Description: Given its secluded
Lake Champlain island location (you need a ferry to get
here) his is one of the more interesting places to camp
in Vermont. From their Website: "There are 17 tent
sites and 26 lean-to sites plus 15 boat moorings and a
100-slip marina with dockside electricity, fuel service,
and a marine holding-tank pumpout facility. This, with
ferry service to the island (no vehicles) from Kill Kare,
makes Burton Island one of the most unique parks in Vermont.
Rest rooms have running water and hot showers ($). There
are 3 miles of shoreline, hiking trails, a nature center/museum,
park store and food service, rowboat and canoe rentals,
and places to swim and picnic."
Open/Close Dates: Late May - Labor
Day
Cost: $16 - $25
Directions: From St. Albans Bay:
Go 3-1/2 mi SW on Town Road, Lake Road and Point Road
to Kill Kare State Park. Passenger Ferry to Burton Island
which is accessible only by boat; no vehicles. Ferry
runs 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. ($)
