We visited Rock Island as a day trip. Gettting there was an adventure in itself! Starting early we drove to Sister Bay and caught the first ferry over to Washington Island. We then drove across that little island island and left the car in the ferry car park and took the foot only ferry across to Rock Island. Not even... More

I spent an extended weekend in early July on Rock Island. It was hands down the most enjoyable, relaxing time I've had camping. The island is located about a mile off of Washington Island, at the tip of Door County in Wisconsin. You need to take 2 ferries to get there. The first from Sister Bay to Washington Island runs... More

Made first trip to Rock Island this June, and it is like they say, “getting there is half the fun of it”, and we were well aware of the more primitive camping that is here and that you haul your gear to the sites using a cart, but I had trouble finding what type of carts people used when researching... More

Visited the island June 10th for 2 nights. Stayed in site E. Tooke a red kids wagon to haul extra things like a winter sleeping bag and larger tent and all our water for 3 days in one haul. The Island is kept very clean. We found NO micro litter and trails were always visable. Lighthouse keepers for the week... More

I spent many summers camping at Rock Island State Park and cannot say enough great things about it. Rock Island is one of my favorite places to go! There are great hikes, nice camp sites, and the swimming is wonderful. No cars or bikes are allowed, so it is quiet!

The island is very unique in that the building on it are magnificent. One can sit and wonder the amount of work involved building every building on that island.. The Lighthouse is beautiful and was worth the walk.. but my goodness what is with all the black flies in Door county? They drove us away from the beautiful island. I... More

Son, age 14, and I spent two mid-week nights in June 2009. Upper 90's further south but nature provided the AC for a very comfortble stay. Island used to be a private estate so not completly untouched by man but pretty wild especialy the north end of the island. Saw an on line note somewhere there are no mosiquitos on... More

I've been going to Rock Island for 5 years, and this upcoming saturday will be my 6th. I absolutely love it there....the main reason is that you can get away from all of the people, cars, buildings, noise, mechanics, work etc... and I think we all can use that once in a while. You can truly enjoy the beauty of... More

We went to Rock Island State Park as a day trip. We arrived on the island hoping to do some hiking and swim. We took the trail to the lighthouse. The lighthouse was not the typical lighthouse. It wasn't anything I would want to see again. We then took the trail down to the beach by the lighthouse. It was... More