Plum Lake Campground, Northern Highland American Legion State Forest

A superb state forest campground on a clear water lake with a hard sand bottom. Towering pines stand over well-kept campsites. The state forest staff and hosts maintain clean facilities. Plum Lake Campground is just a quarter mile from the paved bike trail network linking Sayner and Boulder Junction. Avid cyclists will find lengthy rides in either direction without needing to leave paved trails. A sizable fishing pier is just a stone’s throw from the campground, though takes a moderate hike or short drive to reach as there isn’t a trail bridging the small creek between the campground and pier; this would be a welcome addition. You can still reach the pier quickly on foot with a short walk through shallow water. The campground unfortunately has a relatively short open season, spanning approximately Memorial Day through Labor Day each summer. Outside of these dates the entrance gate is closed, though several other nearby campgrounds in the same state forest remain open.

Not super private but you can get a site right on water. Very chill, mellow lake. Sites are well maintained and the vault toilets are immaculate for vault toilets. Surrounded by tons of trails and is only a mile from the Sayner Pub if you need a place to wait out some surprise rain.

Plum Lake Campground is one of the units in the Northern Highland American Legion State Forest. This particular campground has 18 sites of which 3 are listed as tent only. You can’t put a camper larger than 35 feet and that’s only in a couple of sites here. The campground does take reservations and those are done through the Wisconsin DNR website. Several sites are located in the lake and a few are on the stream which drains from the lake. This is a primitive campground. Toilets are well maintained outhouses. One for each sex. Water is provided by a hand operated pump located by the beach area. The campground is nicely wooded and there is adequate space between sites. Resch sure has a fire pit and picnic table. The trees prevent solar recharging but you can run a generator between 10:00-17:00 if you need to. You can get a special permit to run a generator after hours for medical reasons at the Ranger office at the Crystal Lake Campground station. Overall it was a nice experience and I would recommend it if your looking for an off the beaten path campground.

Very clean and natural camping. I lived the trails around the campgrounds. Only thing we felt a little saddened about was the size of the roads leading into the site and the site sizes. The site sizes were more so made for tenting and not exactly for bigger campers like the couple we were camping with and we had.

Nice, small, and quiet. Right off the bike trail.