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The Peshtigo River State Forest headquarters is located in Governor Thompson State Park, 17 miles northwest of Crivitz. From Crivitz, follow County Road A west out of town. From A, turn left (west) onto County Road X, and follow X to Parkway Road. Turn right (north) on Parkway Road. After 0.5 miles, turn left (west) onto Ranch Road. Follow Ranch for 1.5 miles to Paust Lane.
Great small quite state campground. Close to Governor Thompson and the town for necessities. Great tent sites
Beautiful area with lots of wildlife. Clean, working bathrooms and cheap spacious campsites. Only downside is there are tons of ticks, I picked almost 7 off me after walking around the lake area for less than 20 minutes. Ticks are to be expected, but I’ve never had so many on me at once! Just bring tick spray and check yourself every now and then, and you’ll be fine.
The campground is under the name Governor Earl and camp spaces (15) are available thru Wisconsin State camping website.
The campground is monitored by Governor Thompson campground 3miles away.
The campground has no electrical sites and is monitored daily by the WI State Rangers.
It is a quiet campground with a small lake with a sand beach.
We enjoy camping each year at Governor Earl.
This state forest campground offers 16 campsites and a small swimming beach. All campsites are reservable on the DNR reservation system. Drinking water is provided at a centrally located fountain; water is not clear but tastes fine.
No sites have a lake view but all are spacious. There’s ample spacing and vegetation between most campsites.
Governor Thompson state park is just a short drive or bike ride away. Compared to the state park, campsites here cost less and the swimming beach is nicer.
Those looking for more amenities may prefer the state park which offers electric sites, showers and restrooms with running water. None of those can be found at Veteran’s Lake.
Sites are very spacious and clean with plenty of woods for privacy between each site. We stayed at site 10. Fire pits are nice. We didn’t see any ticks but maybe it’s due to time of year. Pit toilets only but they were clean so that’s fine. The fountain water is a bit rusty but does fine for cleaning up. Personally I wouldn’t drink it. The swimming hole could use some TLC as it’s a bit over grown but the water was clean and nice to take a dip and for kids to play in. The trails around are nice for walking. A short drive to the state park has very nice and clean family showers. Not much to do at the state park but it’s still nice and quiet. Overall we would go back!
