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Winter Camping
in Wisconsin State
Parks and Forests
If you have the right
equipment and warm clothes, Winter is
a great time for camping. There are
no crowds and no bugs, and there's plenty
to do--cross-country skiing, snowshoeing,
snowmobiling, animal tracking, bird
watching, and ice fishing. The
table below lists campsites that are
open during the winter. None of the
sites have water hookups. "Water"
means a faucet or pump in or near the
campground. Information in the "Reservations"
column applies to winter camping only;
most campgrounds do accept reservations
for spring through fall camping.
| Park or forest maps |
Sites |
Electrical Hookups |
Water |
Reservations |
| Amnicon Falls |
36 backpack |
no |
no |
no |
| Big Bay |
5 plowed |
no |
hand pump |
no |
| Black River |
50-60 sites,
6-10 of them plowed |
5 at Castle Mound |
yes |
no |
| Blue Mound |
4 plowed
78 backpack |
2 sites |
yes |
no |
| Brule River |
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| Buckhorn |
3 walk-in |
no |
handpump |
no |
| Copper
Falls |
3 plowed |
yes |
yes
(contact ranger) |
yes |
| Devil's Lake |
14 plowed
15 walk-in |
yes (11) |
yes |
yes |
| Flambeau River |
2 plowed
6 walk-in
at Lake
of the Pines |
no |
hand pump |
no |
| Park or forest |
Sites |
Electrical Hookups |
Water |
Reservations* |
| Glacial Drumlin - Sandhill Station
[exit DNR] |
15 walk-in |
no |
yes |
no |
| Governor Dodge |
33 plowed
6 walk-in |
yes (6-8) |
yes |
no |
| Hartman Creek |
10 plowed |
no |
hand pump |
no |
| High Cliff |
30 walk-in |
yes |
no |
no |
| Kettle Moraine North |
12 plowed
2 walk-in |
yes |
yes (near entrance station)) |
yes* |
| Kettle Moraine South |
40 at Ottawa Lake |
yes |
hand pump |
no |
| Kohler-Andrae |
48 sites, 12 of them plowed |
yes |
hand pump |
no |
| Lake Wissota |
81 walk-in or backpack |
yes (17) |
yes (at office and shop) |
no |
| Lapham Peak |
1 backpack |
no |
no |
yes, call (262) 646-3025 |
| Mirror Lake |
13 |
yes (11) |
yes (at office) |
no |
| Nelson Dewey |
4 |
yes |
yes (at office) |
no |
| New Glarus Woods |
4 plowed
3 group camps |
no |
no |
yes* |
| Park or forest |
Sites |
Electrical Hookups |
Water |
Reservations |
| Newport |
16 backpack
1 group backpack |
no |
yes (at office) |
no |
| Northern Highland - American Legion |
6 sites plowed at Clear Lake |
no |
yes |
no |
| Pattison |
1 plowed
17 backpack |
Plowed site only |
no |
no |
| Peninsula |
10 plowed |
yes |
yes |
no |
| Perrot |
7 plowed, walk in to others |
yes |
yes (at office) |
no |
| Point Beach |
5 plowed |
yes |
no |
no |
| Potawatomi |
7 plowed |
yes |
yes (requires hose) |
no |
| Willow River |
6 plowed
72 backpack |
yes |
yes (at office or shop, hose required) |
no |
| Wyalusing |
55 sites, 6 of them plowed
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yes |
yes |
no |
| Yellowstone Lake |
4 plowed,
18 walk-in,
14 backpack |
yes (4 plowed,
11 walk-in) |
yes (at office) |
no |
For more information on this topic, ask Wisconsin
State Parks, (608) 266-2181.
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