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A lake close by is Frieda Lake; Thornton's Whitewater Rafting Resort is a magnificent local campground. After a long day outdoors Best Western Crivitz Lodge is a good location to spend a night or two, and Huber Lake is a nearby lake that you could check out. This lake is so wonderful. If you came for an overnight stay Kosir's Rapid Rafts is a delightful place to camp, and Thunder River is a nice whitewater spot nearby. A great close by hotel is Country Inn &
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| | Suites By Carlson, Iron Mountain, MI, and a good spot for whitewater paddling is Peshtigo River. Be careful coming to Balsam Lake, you might not ever wanna go back home again. At Balsam Lake during the summertime months highs are in the 70's. Summer nighttime lows fall down to the 50's. The cold days of the wintertime come with highs in the 20's while the cold winter nights at Balsam Lake are in the 0's. Balsam Lake gets a typical amount of precipitation; the month of September is the wettest with most of the rain, and February meanwhile is the driest month.
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Coordinates: Latitude: 45.35056 Longitude: -88.275
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| These outdoors activities are available near Balsam Lake. |
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Peshtigo River, Marinette CountyCounty, 4 miles away Class II-III+ - 5.1 miles long (Otter Creek) |
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Thunder River, Marinette CountyCounty, 6 miles away Class II-III - 0.5 miles long (Veteran's Park) |
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Peshtigo River, Marinette CountyCounty, 7 miles away Class I-II - 8.9 miles long (Goodman Park to Otter Creek) |
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Kosir's Rapid Rafts
 | Tent Sites, RV Hookups, Pets OK, Fires OK, Store, Nearby Grocery, Gameroom... - 10 RV hookups, PETS:on a leash at all times and attended to at all times., STORE:Clothing and souvenirs... |
Thornton's Whitewater Rafting Resort
 | Whitewater rafting outfitter that also offers 15 acres of wooded sites as well as RV sites with water & electricity. Modern shower/restroom facilities, volleyball courts, hiking, bar with music & food and Lake Caldron across the road for swimming, boating and fishing. Thornton's offers whitewater rafting on both the Peshtigo and Menominee Rivers daily April through October and has well-trained guides and all of the latest equipment for rafting. Thornton's also offers Paintball with both strategy and speedball courses. Website: www.thorntonsresort.com... |
Peshtigo River
 | ... the proper fitting and adjusting of our gear. After a short bus ride we arrived at the river where we were all given a safety and oreintation talk regarding what to expect on the river, how to paddle our crafts and what to expect and how to safely react if we should find ourselfs out of our kayaks. These guides have done this before. They are very attentive to their guests needs and apprehension. Emily, our 14 year old was quite nervous. Her apprehension was eased greatly when one of the guides gave her some personal attention during the warm-up rapids demonstrating the proper ways to paddle her boat and offering tips on how to get it off rocks she may become stuck on.
Let me say this... Thornton's guides actually do GUIDE you down the river. They appeared to set up elaborate systems and positions, stationed strategically above and below the many larger rapids ready to assist their guests at the drop of a hat, or should I say paddle, or a flip, what have you! Fortunatly only one of our party decided to ''count fish'' today as their lead guide so humorously refered to the caps... |
Chute Pond
 | 15 miles away We want to camp there!... |
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