Point of View Lake Resort and Glamping Campground

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Point of View Lake Resort and Glamping Campground

Home of America's first Living History Museum of Camping. Wisconsin glamping and Northwoods cabin rentals on North Twin Lake near Eagle River.
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Great fishing, snowmobiling, and ice fishing. Where roughing it doesn't have to be that rough.

06/02/2026

Ever wish you could trade a Facebook “photo dump” for the actual 80s lake weekend your parents never stopped talking about? 🎞️ Point of View Lake Resort on North Twin Lake turned that exact feeling into America’s first Living History Museum of . 12 vintage glamping units curated decade by decade, plus cabins that double as exhibits. ⁣
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📻 In each space you’ll find real family photos, era right gear, and the crockpot and campfire recipes people actually used, all rooted by a free, year‑round central hall with nearly 200 artifacts and an birchbark canoe honoring 9,000 years on these waters! ⁣
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Member Spotlight: Point of View Lake Resort

05/27/2026

Somewhere in a shoebox in your parents' basement, there's a photograph.

You're nine. You're standing on a dock in northern Wisconsin in a too-big life jacket, holding up a fish that's smaller than you remember. Behind you, your dad is laughing. Your mom is taking the picture. You can almost smell the lake — that specific Northwoods smell of pine and wet wood and cold water that doesn't exist anywhere else.

For a hundred years, that was the Northwoods. The drive north. The first glimpse of the lake through the trees. The crockpot on the counter when you got back from fishing. The card game that lasted until somebody's mom said it was time for bed.
We just opened America's first Living History Museum of Camping at POV Resort because that history is worth remembering — and the people who lived it are starting to leave us. Twelve vintage glamping units curated as decade-by-decade exhibits. Every cabin a parallel exhibit. A central exhibit hall with nearly two hundred photographs and artifacts, an Ojibwe birchbark canoe acknowledging 9,000 years on these waters, and the cocktails and crockpot recipes families actually made.

Come visit. The central hall is free, year-round, no booking required. Bring your kids. Bring your parents. Bring the friend who's always saying "they don't make things like they used to."

Help us spread the word. Tag someone whose family came north every summer. We built this for the people who'd love that it exists.

And if you want to sleep inside the history — book at povresort.com.

The lake is still here. The smell of pine. The loons. We're keeping the story going.

05/25/2026

Memorial Day weekend, North Twin Lake.

To everyone who served, and the families who carried it: thank you.

This weekend we quietly opened something we've spent two years building — America's first Living History Museum of Camping. It honors the way Americans have camped, traveled, and come north for over a century: the families who built lives around weekends like this one, the soldiers who came home to lakes like this one, and the people whose history was on this land long before any of us. WWII-era camp kits. The Fisherman's Special. The Ojibwe canoe that opens the central exhibit hall, acknowledging 9,000 years of history on these waters.

Twelve glamping units curated as decade-by-decade exhibits. Every cabin a parallel exhibit of the Wisconsin Northwoods family vacation. A permanent central exhibit hall, open year-round and free to walk through.

You don't read about it. You sleep in it.

Everyone is invited to come visit — neighbors, travelers, locals, anyone curious. The central hall is free and open year-round, no booking required. If you'd like to stay a while, you can also book a glamping unit or cabin at povresort.com.

And if this resonates with you, please help us spread the word. We built this for the people who'd love that it exists.

Today, the lake is for all of us.

05/22/2026

MEET THE UNIT: Al Capone's Luxury Tent, Site #10 — Memorial Weekend, and it's THIS weekend.

Quick story: that island 500 feet off our dock once belonged to an associate of Al Capone — Doberman pinschers, men with tommy guns in boats when the bosses were up. So when we built our luxury tents, we leaned in.

Capone's tent is a replica of the A-frame canvas tents the gangster crowd actually used up north in the '20s and '30s. Sleeps 6. Memory foam mattresses, luxury bedding, Edison string lights, picnic table, hammock, fire ring. Somewhere between prohibition hideout and luxury weekend.

Who it's for: friend groups, novelty seekers, family reunions where one person has been talking about gangster history since 1987.

It's a sleeps-6 with a story, and it's open for the holiday weekend three days out. That combination books fast. Reserve today and a free s'mores kit is waiting at your firepit: povresort.com

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05/20/2026

OPEN MEMORIAL WEEKEND (this weekend, May 22-25) — and paddlers, this one's for you. Book now and a free s'mores kit is waiting at your firepit.

