Little Trout Lake Campsite #5
Landing Topography of under-water approach: Small (one-canoe-width) sandy landing is behind a rock shelf, located east of the campsite's front rock face. Impediments to disembarking from and/or unloading a canoe: Shallow rock shelf and shoreline bushes confine the landing's single "slip". Extra canoes would have to be brought in one-at-a-time. Narrow "slip" runs alongside the shoreline bushes to the left behind the rock ... Plenty of rock on which to unload gear ... Rise from rock to rooted area .. up toward firepit area ... Campsite Regular or low-maintenance: Regular Size of open ground area: firepit area .. approx. 30' x 50'. View from firepit area, looking NNW ... Extent of tree cover: 80% Degree of levelness: Besides the firepit is level, but the only other level area is another 8 feet up at the rear. Topography: Approximately a gentle 5 foot rise to firepit area, and a further 8 foot rise to 2 small tentsite area. Number of level tent sites: 2 small. Tent sites area behind and above firepit area ... North exposure: Open to north wind .. with a view across lake to north shore. East exposure: Forested shoreline South exposure: Forest. West exposure: Forested shoreline. General description: Fair tree cover, yet is quite open to north wind. It is best-suited to a single canoe and tent. Overall accessibility: Good accessibility from the water .. somewhat limited to one canoe at a time. Thanks to Jeffrey McMurtrie of Jeff'sMap for supplying the base-layer map component by Creative Commons licensing. Submitted by Barry Bridgeford .. December 30, 2011 .. visited July, 2010 |