Picket Lake, Minnesota Explained

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 37sqmi 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. The Forest Service provides three backcountry campsites around the lake, and the parking lot is accessible via Forest Road 477.

References

1. https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/phc-3-25.pdf Minnesota 2000: Census of Population and Housing
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=iE03AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA65 Chippewa and Superior National Forests (N.F.), Forest Plan Revision: Environmental Impact Statement
3. Web site: Picket Lake. USDA Forest Service, Superior National Forest. 2013-09-29.

48.1061°N -92.385°W