Buckatabon Lodge & Lighthouse Pub

I have camped here for the past 2 summers and have another trip planned this year. The campground is well maintained and the bathrooms/amenities were great as well. Can’t wait to see the new additions to the resort this summer!

Great little bar/restaurant to stop while snowmobiling. Clean, updated, new inside. Bartender friendly, great space to warm up

Love all the specialty drinks! A place with many options. The campground looks nice. Hoping to come back and rent the huge Teepee.

I have lots of information to add to this post so it's going to be a work in progress for the time being.

So let's start off with the PROs.
The new owners Dustin and his wife have put a ton of new money into the campground with new improvements the past 2 summers (new docks, updated the kitchen in the bar area for patrons to order food, new blacktop driveway, a new bouncy pad for the kids and a child swing set area, renovated the bathroom areas, added washers, and dryers for campers to use, renovated the main house to be used as cabin rental as well as renovating the large cabin) to name just a few things that have changed. They also have plans for big changes and new improvements in the near future, which have been a long time coming. However, these changes have brought anxiety to the campground and neighbors nearby. In an effort to update the campground campers will be required to update their trailers to a newer model, that is no more than 10 years old. As we all know new changes can be both good and bad.
It's great that new owners want to bring in a fresh new look and have the money and the drive to do so.

The CONs
I don't believe adding in 103 new camper sites is a good idea. The increase in people will have an effect on the current culture as well as affect the neighbors on Rush Road and Katie Lane with the increase in traffic. The other great concern with adding 103 permanent trailer sites is the over all affected on fishing which could totally alter the ecosystem of the lake.

The communication seemed to be a bit of an issue as well, however that could be a result of the short staff. While the owners were around the easiest place to ask question or bring up issues was in the lodge and often time they were unable to help.

Finally, the cabins were not very clean. There was bunch of trash under all of the beds and the kitchen appeared somewhat disorganized. Also, remember to bring you own hand towels and wash clothes because non are provided. I can see bath/beach towels not being supplied because of theft or towels being taken down to the beach area, however hand towels and wash vlothes would have been nice. In addition, while they did supply TP and PT, it would also have been nice for them to provide kleenex and garbage bags.