Picket Lake is an unorganized territory located in Saint Louis County,

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, United States. As of the 2000 census, its population was zero.

Geography

According to the

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, the unorganized territory has a total area of or 95.8 km², of which approximately 95% is land and the rest is water. The

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describes Picket Lake as an area comprising 383 lake acres and 4097 acres of National Forest land.Chippewa and Superior National Forests (N.F.), Forest Plan Revision: Environmental Impact Statement
p. 65 ( U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 2003). 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

{{authority control Populated places in St. Louis County, Minnesota Unorganized territories in Minnesota