Crescent Lake Campground features maintained outhouses, water pumps and public parking.

Above: Campsite #17 offers great views of the lake.

The Crescent Lake Campground is a Superior National Forest Campground. Built along the northern shore of the lake, half of the sites provide lake access. Public parking is available near the boat launch.

Sawbill Canoe Outfitters is the concessionaire operator of Crescent Lake Campground and maintains a store with showers, laundry, grocery and convenience items, canoe and camping gear rental, a pay telephone and a Verizon wireless hotspot--located 13 miles from Crescent Lake Campground. Although, there are no water, sewer, or electrical hookups at Crescent, it can easily accommodate large motorhomes and trailers.

Sites are $16/night with a limit of 9 people per site. Half the sites can be reserved online: www.recreation.gov or by calling toll free 1-877-444-6777. Campsite #9 may only be reserved by people requiring handicapped access. Half the sites are first come, first served. The campground is rarely full.

Campground Rules:

* Quiet hours must be observed between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. every day.

* Dogs are welcome, but must be leashed and under control at all times.

* There is a maximum two vehicle limit for each campsite. Anything with a motor is considered a vehicle. Trailers or vehicles on trailers are not considered vehicles. Extra vehicles can be stored in the public parking lot free of charge. Otherwise, the second vehicle will assessed a charge of $8/vehicle/night.

* Cut no green or growing thing.

* Fires must be contained in the designated fire pits and supervised at all times. Put your fires dead out before leaving your site.

* Leave your campsite cleaner than you found it. Remove all litter from the fire ring before you leave.

A warning about bears: keep your food inside a hard-sided vehicle with the windows rolled up tight whenever you are away from camp and at night. Bears love coolers.