Skip to content

Map Activities Discover Guides Trips Saves

A map of everywhere you can sleep outside in the U.S., with the weather and cell signal to match. Built to stay free.

Explore

Map
Hiking
State guides
Discover

Plan

Trip planner
My trips
Saves
Offline downloads

About

Privacy
Data deletion

© 2026 Roaming.Camp · Data from NPS, Recreation.gov, BLM, USFS, NWS, and the FCC.Operating on ceded ancestral land.Photography via Unsplash.

Leave it better than you found it.

Hike

Crab-Burntside

Passes Burntside Lake
Camp 5 mi away

2.5 mi out & back · 309 ft gain · 1,493 ft high point · Easy · Gravel

MN · U.S. Forest Service

About Elevation Highlights Map Camp near here More hikes

About this hike

Crab-Burntside is a 2.5-mile out and back on gravel, climbing 309 feet along Burntside Lake.

Elevation

309 ft of gain round trip.

Camp near here

The closest places to sleep, measured from the trailhead.

See all on the map

4.9 mi from the trailhead
West Twin Lake
Dispersed camping

More hikes nearby

Ranked the same way, within twenty-five miles.

15 mi from you
Fall Lake-Newton Lake
- Ends at Newton Falls
- Inside Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness
- Camp 1 mi away
0.5 mi out & back · 64 ft gain · Easy
Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness · Camp 1 mi away
22 mi from you

Out: 140 ft up, returns the same way. Source: USGS 3DEP.

Highlights

What the trail reaches, measured from the start.

Burntside LakeAlong the way · 0.0 mi in

Map

The route at the trailhead. Drag with two fingers, or hold a key to zoom.

Trail data: USFS, NPS, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Elevation: USGS 3DEP via Mapzen terrain tiles. Nearby reading: Wikipedia. Download the trail and feature data.

At a glance

Length: 2.5 mi
Shape: Out & back
Gain: 309 ft round trip
High point: 1,493 ft
Low point: 1,372 ft
Difficulty: EasyFrom 2.5 mi and 309 ft of climbing
Managed by: U.S. Forest Service
State: MN
Camps within 15 mi: 7
Trailhead: 47.9296° N · 92.0313° W

Get directions Open the map

5.8 mi from the trailhead

Twin West

Dispersed camping

7.1 mi from the trailhead

Fenske Lake Campground

Campground · MN

Iron-Crooked

Ends at Curtain Falls
Inside Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness

0.8 mi out & back · 133 ft gain · Easy

Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness · Camp 15 mi away

4-Mile Portage

Ends at Fall Lake
Inside Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness

8.4 mi out & back · 151 ft gain · Moderate

Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness · Camp 5 mi away

Pipestone Bay-Newton Lake

Ends at Pipestone Falls
Inside Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness
Camp 4 mi away

0.6 mi out & back · 74 ft gain · Easy

Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness · Camp 4 mi away

Lake Vermilion-Trout

Ends at a waterfall
Inside Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness

0.3 mi out & back · 43 ft gain · Easy

Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness · Camp 13 mi away

Basswood Lake to Basswood Rive

Ends at a waterfall
Inside Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness

1.6 mi out & back · 137 ft gain · Easy

Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness · Camp 10 mi away

More like this

Hikes that read like this one, wherever they are.

Crab Lake Trail-Main BRT
- Passes Poplar Lake
- 2,727 ft of climbing
- Camp 3 mi away
21.8 mi out & back · 2,727 ft gain · Very hard
MN · Camp 3 mi away
Moose Horn
- Ends at Burntside Lake
- Camp 2 mi away
0.7 mi loop · 95 ft gain · Easy
MN · Camp 2 mi away
Northarm-Twin
- Ends at Burntside Lake
- Inside Superior National Forest
- Camp under a mile away
1.3 mi out & back · 162 ft gain · Easy
Superior National Forest · Camp under a mile away
Lost Lake South
- Near Burntside Lake
- Camp 2 mi away
5.5 mi out & back · 609 ft gain · Moderate
MN · Camp 2 mi away

Weather

7-day forecast

Today53°31°Mostly Sunny
Tue47°28°Mostly Sunny
Wed36°21°Partly Sunny
Thu33°21°Partly Sunny
Fri36°24°Sunny
Sat39°26°Mostly Sunny
Sun46°31°Mostly Sunny

Today: Mostly Sunny · wind 5 mph SW

National Weather Service · refreshed hourly

Signal

Cell coverage here

AT&TNo signal
T-MobileLTE · Poor

FCC coverage data · signal varies in remote terrain