Franklin Lake Campground

	Franklin Lake Campground
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Caretaker's lodge in 1937
	Location within Wisconsin
Location	National Forest Rd. 2181; Alvin, Wisconsin
Coordinates	45°55′51″N 88°59′37″W / 45.93083°N 88.99361°W
NRHP reference No.	88001573
Added to NRHP	September 28, 1988

The Franklin Lake Campground is located in Hiles, Wisconsin. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.^[1]

History

The campground was put together by the Civilian Conservation Corps and the Works Progress Administration of the New Deal in 1936.^[2] It is located within the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest.

During the winter of 1935 and 1936, 3 men (Frank Haubry, E. A. Herbes, Mr. Weir) snowshoed and staked out what is now Franklin Campground.

The Campground opened in 1937 with 12 campsites. By the 70’s the campground expanded to it’s now, 77 sites.

The campground has 77 campsites, 4 hiking trails (Nature Trail, Lake View Trail, Sunfish Trail, Hidden Lakes), 2 picnic shelters, a boat launch, beach, and an interpretive center. The Franklin Lake Campground is the largest grouping of Rustic style buildings in Wisconsin’s National Forest, and is virtually unaltered.

The campground is usually open from May-October.

References

↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
↑ "Franklin Lake Campground". Wisconsin Historical Society. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 16, 2012.

External links

Media related to Franklin Lake Campground at Wikimedia Commons

[1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[2] "Franklin Lake Campground". Wisconsin Historical Society. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 16, 2012.

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