Picket Lake, Minnesota

Template:Short description 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 Template:Convert or 95.8 km², of which approximately 95% is land and the rest is water.<ref>Minnesota 2000: Census of Population and Housing, p. 30 (U.S. Dept. of Commerce, 2000).</ref> The United States Forest Service describes Picket Lake as an area comprising 383 lake acres and 4097 acres of National Forest land.<ref>Chippewa and Superior National Forests (N.F.), Forest Plan Revision: Environmental Impact Statement, p. 65 (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 2003).</ref><ref name=rec>Template:Cite web</ref>

The closest town to the lake is Orr.<ref name=rec /> The Forest Service provides three backcountry campsites around the lake, and the parking lot is accessible via Forest Road 477.<ref name=rec />

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