Rock Island State Park - Wisconsin DNR
This unique park features the Pottawatomie Lighthouse as well as stone buildings built by a wealthy inventor who owned the island between 1910 and 1964. Rock Island offers rustic, walk-in campsites, hiking trails, a swimming beach and miles of shoreline to explore.
ROCK ISLAND STATE PARK - Wisconsin DNR
From the Washington Island ferry landing, travel across the island to the northeast side to the Rock Island ferry landing at Jackson Harbor. Leave your vehicle or bike there and take the passenger-only Rock Island Ferry to Rock Island.
Recreation | Rock Island State Park - Wisconsin DNR
Rock Island State Park provides a variety of recreation opportunities. Boating, canoeing and kayaking. Visitors may take their boats to Rock Island, but caution is urged as Lake Michigan can be hazardous due to reefs and storms. There is a nightly fee of $1 per foot of boat length for all boats mooring on the dock overnight at Rock Island.
Camping | Rock Island State Park - Wisconsin DNR
Rock Island State Park offers primitive walk-in campsites. All supplies must be carried into and out of campsites. No vehicles are allowed on Rock Island. Reservations. Reserve a campsite online. Walk-in campsites. Rock Island State Park offers 40 primitive, walk-in tent sites. Two of the sites are group campsites. Each site has a picnic table ...
Rock Island State Park - Wisconsin DNR
This primitive island off the tip of the Door County Peninsula and northeast of Washington Island in Lake Michigan offers hiking trails, the oldest lighthouse in Wisconsin and 2000 feet of beach. Vehicles are not allowed on the 912-acre island, making for an experience unlike any other Wisconsin state park.
Pottawatomie Lighthouse | Rock Island State Park - Wisconsin DNR
The Pottawatomie Lighthouse, on a high bluff at the northern tip of Rock Island, dates from 1836, before Wisconsin became a state. Many of Wisconsin's settlers from Europe came by Great Lakes steamships in those days before railroads and highways were built in the territory.
Maps | Rock Island State Park - Wisconsin DNR
Rock Island State Park and Campground Map (Georeferenced) [PDF] Note: Georeferenced maps (GeoPDFs) are tied to an earth coordinate system and allow you to locate yourself on the map while offline. The GeoPDF format can be used with various GPS-enabled mobile apps on devices such as smartphones and tablets and can be used to navigate while at ...
Conditions | Rock Island State Park - Wisconsin DNR
Rock Island State Park. Weather. Weather forecast. Wisconsin State Parks Find a Park. Find a Park; Vehicle Admission Passes; State Trail Passes; Reservations; Events; Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources 101 S. Webster Street PO Box 7921 Madison, WI 53707-7921 Call 1-888-936-7463 (TTY Access via relay - 711) from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Facebook ...
Rock Island Woods | No. 382 | Wisconsin DNR
Rock Island Woods features a mosaic of plant community types including a northern hardwood forest, northern wet-mesic forest, forested seeps, and a shaded cliff community. The interior plateau of Rock Island contains a mature mesic hardwood …
Snakes of Door County & Magnificent Monarchs - Wisconsin DNR
Calendar_Event_2023-07-14 Rock Island Snakes of Door County & Magnificent Monarchs . Breadcrumb. Home » Events; Snakes of Door County & Magnificent Monarchs. Friday, July 14, 2023, 5:00 - 6:00 pm. ... Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources 101 S. Webster Street PO Box 7921 Madison, WI 53707-7921 Call 1-888-936-7463 (TTY Access via relay ...