There are six rustic cabins in Wilderness State Park.

Each one-room cabin is equipped with bunk beds, a table, chairs or benches, a countertop and a wood stove. There is no running water or electricity. A vault toilet and hand pump for water is located at each cabin. You must provide your own linens and towels, cookware, plates and utensils. There is a fire pit, picnic table and charcoal grill outside.

Kiln-dried firewood for heating the cabins is supplied during the winter months. Cabin users who wish to have an outdoor fire in the fire ring are asked to purchase the wood locally to help protect the forest from the introduction of invasive species or forest diseases.

Cabin users are expected to clean the cabin, toilet and surrounding area before checking out. All garbage is to be removed. Dumpsters are available in the campgrounds.

Parking is available at each cabin (four vehicles maximum), but they are not accessible by vehicle in the winter months. In the winter, the cabins can be accessed by foot, snowshoes, cross-country skis or snowmobile. Snowmobiles may not go to the Nebo Cabin due to its location on the designated cross-country ski trail.

Big Stone Bay cabin – four bunkbeds (sleeps eight):
Big Stone Bay cabin offers a secluded setting in a mixed conifer forest along the Straits of Mackinac. From the front door of this eight-person, “D-log”-constructed cabin, it’s a short walk to the shoreline, where visitors can view the Mackinac Bridge to the east and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula to the north. Fossil hunting is a common activity along this cobblestone and gravel stretch of shoreline. At .75 miles from the winter parking lot, this cabin offers the shortest hike-in distance of all the park’s cabins.

Caps Cabin – four bunkbeds (sleeps four)
Cap Cabin is located on a forested bluff about 100 yards from the shoreline of the Straits of Mackinac. A tranquil setting of pine, spruce and balsam trees surround this half-log-sided, eight-person cabin. Following the pathway to the shoreline, visitors can view the Mackinac Bridge to the east, Michigan’s Upper Peninsula to the north and Waugoshance and White Shoals lighthouses to the west. The shoreline is a sand-cobble mix, making rock hunting a common activity. This cabin is 1.5 miles from the winter parking lot.

Nebo cabin – two bunkbeds and one single bed (sleeps five):
Nebo Cabin is located 2 miles into the interior of the park along Nebo Trail. This Civilian Conservation Corps-era, five-person log cabin is nestled on top of a ridge in a red pine forest. The area’s remoteness and ridge-valley topography makes it popular with hikers and hunters. At 2 miles from the winter parking lot, the cabin is along the park’s designated cross-country ski trail, making winter access available by cross-country ski or showshoe only.

Station Point – two bunkbeds (sleeps four)
Station Point Cabin is located right along the shoreline of the Straits of Mackinac. The cabin features a large, lake-facing window from which you can see the turquoise blue of the summer lake, the steel grey of the fall gales or the blue ice of winter. From the shoreline, visitors can view the Mackinac Bridge to the east, Michigan’s Upper Peninsula to the north and Waugoshance and White Shoals lighthouses to the west. During the summer months, this Civilian Conservation Corps-era, four-person log cabin has improved surface parking and walkways to the cabin, a hand pump for water, a picnic table, fire ring, grill and ADA-accessible vault toilet. In the winter months, it’s 2 miles from the parking lot to the cabin.

Sturgeon Bay cabin – two bunkbeds and one single bed (sleeps five):
Located near the water on Sturgeon Bay, this cabin is in one of the more remote areas of the park. The shoreline is marshy, and the surrounding forest is primarily cedar, giving it a true “up north” feel. If wildlife viewing is your thing, this Civilian Conservation Corps-era, five-person log cabin is for you. During certain times of hunting seasons, the cabin gate may be opened to other park visitors to allow access to the area southeast of the cabin. In the winter it is 3.5 miles from the parking lot to the cabin, making it our most remote winter camping option.

Waugoshance cabin – four bunkbeds (sleeps eight):
The large, north-facing window provides a direct view of the Straits of Mackinac. From inside this eight-person “D-log”-constructed cabin, you can view wildlife in the dunes as freighters move along the water in the background. The shoreline here is sandy, with gravel along the water’s edge, making it perfect for both sun lovers and rock hunters. From the shoreline, visitors can view the Mackinac Bridge to the east, Michigan’s Upper Peninsula to the north and Waugoshance and White Shoals lighthouses to the west. This cabin is 2.5 miles from the winter parking lot, making it a great choice for our heartier campers.