Picket Lake, Minnesota

Picket Lake is an unorganized territory located in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States. As of the 2000 census, its population was zero.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the unorganized territory has a total area of 37 square miles (24,000 acres) or 95.8 km², of which approximately 95% is land and the rest is water.[1] The United States Forest Service describes Picket Lake as an area comprising 383 lake acres and 4097 acres of National Forest land.[2][3]

The closest town to the lake is Orr.[3] The Forest Service provides three backcountry campsites around the lake, and the parking lot is accessible via Forest Road 477.[3]

References

1. Minnesota 2000: Census of Population and Housing, p. 30 (U.S. Dept. of Commerce, 2000).
2. Chippewa and Superior National Forests (N.F.), Forest Plan Revision: Environmental Impact Statement, p. 65 (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 2003).
3. "Picket Lake". USDA Forest Service, Superior National Forest. Retrieved 2013-09-29.