Rock Harbor area Lodgings

All lodgings and meals are subject to a 24% NPS utility charge (to pay for the island's extraordinary costs of electricity, sewer, and infrastructure), a 6% Michigan sales tax and 3% room tax. This adds up to 33%! Cost is another way Isle Royale is no ordinary vacation destination.

ROCK HARBOR LODGE & COTTAGES
(906) 337-4993 (summer) Winter: (270) 773-2191
Rock Harbor is the destination of the two passenger boats from Michigan. A National Park concessionaire who's at Kentucky's Mammoth cave in winter runs Rock Harbor Lodge (a 60-room hotel with public dining room and snack bar) and 20 private housekeeping units in duplex cottages. Make reservations as soon as possible for July and the first part of August, especially for the cottages.
     Lodge rooms are in four 2-story buildings. All rooms face the water and include a half-day use of a canoe. All have private baths. Daily rates per person, based on double occupancy, are $252 a day in season, $227 off-season with $59/extra person, or $18 under 12. Don't expect wonderful rustic lodge architecture at Rock Harbor Lodge. Rooms are institutional, more like those in a big college dorm. They do have picture windows. Half the rooms at Rock Harbor Lodge look out on Raspberry Island. The lodge desk answers questions not only about lodgings but about sightseeing cruises, boat rentals, fishing charters, and other concession services. Call (866) 644-2003 for more information.
     The duplex cottages are in the woods near the lodge. Each studio unit has a kitchenette, double bed, and bunk bed. It can sleep up to 6 with rollaway beds. Cottages are often booked way in advance for July and most of August, with sporadic openings. Cottage rates are cost $245/night for two, $59/extra person, $18 under 12, or in the off-season $227, $53/extra person, $17 for 12 and under. Bring your groceries and gear in boxes on the ferry; they will be taken to your cottage.
     The close-spaced, utilitarian cabins have views of trees. They can be depressing at first, according one former camper at Isle Royale. "Then you get out onto the mossy forest trails, and the setting sun has a glowing effect. The beautiful, magical world hits you. As night sets in, when you get back to your cabin it feels homey. We had such deep sleeps. The cottages grow on you. They are much more comfortable than camping."

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