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If you are looking to canoe in the glassy waters of Wabasso Lake or enjoy a rustic cozy campground, try the Wabasso Lake Recreation Area off Forest Road 142 west of Lac du Flambeau. The Wabasso Lake Recreation Area on the Medford-Park Falls Ranger District consists of a campground with five walk/canoe-in campsites equipped with fire grills and picnic tables. Drinking water and toilets are located at the boat landing. Wabasso Lake Recreation Area is located about one mile west of the Lac du Flambeau and is perfect for primitive camping. Wabasso Lake is 49-acres and has an excellent panfish population and is great for canoeing and fishing. So, if you like to hike, fish, swim, hike, bike, and picnic, then the Wabasso Lake Recreation Area is the place for you, located 5 minutes west of Lac du Flambeau. The Wabasso Lake Recreation Area is pet friendly; see restrictions below for more information.
From State Highway 70, turn north on Forest Road 509 (Chippewa Trail Road) and then turn Right on Forest Road and left into Wabasso Lake Recreation Area.
Quiet and relaxing site, no issues with mosquitos in early September 2018. *However August of 2020 they are ravenous.
I'd get firewood in Mercer or another location besides Lac du Flambeau, both times the wood is so wet it boils.
The lake is fantastic, dont get me wrong. But the "campgroud" leaves alot to be desired. Granted, it is an honor system, $5/day place... The mosquitoes are OUT OF CONTROL. As you enter the parking lot, to your left is campsite #1, best option here. To your right are sites #2-5 in order. You must go through each to get to the next. All sites have table and fire ring. There is no electric, there is a manual water pump near the bulletin board and latrine. (very clear here... Latrine, non-flush bathroom, no sink)
In order you have:
1.) prime location, drive up camping, plenty of private space.
2.) close to parking, nice lake view, plenty of space.
3.) walk through 2, follow path 100yards-ish, avoid small marsh... Small site, private.
4.) walk past or through 3, decent space, direct wooden stairs to water edge (swarm included), also moderately private.
5.) Walk through 2,3,4 and continue 1000feet. Extremely private, tonnes of space, most bugs of all. Small foot path to water.
Tips:
Buy a "thermacell" butane bug repellant. They are the only thing that help. 90% deet made a dent, but not much.
The market in town has most of the things you will want/need. Woodruff has the rest (follow i-47).
For firewood, go to Lac du flambeau campground and buy it there.
Final word: If you get site 1 or 2, don't mind mosquitoes, and maybe have a boat... It's pretty nice all said and done.
(p.s I have panoramas of each site but don't know how to post them to maps)
Always fun. Fishing skills required. Worth it for walk in sites. Late season I am usually alone. If you like privacy you can do that here. Wolf pack in the area. Saw a fisher on the access road last year. Challenging walk 'around' the lake. You won't make it. Lots of beaver activity on the far side. Lots of wildlife.
