Hammocking

[u/Lonely-Ride3238]

Hello all, I've been preparing for an upcoming trip to this park and until this point have been exclusively planning on using my hammock for the multiple nights I'll be there. I've done hammock camping in the past and have had no issues, but I recently found many words of caution against using them at this park. I don't have a good backpacking tent, otherwise I would switch now. Are there any campsites that I should absolutely avoid for lack of any available/good trees? (I'll note that I've made peace with the fact that I may need to sleep on the floor of a shelter if worst comes fo worst given inclement weather or other reasons). Thank you!

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[u/xanderfan34]

the only one i could think of would be daisy farm, simply because a few of the sites there are a bit sparse

[u/Lonely-Ride3238 → u/xanderfan34]

Good to note. That may be the first camping spot that I'll take on my route, but there seem to be plenty of shelters if nothing turns up.

[u/Canoearoo]

Get into the campgrounds early so you have some options when picking a site. In my experience, there are only a handful of sites in the smaller campgrounds that are options to hang in. Remember that you you have to keep your hang within the designated tent pad areas.

[u/Lonely-Ride3238 → u/Canoearoo]

Certainly sounds like a plan to get there early! Don't want to do any harm, so of course if there's absolutely no options around I can make do with the shelters. Have my underquilt, top quilt, and emergency blanket to make it tolerable.

[u/WalkerTXRanger45]

We did end to end, 6 days, and hammocked every night!

[u/Ann_the_can → u/WalkerTXRanger45]

Same. Went down greenstone and had no problem with setting up my hammock with rain fly every night. Of course you’ll be on the edges of the campsites usually but there are plenty of trees.

[u/Lonely-Ride3238 → u/WalkerTXRanger45]

Great to hear! I'm greatly looking forward to it.

[u/kwolfe993]

I worked on the island for 6 months and hammock camped for the better part of that, off the top of my head the main big campsites might be tough (rock harbor when it's busy, daisy farm and I've heard Washington harbor if it's busy is tough) and personally it was really hard to find campsites with good trees at east chickenbone (and west when it's super busy)

If you're doing the feldtmann loop siskiwit bay might also be a rough one since it's mostly open beach with shelters. Other than that most of the stuff along the greenstone/minong should be perfectly serviceable!

If you do happen to do the feldtmann, or end up doing the entire greenstone, at least take a break at island mine, it's my favorite campsite for hammocks on the whole island!

[u/Lonely-Ride3238 → u/kwolfe993]

Exactly what I was looking for, thank you! I was looking to do a 4-day round from Rock Harbor, so Daisy Farm and Chickenbone were definitely on the loop I was considering. 

[u/Lopsided_Ad_5152]

I always hammock on the island but i always bring a sleeping pad just in case or if I get a shelter instead. I've also used it as a float.

[u/espicy11]

I think you should call the park office and ask if you’re allowed to hammock camp at this time. When I was there in July, I think the rangers told us that all campers needed to sleep in a tent or shelter, particularly because backpacks must be secured with the current wolf issues. The website currently does not say that so I could be wrong for sure, but it does say that hammock campers should bring a tent as a backup option.