Laura and Gordon Lake Recreation Area
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- Right now
- Closed for the seasonOut of the season the agency publishes
- Season
- May 2 – October 15Open May 2 through October 15
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there
In the agency’s own words
With two beautiful clear water lakes, undeveloped shoreline, Laura Lake Campground provides an exceptional camping opportunity. Campsites are located on the southwestern shore of 110-acre Laura Lake. The picnic and swim beach are located on the adjacent 50-acre Gordon Lake. Both lakes have developed back-in boat landings. Please note these lakes are restricted to electric motors only. The Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest has an abundance of outdoor recreation opportunities. Those most enjoyed at Laura Lake are fishing, swimming, kayaking, canoeing and hiking the trail that goes around the lake. The 2. Keep reading
25 mile hiking trail passes through a forest of northern hardwoods, hemlocks, and balsams. Bring your binoculars as there are frequent observations of loons and osprey on this quiet lake, which is restricted to electric motors only. A bench is located along the shoreline at the half-way point. A short walk to the north leads to a small bog lake that you may want to explore. Look for the blue reassurance markers that designate this trail. The area also provides a 6.5 mile bike trail that runs along the old Lake 9 railroad grade. Laura Lake Campground has 41 sites. A majority of sites can accommodate campers as long as 30 feet and longer. Drinking water, vault toilets, swim beach, picnic area and a boat landing are also provided at this location. All roads are paved with blacktop. Both Laura and Gordon Lakes provide good fishing opportunities.
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets
- “…as 30 feet and longer. Drinking water, vault toilets, swim beach, picnic area and a boat landing are…”
- Drinking water
- Yes
- “…campers as long as 30 feet and longer. Drinking water, vault toilets, swim beach, picnic area and a boat…”
Around the campground
- On the water
- Lake, Beach
- Fall color · reported 4 days ago, 37 km away
- Peak color
Phone before you drive
recreation.gov publishes no availability for a campground you can’t reserve, so there’s no thirty-night reading to draw here. The season bar above is what the agency does publish.
Every line of the receipt · 10
What you actually pay
How we know this receipt · 4
record Aug 24, 2026 · How we know all this
Getting there
the map and the coordinate
Where it is
Laura Lake CampgroundNicolet National Forest · 0.0 miMorgan Lake Recreation AreaNicolet National Forest · 5.0 mi
Morgan Lake Campground and Group SiteNicolet National Forest · 5.0 mi
Lost Lake CabinsNicolet National Forest · 12 miLost Lake Recreation AreaNicolet National Forest · 13 mi
Lost Lake Campground (WI)Nicolet National Forest · 13 miThe weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Goodman, WI
Typical weather
Typical October night 35°F, day 52°F.
Coldest night of the open season: typical October night 35°F. Bring the bag rated for it.
Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or moreOutside the published season
A normal is the 1991-2020 average for the month, not a forecast: about half of all Julys are colder than the July line. The seven-day forecast above answers the other question.
The land, and who answers for it
what threatens it · who answers for it
What threatens this place
You’re camping on ground somebody wants. We track the threats and the comment deadlines.
Who answers for this land
Laura and Gordon Lake Recreation Area is in Wisconsin’s 7th congressional district. Its representative, Tom Tiffany (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →