Sailor Lake
5Heads up5 fires, nearest 15 mi
- Right now
- OpenListed open; its database flags it not open
- A night
- $15–$30Across the site types the agency prices
- Sites
- 25All of them booked ahead
- Season
- May 2 – October 31Open May 2 through October 31
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 3 notices
In the agency’s own words
Rustic Sailor Lake Campground sits on the northwestern shores of scenic Sailor Lake. Its scenic views and secluded location make it popular for campers and explorers alike. The campground offers access to the lake as well as a beautiful picnic area and access to off-road vehicle trails. Keep reading
Recreation
Sailor Lake Campground is a favorite among off-road enthusiasts, offering direct access to the 70-mile Flambeau Trail System. The trail is highlighted by rolling terrain, tree-lined corridors, wooden bridges and vistas overlooking various bogs and lakes. It is a popular snowmobiling location during winter months. The campground is adjacent to 170-acre Sailor Lake, which is popular for boating and fishing. Anglers will find healthy populations of pan fish and northern pike. A boat ramp is located a mile south of the campground at the Sailor Lake Picnic Area. A picnic shelter is also avaialble at the picnic area.
Facilities
The campground offers about two dozen sites for tent or RV camping. There are no hookups available and parking spurs are either grass or gravel. Some sites are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Each site is equipped with a table and campfire ring. Vault toilets and drinking water are provided. Some sites are secluded by trees and some are situated on the waterfront.
Natural Features
The campground is laid out in two loops and situated on the shores of Sailor Lake at an elevation of about 1,460 feet. The sites are shaded by a mixed hardwood forest.
Nearby Attractions
The campground is located approximately 11 miles southeast of Fifield. The city boasts a variety of tourist attractions, including historic sites, a reconstructed logging dam and a couple of war memorials.
What the agency tells you
Click here for more information on the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest
Don't move firewood: To limit the spread of invasive tree-killing pests, firewood from outside the area is not permitted. Some states have quarantines and may confiscate your firewood. Please help protect our forests from invasive species by obtaining your firewood at or near your camping destination and burning it on-site. Visit dontmovefirewood.org for more information.
Twin Lakes Campground is located on the Medford-Park Falls Ranger District, between the towns of Park Falls and Lac du Flambeau in Price County. This is not East Twin Campground which is located on the Great Divide Ranger District, near the town of Clam Lake.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 25 · 3 walk-in
- Hookups
- None
- Longest rig
- 81 ft
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets
- “…equipped with a table and campfire ring. Vault toilets and drinking water are provided. Some sites are…”
- Drinking water
- Yes
- “…and campfire ring. Vault toilets and drinking water are provided. Some sites are secluded by trees and…”
- Boat ramp
- Yes
Around the campground
- On the water
- Lake
- Boating
- Canoeing
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Historic Sites
- Hunting
- Wildlife viewing
- Night sky · 23rd darkest of 70 in WI
- Bortle 2
- Fall color · reported 12 days ago, 16 km away
- Past peak
Nothing on the booking system for the next 30 nightsread 16:36 UTC
Every site here is reservable, and the record lists none held back for anyone who drives up.
Every one of the next thirty nights is in recreation.gov’s record and not one site is being offered on any of them. That’s a campground closed or not yet released for booking, not a sold-out one.
Watch for a cancellation
Full? Watch it.
One email when a night opens, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.
We read recreation.gov once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time a site in your window is free for the nights you asked for.
Scanners that check every few minutes exist, and most of them charge. This one is free, it reads the same calendar, and it won’t always be first.
Tell me when the season opens
Watch for the season to open
One email when the season goes on sale, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.
We check once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time the agency has that season on sale.
Scanners that check every few minutes exist, and most of them charge. This one is free, it reads the same calendar, and it won’t always be first.
We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.
Every line of the receipt · 13
What you actually pay
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rates for this season, $15–$30 a night, plus one $8 recreation.gov reservation fee for the booking. A weekend here means Friday and Saturday night, booked once. Optional charges (an extra vehicle, a second tent, a dump-station fee) are listed separately and aren’t in this total.
Who keeps the booking fee
The agency’s own policy text says the reservation fee and the cancellation processing fee are “retained by the reservation service contractor”, and that a campground concessionaire will decline to refund them because “they did not receive these fees”. Recreation.gov is run under contract by Booz Allen Hamilton. What share of your booking fee the contractor keeps isn’t published in any federal dataset we can read, so we print no number for it. Our reporting on the contract →
How we know this receipt · 5
recreation.gov availability, read 16:36 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
25 sites · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 25 mapped sitesAll 25 sites
The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 25 of the 25 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| SAILOR LAKE | 001 | standard nonelectric | 67 ft | 587 ft | $15–$30 | |
| SAILOR LAKE | 002 | standard nonelectric | 67 ft | 545 ft | $15–$30 | |
| SAILOR LAKE | 003 | standard nonelectric | 103 ft | 432 ft | $15–$30 | |
| SAILOR LAKE | 004 | standard nonelectric | 103 ft | 329 ft | $15–$30 | |
| SAILOR LAKE | 005 | standard nonelectric | 89 ft | 221 ft | $15–$30 | |
| SAILOR LAKE | 006 | standard nonelectric | 86 ft | 257 ft | $15–$30 | |
| SAILOR LAKE | 007 | standard nonelectric | 86 ft | 338 ft | $15–$30 | |
| SAILOR LAKE | 008 | standard nonelectric | 81 ft | 93 ft | 431 ft | $15–$30 |
| SAILOR LAKE | 009 | standard nonelectric | 93 ft | 436 ft | $15–$30 | |
| SAILOR LAKE | 010 | standard nonelectric | 60 ft | 534 ft | $15–$30 | |
| SAILOR LAKE | 011 | standard nonelectric | 60 ft | 590 ft | $15–$30 | |
| SAILOR LAKE | 012 | standard nonelectric | 137 ft | 638 ft | $15–$30 | |
| SAILOR LAKE | 013 | standard nonelectric | 82 ft | 523 ft | $15–$30 | |
| SAILOR LAKE | 014 | standard nonelectric | 82 ft | 454 ft | $15–$30 | |
| SAILOR LAKE | 015 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 103 ft | 317 ft | $15–$30 |
| SAILOR LAKE | 016 | standard nonelectric | 103 ft | 223 ft | $15–$30 | |
| SAILOR LAKE | 017 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 90 ft | 190 ft | $15–$30 |
| SAILOR LAKE | 018 | standard nonelectric | 84 ft | 280 ft | $15–$30 | |
| SAILOR LAKE | 019 | standard nonelectric | 117 ft | 328 ft | $15–$30 | |
| SAILOR LAKE | 020 | standard nonelectric | 84 ft | 362 ft | $15–$30 | |
| SAILOR LAKE | 021 | standard nonelectric | 123 ft | 456 ft | $15–$30 | |
| SAILOR LAKE | 022 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 109 ft | 458 ft | $15–$30 |
| SAILOR LAKE | 023 | walk to | 182 ft | 74 ft | $15 | |
| SAILOR LAKE | 024 | walk to | 82 ft | 93 ft | $15 | |
| SAILOR LAKE | 025 | walk to | 82 ft | 125 ft | $15 |
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Smith RapidsChequamegon National Forest · 6.8 mi
Twin Lakes (WI)Chequamegon National Forest · 13 mi
Emily Lake Recreation AreaChequamegon National Forest · 15 miWabasso Lake Recreation AreaChequamegon National Forest · 16 mi
Stockfarm BridgeChequamegon National Forest · 25 mi
Black LakeChequamegon National Forest · 33 miFrom Fifield, follow State Highway 70 east for about 7 miles and turn right (south) on Forest Road 139 and continue for 3 miles.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Park Falls, WI
Typical weather
Typical October night 33°F, day 55°F.
Coldest night of the open season: typical October night 33°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
Roadless country, and what’s coming for it
You’re camping on ground somebody wants. We track the threats and the comment deadlines.
Who answers for this land
Sailor Lake 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 →