September 2024, 4 nights, weeknights
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| Sunset from inside our camper in Bay Furnace Campground |
Reservations and arrival
The entrance into Bay Furnace is quite rough with many potholes. Fortunately, the distance down this rough dirt road is less than half a mile from M-28.
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| Bay Furnace Campground self registration September 2024 |
We had made a reservation online several months ahead of time, and were able to proceed directly to our campsite. At the time of our stay the last full week of September, campsites that had not been reserved, had all been converted to first come, first serve. A sign on the self-registration post listed the park close date as 10/9/2024. The online system had said the park was going to close on 10/4 when we made our reservation. The host had already departed from full hookup site #8, and a local person had taken that campsite for the maximum 14-days allowed. According to the information on his post, he had rented it for the same price the rest of us paid for our primitive campsites.
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| Campsite 9 in Bay Furnace Campground Photo above is view through screen door. |
Campsite 9, and more
Campsite 9 is a great campsite on Lake Superior with a fabulous view. It was an easy few steps down the hill to the water.
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| Campsite 9 in Bay Furnace Campground |
This campsite is spacious, level, and somewhat secluded. There is a trail to the picnic area between this campsite and host site 8, which did not pass too close to our trailer. I marked the trail with an arrow in one of the photos above.
Most of the campsites in this park are great. They are spacious, and offer some privacy. Host campsite 8 and campsite 6 also have good views of the water, even though they are not directly on the water. Campsite 10 would be a good site for a tent, pickup camper, or motorhome pulled in. We did not like that site, because the fire ring and sitting area is behind the trailer when backing in with a travel trailer.
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Above: picnic area in Bay Furnace Campground Below: Campsite 9 in distance from edge of picnic area |
