Saint Albans Bay Vermont Campgrounds
Saint Albans Bay Vermont has a zip code of 05481. The current date and time in Saint Albans Bay is April 19, 2024, 2:07 pm and it has a population of 0 people. Saint Albans Bay Vermont lies at an elevation of 429 feet.
Burton Island State Park
Po Box 123
Saint Albans Bay Vermont, 05481
Phone: 802-524-6353, 800-252-2363
This 250-acre island park in Lake Champlain is only accessible by boat. A ferry($) to the island (no vehicles) departs from Kill Kare State Park (9am- 6:30pm). 42-site campground includes 26 lean-tos, mostly along the lakeshore. Gear delivery available($) from the ferry dock to your campsite, or garden carts (free) to wheel yourself. Hot showers, flush toilets, park naturalists, campfire programs, nature center, interpretive trails, park store and snackbar. Also 100-slip marina and 15 moorings, shore power ($) and water hookups, marine pumpout, dockside gasoline service. Pets permitted on leash (written proof of rabies vaccination required). To Kill Kare State Park (parking & ferry) from St. Albans, west on Lake Street (VT Rt. 36) to St. Albans Bay, bear right on Rte. 36, cross bridge, then left on Hathaway Point Road 3 miles to end. Reservations accepted. MC/VISA.
Knight Island State Park
C/o Burton Island State Park
Po Box 123
Saint Albans Bay Vermont, 05481
Phone: 802-524-6353, 888-409-7579
A 175-acre island park in Lake Champlain, with only seven campsites, six with lean-tos, spaced along almost 3 miles of shoreline. Talk about remote! Knight Island, two miles east of North Hero Island, is accessible only by boat. Ferry service ($), is available from Burton Island, off the St. Albans shore, or you can bring your own boat. No dockspace for extended tie-up so plan to anchor off or beach your boat. Remote area camping with designated sites, but no toilet facilities or running water. Fires permitted in firepits. No vehicles. A scenic trail system around the island connects sites and opens at vista points with sweeping over-water views to the Adirondacks and Green Mountains. Caretaker on island. Reservations accepted through Burton Island State Park. MC/VISA.
Woods Island State Park
Po Box 123
Saint Albans Bay Vermont, 05481
Phone: 802-524-6353, 888-409-7579
One of three neighboring island parks in Lake Champlain?s ?inland sea?, Woods Island became Vermonts forty-fifth state park in 1985. (Burton and Knight Islands are the other two) A mile long by a quarter-mile wide, 125-acre Woods Island is unique as habitat for a rich variety of plant life including many species rare or threatened in Vermont. A portion of the island was once farmed; traces of drainage ditches remain today. Still visible also is the farm house foundation and weathered remains of old farm machinery. A later attempt by a private developer saw the beginnings of an airstrip constructed down the center of the island; the earth berms you climb over on the cross-island trail are the runway edges.
The Vermont Division of State Parks intends to preserve the primitive character of the island and asks your cooperation in observing its guidelines for island use.
Ferry service: There is none, island visitors must make their own arrangements. There are no docks, so you?ll have to either beach your boat or anchor off. The beach tends to be fairly rocky, except for a point along the east shore, from which the walk to campsites is between one quarter and three quarters of a mile.
Camping: Woods Island is a ?remote area? campground. Remote Area campsites, while beautiful, are not for everybody. Sanitary facilities are minimal, and there is no potable water supply. The island?s five campsites are situated approximately equidistant around the two-mile shoreline, and are connected by a trail system. This gives you great privacy, but it also means you?re going to have to walk and carry your own gear from wherever you come ashore. You shouldn?t bring anything you ?re not prepared to carry in and carry out.
Camping is by permit only on designated sites. A permit may be obtained through Burton Island State Park (two miles south), and is necessary before setting up.