Blue Mound State Park

State: Wisconsin

Address 1: 4350 Mounds Park Rd., Box 98

City: Blue Mounds

Zip: 53517

Phone: (608) 437-5711

Open: Open all year

Open all Year: Yes

Number of Sites: 77

Electric: 24

Camp URL: http://dnr.wi.gov/org/land/parks/specific/bluemound/

Full Hook: Yes

Blue Mound State Park is on the tallest hill in southern Wisconsin, about 25 miles west of Madison. The 1,153-acre park is a popular place for swimming, hiking, camping, cross-country skiing and mountain biking (both double and single track) and finding peace and solitude. Rustic cabin for people with disabilities.

The Blue Mound campground is open year round. It contains 77 wooded sites and a rustic accessible cabin for people with disabilities.

Each site including the cabin has a picnic table and fire ring. Toilets and water fountains are conveniently located throughout the campground. Two electric sites are accessible for people with disabilities. A modern flush toilet/shower building is across from site 30.

You must register and pay camping and admission fees before you set up camp. If the visitor station is closed when you arrive, use a self-registration station.

Although there is no separate group camp at Blue Mound, organized groups may camp and make reservations in the family campground. There is a limit of six persons per campsite.

Reservations for family camping are accepted from May 1 through October 31 on sites 1-56. Reservations can be made by calling (888) WI PARKS ((888) 947-2757, TTY (800) 274-7275) or using the Web).

Winter Camping–Part of the campground is open year round. Firewood and tap water are available. Winter camping is walk or ski in only. Parking is available at campground entrance, but there is no vehicular access to campsites

Electrical Sites – Sites 12, 13, 25, 28-39, 52, 54, 56, 57, 59, 61, 74, 76, and 78 have electrical hookups.

Accessible Sites – Electrical hookups and hard-surface paths have been added to sites 28 and 32. These campsites and cabin can be reserved by visitors with disabilities and provide barrier-free access to the toilet/shower building.