen or maple pockets around Emily Lake peak in late September to early October, making hiking, photography, and quiet shoreline fishing especially rewarding. Crowd levels drop compared with summer, but be aware of hunting activity on surrounding state forest lands. Wear blaze orange during hunting season. Summer brings mosquitoes that reviewers describe as enthusiastic. Winter access is possible. The road is typically plowed. But facilities remain unmaintained and you'll need snowshoes or a snow shovel.
Seasonal info: best for comfortable weather, spectacular color and lower bug pressure in fall.
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Small, rustic state forest campground with basic facilities: vault toilets, a hand-pump water well, picnic tables and large fire rings. No electricity, showers, or hookups.
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