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The island has carved out approximately six miles of trails for hiking and wildlife viewing. The most popular trails are the School House Woods Nature Trail, the Wye Island Holly Tree Trail, and the Ferry Landing Trail. Wye Island also supports horseback riding and bicycling in some areas. Caution: Hikers, cyclists, and equestrians should avoid traveling on agricultural fields on the island.
Boaters tend to prefer Granary Creek and Dividing Creek off the Wye East River and anchorages near Drum Point on the Wye River to drop anchor and come ashore. Note: There are no boat launching facilities on the island.
Three primitive group campsites, including pit toilets, enable group camping (by reservation only). However, individual campsites are not permitted on Wye Island.
Wye Island prohibits alcoholic beverages, fires, and weapons. Keep motorized vehicles off of trails, fields, field edges, buffer strips, and grass waterways.
You must keep pets on a leash at all times (except while participating in an authorized hunt or chase). The island does not permit pets at the conference lodge or the group camping areas.
The island hosts managed deer hunts by permit only from mid-October to mid-December to maintain the ecological balance between the whitetail deer herd at Wye Island and their habitat. There also is limited fox chasing and raccoon hunting by permit only. In November, Wye Island hosts the National German Shorthaired Pheasant Association National Field Trial Championship. (Call the facility for more details about hunting events.) You also can go fishing from the island’s shoreline with the proper permits. |