MEET THE UNIT: Canadian Boundary Waters Luxury Tent, Site #14

The holiday weekend is two days out and the Boundary Waters tent is still open — but a paddler's unit on Memorial Weekend doesn't stay that way long.
We renamed this one. It used to carry a gangster-era name (Capone and Dillinger keep their tents — we love that history), but we wanted one tent that pointed somewhere different. The Canadian Boundary Waters is named for the wilderness up north — the canoe country between Minnesota and Ontario that's been in conservation news lately and that a lot of us care about.

Sleeps 4. Luxury bedding, memory foam, picnic table, fire ring, hammock. The interior leans BWCA — clean canvas, the feel of a wilderness outpost without actually being three days from a road.

Who it's for: paddlers. Folks who've done a Boundary Waters trip and miss it. Anyone who wants to spend a weekend somewhere that names what it values. Plus — kayaks, canoes, and paddleboards are complimentary the whole stay, right at the dock.

Book today, s'mores on us: povresort.com

05/16/2026

OPEN FOR MEMORIAL WEEKEND — and it's next weekend. Book the 1965 Airstream now and we'll have a free s'mores kit waiting at your firepit.

MEET THE UNIT: 1965 Airstream Vintage Camper, Site #13

Memorial Weekend (May 22-25) is THIS COMING weekend and the Airstream is still open — but a restored vintage Airstream that sleeps 4, with full electric, doesn't stay open on a holiday weekend for long.

If you've ever done the math on what a vintage Airstream in good condition actually costs, you know they're not common. We restored ours with a small obsession over period detail. Sleeps 4. Memory foam mattresses, luxury bedding. The only one of our sites with full electric.

Who it's for: glamping-curious folks who don't want to commit to canvas yet. Photographers. Couples who want a small story to tell.

It's a 1965 trailer. It looks like 1965. It sleeps like 2026. Book today and the s'mores kit is on us: povresort.com

05/15/2026

🚤 Wisconsin Has Regulated Boating Activity for Decades 🌊

Lately, there has been growing debate around wakeboats, enhanced wakes, and whether Wisconsin lakes should have lake-size, depth, or distance-based regulations. One argument often repeated is that “you can’t regulate a type of boat based on lake or size or depth.”

But the reality is… Wisconsin already regulates boating activity based on lake size, distance from shore, and operating behavior. An certain watercraft, such as PWC have specialized regulations.

Here are a few examples from existing Wisconsin law:

✅ Motorboats must operate at slow-no-wake speed within 100 feet of shore

✅ Personal watercraft (jet skis) must operate at slow-no-wake within 200 feet of shore

✅ Lakes 50 acres or smaller with public access are automatically slow-no-wake only

These are not new concepts. Wisconsin has long recognized that different waters require different rules to protect safety, shorelines, habitat, and the public’s enjoyment of lakes.

The discussion around wakeboats is really part of a broader conversation:

How do we balance recreation with shoreline protection?
How do we reduce erosion and property damage?
How do we protect habitat and water quality?
How do we ensure smaller lakes remain enjoyable for everyone?

Supporters of additional wakeboat regulations argue that artificially enhanced wakes can have impacts that differ from traditional boating activity — especially on smaller lakes where wave energy reaches shorelines more quickly and repeatedly.

Others believe existing laws are sufficient and that boat type restrictions unfairly target certain users.

Regardless of where people stand, it is important to understand that Wisconsin boating laws have always included restrictions on how boats operate depending on conditions, location, and lake characteristics.

This is not a new idea in Wisconsin water law — it is part of a long tradition of managing lakes for public safety and shared use.

🌊 Respect the lake. Respect each other.
Wisconsin waters belong to everyone.

05/12/2026

We could still use a couple more awesome people to join our super fun Wine Bar team 🍷🥂Message me if interested. Year-round and seasonal positions available.

05/08/2026

Some trips you take. Some trips you take 20 minutes to drive to.

The lake doesn't care that gas is up. And there's a difference between sitting on your own porch tonight and sitting under string lights next to a 1965 Airstream you didn't have to drive 6 hours to find.

A few cabins and glamping units left for Memorial Weekend (two weeks out), plus some May dates worth grabbing. Free kayaks. Free paddleboards. Boat rental on-site.

The trip you can afford right now is closer than you think — and it doesn't have to look like another cabin weekend.

DM us or come on up — povresort.com

02/08/2026

Be extra careful out there!

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3932 Point Of View Trail
Phelps, WI
54554

Telephone

+17152044111

Website

https://povresort.com/

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