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BWCA Campsite 1417 on Spoon

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Status:
Open/Potential

Lake:

Latitude:
48.07988

Longitude:
-91.20651

# of Ratings:
3

Avg Rating:

Avg Good Tent Pads:
2

Avg Max Tent Pads:
2
Date:
Permit availability information from Recreation.gov
 
 
On 6/26/2026 10:43:56 AM, Ben Strege said:
Rating:

Good Tent Pads:
1

Max Tent Pads:
1

Visit Date:
5/22/2026

This is a very small, brushy campsite with not much going for it. The best part of the site is the landing, which looked easy to use. You could parallel park next to the rock and get out without much trouble. Beyond that, the site feels little used. The fire grate had nothing in it, and I am not sure anyone has stayed here in a long time. The fire grate is close to the water, but there is not much else to the site besides that. The only tent pad I found is along the latrine trail in a grassy opening. Even that one is questionable because brush shoots are coming up through the area, and it looks like the spot has not been used in quite some time. Since cutting brush is not something you are supposed to do, I would still only count this as one good tent pad if it is usable, and one maximum tent pad overall.
On 5/29/2020 3:53:51 PM, TuscaroraBorealis said:
Rating:

Good Tent Pads:
2

Max Tent Pads:
3

Visit Date:
5/22/2020

Landing isn't the greatest, fire grate is exposed, near the lake and there were not any mature trees in/around camp (very brushy site). There were however, a couple of decent tent pads.
On 4/21/2014 10:57:12 PM, Gavia said:
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Small, lots of blowdown
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Spoon camp #1417
Spoon camp #1417 by TuscaroraBorealis
Campsite 1417
Campsite 1417 by Ben Strege
5/22/2026
Campsite 1417
Campsite 1417 by Ben Strege
5/22/2026
Campsite 1417
Campsite 1417 by Ben Strege
5/22/2026
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