Hogan Lake – Site 3

This is a grassy, south facing site in Hogan’s western bay. One of your first three options as you come out of Lake La Muir or up from Big Crow, this is a reasonable stopping point. I used to love Site 1, but when we stopped there on this trip the half of the island where the site sits seems to have burned down a couple years back.  Site 3 is a decent alternative to that burned out husk. Which I guess isn’t saying much.

The site is set up on two levels. There is a wide beachy area where you can pull up the canoe for loading/unloading, and where you can swim as well. The site is fronted by grassy clearing, which offers a decent amount of level-ish terrain for setting up tents. The grass ends at the base of a small climb, and at the top of that hill you’ll find the site proper. The fire pit area is  pretty basic, but gets the job done. There is a well built fire pit and a couple of decent log benches.  The view from the fire pit area is good, if semi-obstructed.

The views from this site are quite nice. You can see both south and north, with a great sunset view to boot from the back of the site. One warning, this site was buuuuuuugggggggyyyy when we were there. I don’t know if that’s a function of the grass, or just bad luck, but the mosquitoes were out and swarming in a way that we didn’t see on any other site on this trip.