Fall asleep to loons.
Wake up to the lake.

Tent sites, RV hookups, and four cabins on the south shore of Kettle Lake. Family-run since 1978, open May through October, and still booked by a person who knows which site is the shady one.

Reserve a site See the site map
Season May 15 to October 12 Office and store, 8 to 8 daily (555) 555-0147

Sixty acres of lodgepole pine on the south shore of Kettle Lake. Sixty sites, four cabins, one dock, and no bars on your phone.

What to book

Four ways to stay

Every site comes with a picnic table, a fire ring, and a bathhouse inside a five-minute walk. From there it depends on how much you want to carry.

Tent sites

38 sites, walk-in and drive-up

  • Level gravel pad, table, steel fire ring
  • Water spigot within a hundred feet
  • Walk-ins T1 to T12 are carry-in and the quietest sites we have
  • Up to six people and one vehicle
$30a night, from

RV sites

22 sites, rigs to 40 feet

  • 30 and 50 amp electric at every site
  • Water at all 22, sewer at R9 to R22
  • Pull-throughs on the lake loop, water side
  • Dump station and fresh water by the office
$52a night, from

The four cabins

Loon, Heron, Otter, Tamarack

  • One room and a sleeping loft, sleeps four
  • Screened porch, two chairs, a string of lights
  • Small fridge, two-burner hot plate, kettle
  • Bathhouse a hundred feet down the path; bring bedding
$118a night, from

The Point

Group site, up to 30 people

  • Six tent pads and two fire rings
  • A pavilion with four picnic tables and power
  • Its own dock and the whole peninsula
  • Reunions, scout troops, the wedding-weekend overflow
$170a night, from
Tent site T22 on the pine loop: a tent on a gravel pad, picnic table, and fire ring under tall pines
T22, pine loop. Afternoon shade, morning sun on the table, the bathhouse two minutes by flashlight.
Otter cabin at dusk, porch chairs and a string of lights, a small fire in the ring
Otter, the cabin nearest the water. Walt built it in the winter of 1991. The porch faces the loons.
Rates

By site and season

Two adults and their kids under sixteen, tax included. Weekends are two nights minimum, holiday weekends three. Sunday to Thursday, a single night is fine.

Shoulder: May 15 to June 18, and September 8 to October 12 Peak: June 19 to September 7, plus Memorial Day weekend
Site type Shoulder Peak Notes
Tent, walk-inT1 to T12 $30 $38 Carry-in, 60 to 200 feet from the lot. Wheelbarrows at the trailhead.
Tent, drive-upT13 to T38 $34 $42 Pine loop. Park at your pad. T20 to T26 back onto the creek.
RV, water and electricR1 to R8 $52 $64 Back-in, 30 and 50 amp. Dump station by the office.
RV, full hookupR9 to R22 $58 $72 Pull-through on the lake loop. R14 to R19 face the water.
CabinLoon, Heron, Otter, Tamarack $118 $148 Sleeps four. Bring bedding and towels, or rent a set for $12.
The PointGroup site $170 $210 Up to 30 people. Two-night minimum every day of the week.
The grounds

What is here

Enough that you do not have to drive into Hollis Landing for anything. Not so much that it stops feeling like the woods.

  • Hot showers

    Two bathhouses, one on each loop, cleaned at 9 and 4. No coins, no timers, real water pressure.

  • Camp store

    Ice, propane, bait, bug spray, s'mores kits, the thing you forgot. Coffee from 7 am, ice cream till close.

  • Canoes and kayaks

    Six canoes, four kayaks, life jackets in every size. $15 an hour, $45 a day, from the dock 9 to 7.

  • Firewood

    Split on site from our own blowdown, $8 a bundle, dry. Honor box on the porch after the store closes.

  • Wifi at the office only

    It reaches the porch, barely. That is on purpose. Cell signal is one bar on the point on a clear day.

  • Swimming beach

    Roped area, sandy bottom, warm by July. No lifeguard, so the life jackets on the office porch are free and expected.

  • Dump station and water fill

    Past the office porch, free for guests. Potable water at every loop, spigots painted orange so you can find them.

  • Laundry

    Two washers, two dryers, behind the store. Quarters at the counter, soap in a jar, a bench in the shade while you wait.

