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Woods Island State Park, St. Albans, VT
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Woods Island State Park

A remote 125-acre island park in northern Lake Champlain, reachable only by boat, with five tent sites.

Woods Island St. Albans, VT 05488 · St. Albans, VT

About Woods Island State Park

Woods Island is a small state park on an island in northern Lake Champlain, near Burton Island and Knight Island. Visitors need their own boat or a hired water taxi, since the island has no docks and no ferry. The shoreline is mostly rocky, and there are no beaches. Facilities are basic: five remote tent sites, composting toilets, fire rings, and no drinking water, so campers must carry in everything and carry out their trash. A loop trail circles the island, and the lake offers swimming and fishing. The island also holds old farm remains and an unfinished airstrip whose earthen berms now form part of a cross-island trail. Plant life includes species that are rare or threatened in Vermont, so the state asks visitors to follow island guidelines.

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