Rock Island Prepped for Reopening

Photo by Tim Sweet.

Rock Island State Park will reopen to visitors this summer after being closed in 2020 because of high water levels that made the pier inaccessible to the Karfi ferry. 

On May 21, Randy Spevacek of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources shuttled Friends of Rock Island volunteers so they could help to get the park ready for an anticipated May 28 opening. 

Last year’s high water and waves washed rocks over the pier and into the mooring area near the Thordarson Boathouse. Death’s Door Marine dredged the harbor and cleared stone May 24.