Inside the camp store: plank walls, stocked shelves, and an enamel coffee pot on the counter
The store. June stocks it. Ask for the thing that is not on the shelf; it is usually in the back.
A red canoe pulled up on the pebble shore with a paddle across the gunwales
Canoe number four. The one that tracks straight.
Site map

The loop

Not to scale, obviously. Pick a site by number when you call and we will tell you if it is the shady one, the one by the creek, or the one that hears the bathhouse door.

Site map of Lodgepole on Kettle Lake A stylized map. Kettle Lake across the top; below it a gravel loop road with the office at the entrance, RV sites along the shore, tent sites inside the loop, walk-in sites to the west, four cabins on the west shore, the group site on the point, two bathhouses, the beach and dock, and the boat launch to the east. Kettle Lake to Hwy 9 N 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7 8 9

Gate code after 10 pm. Speed limit on the loop is walking pace; the kids on bikes have right of way.

  1. Office and camp storeCheck in here. Dump station and water fill just past the porch.
  2. Lake loop, RV sites R1 to R22Pull-throughs on the water side, full hookups at R9 and up.
  3. Pine loop, tent sites T13 to T38Drive-up, shaded, a fire ring and table at each. T20 to T26 back onto the creek.
  4. Walk-in tent sites T1 to T12Carry your gear 60 to 200 feet. Worth it.
  5. The four cabinsLoon, Heron, Otter, and Tamarack, west to east along the shore.
  6. The Point, group siteSix pads, two rings, a pavilion, and its own dock.
  7. BathhousesHot showers and flush toilets, one on each loop.
  8. Beach and dockRoped swim area. Canoe rentals from the dock, 9 to 7.
  9. Boat launchElectric motors only on Kettle Lake. Trailers park in the far lot.
Good to know

The house rules

Six of them. They exist so that the family two sites over has the same week you are having.

Quiet hours 10 pm to 7 am

Voices carry across water further than you would think. Generators off, music off, campfire talk at campfire volume. The loons will be louder than you anyway.

Pets yes, leashed

Two dogs per site, $3 a night each, on a leash outside your site. Not on the beach and not in the cabins, sorry. Bags at every bathhouse; the creek trail is the good walk.

Fires in the ring

Our wood only. Wood from home carries beetles, and the pines are why you are here. Burn bans get posted at the office and on the gate. Out cold before you turn in.

Check-in 2 pm and out noon

Cabins are 3 pm and 11 am. Arriving after 8? Call ahead and your packet will be on the office door with the gate code. Early check-in is a yes whenever the site is empty.

Cancellation 14 days

Full refund two weeks out, half up to 72 hours, none after that. We are sixty sites and a lake, and a no-show is a real gap for us. Weather is not a reason, but we will always move you to another date if one exists.

Kids and the water no lifeguard

Life jackets in every size hang on the office porch, free, no signing out. Please use them. The drop-off past the rope is real; the dock is for jumping only when a grown-up is in the water.

Walt, June, and Corinne Ashby laughing in front of the Lodgepole office
Walt, June, and Corinne. The office porch, most afternoons.
The family

Walt bought the land in 1978. Corinne runs the office. Walt still splits the wood.

Walt and June Ashby bought sixty acres of lodgepole pine and a mile of Kettle Lake shoreline from a logging outfit in 1978, with twelve tent sites, one outhouse, and a plan to add a site a year. There are sixty now, plus the four cabins Walt built over four winters with a chainsaw, a level, and June checking the level.

Their daughter Corinne took over the office in 2016 after eleven years teaching fourth grade, which turns out to be perfect training for a campground. She answers the phone, assigns the sites, and knows which one is the shady one. June still does the flower boxes and the store. Walt still splits the wood, and will tell you about the beetle kill if you let him.

"We are not a resort. We are a lake, a good bathhouse, and people who remember your name the second year."

Getting here

Where

4180 Kettle Lake Road
Hollis Landing

Open in Maps

From Highway 9, turn at the green sign with the loon. It is 3.2 miles of gravel from there. Take it slow; the potholes are ours.

Reserve

(555) 555-0147

or write to reserve@lodgepole.example

Say the site number if you have one and the dates you want. The first night on a card holds it. Off-season, email is answered on Tuesdays.

Season and hours
  • OpenMay 15 to October 12
  • Office and store8 am to 8 pm daily
  • Gate7 am to 10 pm, code after
  • Canoe dock9 am to 7 pm
  • Off-seasonGate locked, lake still there
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