By:
Submission
Lake Ottawa Recreation area is in a beautiful forested northwoods setting located 5 miles southwest of Iron River, MI, on the Iron River Ranger District. Located in the general area is Lake Ottawa, Brule Lake, Hagerman Lake, Brule River, Bass Lake, the Historic Mile Post Zero/Treaty Tree, The Ge-Che Trail, and miles of hiking trails. Lake Ottawa Campground is 95% surrounded by National Forest System Land and offers a picnic shelter with two stone fireplaces and original log picnic tables, and two log toilet buildings, which were constructed by the CCC in the late 1930's. A pressurized water system and sewage dump station is located in the campground. Adjacent to the campground is a CCC era day use recreation building, with flush toilets, swimming beach, playing field, picnic areas and boat launch. For guidelines regarding use of the Day Use Pavillion, check out the attached document: Lake Ottawa Day Use Guidelines. Fish Your National Forests: This site can be accessed by Passenger Car; Fish available include: Trout, Native Trout, Bass, Walleye, Panfish; Types of fishing available include: Shore, Motorized boat, Float tube, Fly, Spin, Bait, Ice; and boat launch available
From Iron River, Mi., travel west on US 2, turn south on M 73, travel approximately 3/4 mile, turn west on Lake Ottawa Road and travel approximately 4 miles to the campground.
From Watersmeet, Mi., travel 28 miles east on US 2, turn south on M 73, travel approximately 3/4 mile, turn west on Lake Ottawa Road and travel approximately 4 miles to the campground.
I think this was the BEST campground I have ever stayed. Very accommodating. The other folks in the park were a great welth of knowledge and just cool people. After going through Door county last week avoiding the public Bathrooms I was pleased to see the restrooms here were cleaned every day and smelled like flowers and fresh cut grass. We will be going back!
The current hosts as of July 2022 are wonderful, (so is their dog, Lily ❤). I've never seen the bathrooms so clean in all my 25+ years of camping there. The hosts have been taking such good care of the campground. Nice new blacktop throughout, highly recommend this place!
Nice, dog friendly campground. The area is beautiful. There were no open vault toilets or any running water when I went (August 16th-17th) but there were porta potties that were surprisingly clean. It's easy to find and close enough to the city while still being quiet. If you have neighbors you'd be able to see them, but I was one of the only people there on a Wednesday. It's $18/night and there's an additional fee to use the recreational areas, but my site had direct access to the Lake.
