Kawishiwi Lake Rustic Campground

US Forest Service · Minnesota

Kawishiwi Lake Rustic Campground in Minnesota. Ringed marker is this site; the other dots are the 151 public campsites we map in Minnesota.

Kawishiwi Lake is a lovely 5 site campground in a birch stand on the edge of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. It provides an excellent campsite for people entering or exiting the BWCAW via the Kawishiwi Lake Entry Point. The BWCAW boundary is the shore of the lake, so motors are not allowed on the lake and if you plan on putting a canoe in the water at all, you will need a day use permit available at a kiosk at the access point.

What we know about it

Managed by

US Forest Service

Booking

first-come, first-served

Dogs

Allowed on a leash (USFS policy)

Number of sites

25

Coordinates

47.83864, -91.10254

Nearest sites we map

• T Lake Site 111 km · US Forest Service
• Silver Island Rustic Campground13 km · US Forest Service
• Section 29 Lake Rustic Campground15 km · US Forest Service
• Whitefish Lake Site 116 km · US Forest Service
• Sawbill Lake Campground - Superior National Forest16 km · US Forest Service
• Toohey Lake Rustic Campground18 km · US Forest Service

Source: US Forest Service, dated 2025-12-22, fetched 2026-09-07. Official listing.

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