Button Bay State Park in Vermont, USA - map and visitor information

Research checked: 2026-11-01. Check linked official notices before travel.

Button Bay State Park occupies a bluff beside Lake Champlain in Ferrisburgh, Vermont. The former farm combines open campground space with a walk toward Button Point and a summer swimming pool. Plan around the operating season: the park opens on the Friday of Memorial Day weekend and closes on the second Monday in October.

Lake Champlain views and Button Point

The 253-acre park offers a lakefront setting and a quieter woodland destination at Button Point Natural Area. Mature hardwood forest gives that walk a different character from the open campground. A day visit can combine the point with a picnic; an overnight visit needs a reserved site or cabin during the operating season.

Know before you go

Fees, hours, and seasonal access

Seasonal pool use

The park’s lifeguarded pool is a summer facility, with posted hours of 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Confirm its operating status when planning a pool visit and follow the lifeguards’ instructions. The lakefront setting does not make the pool schedule a promise of swimming access throughout the park’s full season.

Visit responsibly

Do not plan to bring pets into the day-use area. Confirm permitted areas with park staff before traveling with a pet, and keep pets out of the fenced pool area and shelter. Among the four cabins, only Sedge permits pets. Do not bring out-of-state firewood unless it is packaged, labeled and heat-treated with the required USDA or state agriculture certification; use an approved local supply for a campfire.

Camping and cabin reservations

Use the authorized Button Bay reservation page to compare sites and cabins. Reservations open on a rolling eleven-month basis. A booking more than seven days ahead generally requires two nights; closer arrivals can have one-night exceptions. Check the terms for the selected dates before paying.

The 2026 camping listing gives May 22 through October 11 as the overnight range, with the last night before the park’s October 12 seasonal closing. The listing also identifies a May 28 through October 10 overnight range for 2027. These seasonal dates do not establish that any particular campsite or cabin is available.

Location and road access

The park address is 5 Button Bay State Park Road, Ferrisburgh, VT 05491. The reservation service describes an approach from Vergennes: travel half a mile south on Route 22A, then follow the signed local-road route northwest for 6.5 miles. Use the park entrance address for the final approach rather than the lake or Button Point itself.

Nearby parks

Kingsland Bay State Park provides another Ferrisburgh lakefront destination at 787 Kingsland Bay State Park Road. Its season also runs from Memorial Day weekend through the second Monday in October. D.A.R. State Park is reached at 6750 Vermont Route 17 West in Addison, with a shorter operating season from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend. Both can be reached by local roads; plan a separate road stop and check seasonal access before leaving Button Bay.

Things to do

Walk toward Button Point to explore the hardwood forest, then return for a picnic overlooking the lake. Families visiting in summer can add the staffed pool when it is operating. Camping offers more time in the landscape, but the point walk and picnic work as a day visit during the season.

Facilities and accessibility

The campground has 53 tent or RV sites, 13 lean-tos and four cabins. Campsites do not have utility hookups. Restrooms provide flush toilets, hot and cold water and token-operated hot showers; a dump station serves campers. The park also has a picnic shelter, nature center and summer pool. Contact the park about the particular site, building entrance or path surface needed for an accessible stay.

About the park

From farm to state park

The former farm became a state park in 1964. Its name comes from the button-like clay concretions associated with the shore, a small geological detail behind a broad lakefront landscape.

Button Point woodland

Mature hardwood forest distinguishes Button Point Natural Area from the park’s open camping areas. Take time to observe the woodland from the trail and leave its natural features in place for other visitors.

Contact

Official Button Bay State Park page. Park telephone: (802) 475-2377. State park reservations: 1-888-409-7579. Review the official Vermont State Parks fee schedule for the full charge categories before booking.