Governor Dodge State Park
Camping and Reservations

You'll find sites for a variety of camping styles at Governor Dodge:

• Backpack campsites
• Group campsites
• Regular (family) campsites
• Horse campsites
• Camping facilities and services
• Quiet hours
• Reservations
• Winter camping
• Accessible Campsites

Regular (Family) Campsites

Governor Dodge has 269 campsites in Twin Valley and Cox Hollow campgrounds. Electrical hookups are available at 80 sites. A vehicle admission sticker is required for each vehicle. All campers must register at the park office before occupying their sites.

Map of campgrounds [PDF]
Camping Fees

Reservations

Campsite reservations for May through October may be made on the Web or by calling toll-free (888) WI PARKS ((888) 947-2757, TTY (800) 274-7275). There is a fee for this service.

Group Campsites

There are eight campsites that can accommodate groups of 15 to 40 persons per site in the Hickory Ridge Group Camp. Only tents are allowed. Each group site has a large tent area, picnic tables, a large fire ring, and a set of pit toilets. Drinking water is available at the shower building located near group site B and across from the backpack sites parking lot near group sites E, F, G and H. One wheeled

Outdoor Group Camp Fees

To reserve a group site, use the Web or call center, (888) WI PARKS ((888) 947-2757, TTY (800) 274-7275). Fee waivers for nonprofit groups serving people with disabilities and discounts for nonprofit Wisconsin youth organizations are available only through the call center, or customer service number, (800) 372-3607, not the web site.

Camping at Governor Dodge State Park.
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Backpack Campsites

There are six backpack campsites in the Hickory Ridge group camp area. All require about a half mile hike from the parking lot. Water and pit toilets are near the parking lot. Advance reservations are recommended.

Horse Campsites

The park has 11 regular campsites for horse campers in the Trails End Horse Camp. No electricity is available. Vehicle admission stickers and trail passes are required. Reservations are recommended. The horse campground and horse trails are open May 1 to November 15. Fees are the same as for regular sites.

Two small group sites are also available in the horse campground on a first-come, first-served basis. Contact the park office for more information.

Tether poles are provided at each campsite. Please bring your own tethering ropes, as none are available at the park. Please contact the park office for information about the use of fencing or other types of restraining devices.

Camping Facilities and Services

Limited foodstuffs and camping supplies are available at the Cox Hollow Beach concession stand from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day. Other needs can be supplied year round by businesses in Dodgeville, three miles south of the park. Firewood is available for purchase at the park.

There are showers in the Twin Valley and Cox Hollow rest room buildings. Both campgrounds have trailer dumping stations.

Please help us recycle your park generated waste! Recycling centers and refuse containers are at Cox Hollow beach concession, the two family campgrounds, and the Group Camp area.

Quiet Hours

Radios, noise, or noise producing devices are prohibited from 11 p.m. to 8 a.m.

Winter Camping

More than 30 campsites in the Twin Valley campground are available for winter campers. A few of these sites are plowed. Electricity, pit toilets, picnic tables, and fire rings are provided. Winter water is available at the park office. If camping is not your style, you may want to spend a day at the park and then head back at night to seek the comforts of one of the local motels.

Accessible Campsites

Campsites #16 and #55 in the Cox Hollow campground and sites #241 and #355 in the Twin Valley campground are reservable for visitors with disabilities. Both sites have electricity and paved driveways. The toilet buildings in these areas have separate toilet/shower facilities for campers with disabilities. Ask at the office for a key to the facilities. Access is also provided to several playground components in both family campground play areas.

Group campsite "E" in the Hickory Ridge group campground has a paved path to the campsite and toilet facilities.

For more information, ask Governor Dodge State Park, (608) 935-2315.