Franklin & Butternut Lakes Area
Franklin & Butternut Lakes Area
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A wonderful 1,000-acre site for the hiker/birder. A 13-mile loop of trail winds around a number of beautiful and remote lakes. A one-mile interpretive nature trail (brochures available on site) takes you through a 400-year-old hemlock and pine forest. A boardwalk crosses an open bog. Woodpeckers, Wood Pewee, Winter Wren, Blackburnian Warbler, Cape May Warbler, and Ovenbird. Waterfowl on and near the lake include Loon, Great Blue Heron, Mallard, Spotted Sandpiper, and Willow Flycatcher.
What's Nearby
Events
Places To Stay
Dining
1
Phelps Radar Run
1/24/2026
Phelps - 9.64 miles away
2
Phelps Maple Syrup Fest
4/11/2026
Phelps - 9.65 miles away
3
World Series of Snowmobile Racing
2/14/2026 - 2/15/2026
Eagle River - 13.08 miles away
4
Vintage World Championship Derby
1/08/2026 - 1/11/2026
Eagle River - 13.11 miles away
5
Vintage World Championship Derby
1/08/2026 - 1/11/2026
Eagle River - 13.12 miles away
6
World Championship Snowmobile Derby
1/15/2026 - 1/18/2026
Eagle River - 13.12 miles away
7
Three Bear Winter Sled Dog Races
2/07/2026 - 2/08/2026
Land O'Lakes - 18.83 miles away
8
St. Germain Radar Run
2/14/2026
St. Germain - 24.12 miles away


