Current Conditions at Isle Royale

Check current conditions to know what to expect for your trip to Isle Royale.

Mark Ambrose

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Information

Alerts & Closures

• Food Storage: New Regulations

• Rock Harbor Lighthouse: The tower is closed. The museum is closed.

• Cross-country camping zones 2025 Closures: 10, 9A, 8A, 12A, and 11A are closed due to the 2021 Horne Fire and the 2022 Mount Franklin Fire.

Weather

• Recreational Weather Forecast

• Marine Forecast

Wildlife

• Negative wolf behavior persists in the Rock Harbor area.

  • Follow food storage regulations.

  • Review wildlife safety information,

• Active wolf having is ongogoing to deter negative wolf behavior.

Facilities 

• Potable Water

  • Windigo: Available as of 5/16/25.

  • Rock Harbor: Available as of 5/15/25.

• Restrooms

  • Windigo: Closed.

  • Rock Harbor: Closed.

  • Bring toilet paper for use in outhouses.

• Showers & Laundry

  • Windigo: Closed.

  • Rock Harbor: Closed.

• Visitor Centers Hours

• Rock Harbor Lodge: Closed. 

• Washington Harbor Store: Closed.

Camping

• Daisy Farm Campground: Beaver activity is changing the landscape of this campground. Expect wet conditions.

  • Site 15 Closed: Due to beavers felling trees adjacent to this site, it is closed.

Trails

• Snow is present on trails primarily on north facing slopes.

• Downed trees obstruct many trails. Expect slow hiking conditions. 

Wildland Fire

• Little or no risk. National wildland fire outlook.

Dive Buoys

Check if dive buoys are currently on or off station.