From SH 61, near Lutsen, Minnesota, take County road 4 (Caribou Trail) inland about 6 miles to FR 164 (Honeymoon Tral), turn left on FR 164 and drive 2.5 miles to White Pine Lake Rustic Campground.

While driving up the eastern Minnesota coast line, it was necessary for me to stop at a National Forest Service ranger station to obtain campground information and then was able to locate several campground in the Superior National Forest.

Driving the coast highway, SH 61, I had just passed through Lutsen, Minnesota, and found CH 4 where I turned left and headed north towards the high point in Minnesota, Eagle Mountain (Elev. 2391 feet). With the forest service maps, White Pine Lake was not hard to locate. Even so, the road signs were excellent and showed me how to traverse the ten miles from Lutsen to the campground

Interior Lowlands Region of Minnessota

Lakes and Forests Ecoregion

The camping is like most National Forest campgrounds that provide only the bare necessities: vault toilet and fire ring. (However, some even have a picnic table, and a few have potable water.)

Nevertheless, what this campground has in abundance in these north woods wilderness area are the beatitudes from simplicity, solitude, and solace.

Probably what I like the most about this campground is the isolation from the busy pace of the world. Too, the wildlife at the lake, particularly the water birds are amazing. I was able to see some species that I have never seen before.

I did not fish the lake, but I would imagine there is good fishing at this lake as well as the other ten thousand that are in the Boundary Waters Wilderness

Located a short distance form the campground are the Brule Lake and Eagle Mountain trails. From these, the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is accessible.

No potable water available, lake water should be treated

No garbage pick, pack out your garbage.

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Vault Toilet, fishing pier, boat launch.

With the eastern time zone not too far to the east of me, I get up with the early daylight, start the jammer, pull forward and then get out and glance over the campsite before I leave.

I drive down from the campground to White Pine Lake and immediately see a pair of Common Goldeneye ducks, so take photos here before continuing my tour. Leaving White Pine Lake, I stop at another lake and see a pair of Ring-necked ducks. This is the first time seeing this both of these species.