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

• Bays remain iced in.
• Recreational Weather Forecast
• Marine Forecast

Facilities 

• Potable Water:
  • Windigo: Unavailable.
  • Rock Harbor: Unavailable.
• 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. Deep snow packs on north facing trails.
• 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.