Burton Island State Park
Island · St. Albans, Vermont
Two hundred and fifty-three acres of island in the Inland Sea, the eastern arm of Lake Champlain off St Albans Point, reachable only by water. The state runs a small passenger ferry called the Island Runner from the dock at Kamp Kill Kare on the mainland, ten minutes and seven crossings a day, and once it has gone you are on an island with no cars, no road and no way off until it comes back. There are tent sites and lean-tos, three cabins, a marina, a beach and a few miles of trail through fields and woods. The season runs from Memorial Day to Labor Day and then it closes entirely.
2714 Hathaway Point Road, St. Albans, Vermont, 05478, United States
⚠ SEASONAL AND SHORT - open roughly MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND TO LABOR DAY WEEKEND, about fourteen weeks, and closed entirely the rest of the year. ⚠ REACHABLE ONLY BY WATER. The ISLAND RUNNER, a state passenger ferry, crosses from the dock at KAMP KILL KARE STATE PARK on Hathaway Point Road - the address on this row - in about ten minutes, SEVEN TIMES A DAY. ⚠ CHECK THE TIMETABLE BEFORE DRIVING AND CHECK THE LAST CROSSING BACK: missing it means staying the night. ⚠ FOOT PASSENGERS AND GEAR ONLY - no cars on the island, and everything you bring you carry. Crossings can be cancelled in wind. You may also arrive in your own boat and use the marina. ⚠ VERMONT STATE PARKS DAY-USE FEES APPLY AT BOTH PARKS, plus the ferry fare; your car stays at Kamp Kill Kare. The island has 14 tent sites, 26 lean-tos, 4 remote tent sites and 3 cabins - ⚠ BOOK MONTHS AHEAD for July and August weekends. ⚠ THERE ARE NO LIFEGUARDS and emergency help means getting off the island.
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