Perch Lake Campground

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Overview

Perch Lake Campground is located 10 miles south of Sidnaw on the Kenton Ranger District. This one loop campground provides 20 drive-in campsites that can accommodate tents, trailers and motor homes. This location provides visitors with excellent fishing, and a unique camping experience, with many of the spacious sites having lake access.

Recreation

Besides fishing, canoeing and kayaking is popular on this lake and an excellent way to experience the beauty of this area.

Facilities

This one loop campground provides 20 drive-in campsites that can accommodate tents, trailers and motor homes. Each site offers a wood table, fire ring, and parking spur. Two sets of vault toilets, one accessible vault toilet and two hand pumps for drinking water are found within the camping loop. There is a boat ramp and parking area adjacent to the campground.

Natural Features

Perch Lake is ideal for those that want to get out on the water under their own power.

Contact Info

For facility specific information, please call (906) 661-8870.

Nearby Attractions

Hannah-Web Lake and Winslow Lake are also located just minutes west of Perch Lake.

Camp site features

Across 20 camp sites:

Fire pit: all 20 sites
Pets allowed: all 20 sites
Largest party: 4 people

Fees

There is a day use fee associated with the boat landing from May 15 October 15, of $5 per day per vehicle, or an annual pass for $30 per vehicle. The annual pass covers Lake Ottawa Recreation Area, Black River Harbor Recreation Area, Marion Lake boat landing, Bobcat Lake day use and boat landing, Henry Lake, Pomeroy Lake, Norway Lake day use, Perch Lake, Lake Ste Kathryn, and Courtney Lake day use and boat landing. Please plan accordingly to ensure you can pay the daily fee at the self-registration fee tube. If you would like to purchase an annual pass, they are available from the on-site campground host. If you have additional questions, contact Camp Host, LLC at 906-661-8870.

Directions

Perch Lake Campground is located in Iron County 10 miles southeast of the town of Sidnaw on the Kenton Ranger District in the eastern half of the Ottawa National Forest. From Sidnaw larger towns of Ironwood and Marquette are within 2-hour drives. From Sidnaw, travel south on Sidnaw Road approximately 10 miles to the campground. The road is paved for approximately 6 ½ miles and then turns to gravel. From Iron River, take County Road 657 north approximately 15 miles, turn slight right onto FR 2130, travel approximately 9 ½ miles on FR 2130 to Sidnaw Road, turn left onto Sidnaw Road and travel approximately 2 miles to the campground.

Stay Limit

Check in from 1 PM, check out by 11 AM.

Reviews

8 reviews

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robert y

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Reviewed 2 months ago

Nice quiet campground and good separation between sites. My only complaint was our site had quite a slope, so leveling the camper was difficult.

Raymond T

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Reviewed 3 months ago

We had site 10, Such a beautiful View, Could park our boat right at site and go out from there for the week. So peaceful, clean out=house right across road. Beautiful place.

John K

Loop:Perch Lake

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Reviewed 4 months ago

Adjusting to no camp host, I suggest bringing your own bathroom needs. A tree is laying on the lake floor with branches sticking out of the water , right off from our site. We adjusted by docking in front of an unoccupied site. We enjoy the lake and the regular campers that we have met over 20 years! Dedicated to Perch Lake

Deborah B

Loop:Perch Lake

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Reviewed 4 months ago

No host. Bathrooms are only cleaned once a week. Toilets are full, need pumped. Grass needs mowing. Unkept again

Robin B

Loop:Perch Lake

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Reviewed a year ago

Had went on the reservation site reserved our site when we arrived. Somebody was in our site and the camp host didn’t know anything about our reservation. Blamed it all on his boss and we ended up just parking our camper going home which we live two hours away and coming back the next day so we could set up our camper on the site that we paid for and were charged for on the reservation site money to reserve this, not a very good experience, shows lack of professional professional ship. The host blamed everything on his boss from unable to contact this person to it was all his fault that the site wasn’t put up reserved on anyway on and on and on, and the host was not very professional either Besides that the weather is beautiful. The lake is gorgeous and the facilities were good.

Robert B

Loop:Perch Lake

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Reviewed a year ago

The new camp host, Blake, greeted us as we arrived, campsite was acceptable, bathroom was clean. Also we were across from him and he let us use his area to park our boat ! That alone was a great, my fishing partner has a bad leg and that helped out a lot! Fishing was good and we had a great time!

Availability

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