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Firewood Notice: Firewood is not allowed on Wisconsin State Park or Forest properties from out of state or from more than fifty miles away from the property you are going to.
Also, firewood that has been in the Wisconsin EAB quarantined area is not allowed on properties outside of the quarantined area. Please buy firewood nearby or at the property you are going to. Call the DNR toll-free Firewood Hotline 1-877-303-WOOD (9663) for information before packing up for a trip.

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ROCK ISLAND STATE PARK, WI

Status: Closed through Thu May 27 2010
Max reservation window: Sun Jan 09 2011

Description

Take the ferry (Memorial Day weekend through Columbus Day) to this primitive Lake Michigan island. Stone buildings, built by a wealthy inventor who owned the island between 1910 and 1945, house exhibits.

Services & Amenities:

Within Facility
  • Drinking Water
  • Firewood
  • Pit Toilet
  • Toilet, Pit/Vault
  • Water Drinking

Alerts and Important Information

Firewood Notice: Firewood is not allowed on Wisconsin State Park or Forest properties from out of state or from more than fifty miles away from the property you are going to. Also, firewood that has been in the Wisconsin Emerald Ash Borer quarantined area http://www.emeraldashborer.wi.gov/pdf/Wisconsin Emerald Ash Borer quarantined area.pdf is not allowed on properties outside of the quarantined area. Please buy firewood nearby or at the property you are going to. Call the DNR toll-free Firewood Hotline 1-877-303-WOOD (9663) for information before packing up for a trip. Park is open 1st come / 1st served all other dates, however, customer is responsible for arranging their own transportation to the island.

The reservation dates, and dates of scheduled Ferry service to the island, are the same.

  • 2008: Reservations: 05/23/08 - 10/13/08.

    Rock Island State Park offers primitive, walk-in camping. Reservations cannot be cancelled online.

  • Getting There:

    Rock Island State Park
    1924 Indian Pt. Rd.
    Washington Island WI 54246-9728

    GPS Info. (Latitude, Longitude):
    45.41667, -86.82083

    Located north of Sturgeon Bay, take either Hwy 57 (less congested), or Hwy 42, to Northport (2 miles beyond Gill`s Rock). Take 1/2 hour ride on the Washington Island Ferry to Washington Island. Using the map printed inside of your ferry schedule, drive 9 miles across Washington Island (20 minutes) to the Rock Island parking lot, located at Jackson Harbor on Washington Island. Take the Rock Island Ferry to Rock Island.

    The Rock Island Ferry transports foot passengers only, no vehicles and beware of timing!

    For additional information about the Ferries: contact the Washington Island Ferry Line at (920) 847-2546 and the Rock Island Ferry Line at (920) 847-3322.

    Phone Park for More Information:

    Project Office: (920)847-2235