Pelican Lake Recreation Area

Accessibility Description (ABA/ADA) 

All parking and road surfaces, both at the boat ramp and the nearby campground, are a hard natural surface. The parking spots are appropriate for accessible parking, even though they aren’t striped or signed, i.e., designated for accessible vehicles.

One accessible unisex double vault toilet is near the boat ramp, and a second one is centrally located in the campground. These toilets are designed to be accessible, but due to erosion the front edge or lip of the concrete pads they sit on may be exposed, and this may present challenges for visitors with mobility impairments. There is no running water at the site.

Of the campground’s 13 campsites, which are available on a first-come, first-served basis, 3 of them were designed to be accessible. These 3 sites—campsites 4, 8, and 10—have accessible pull-in parking that is wide enough for vehicles with a side lift or ramp for mobility devices; raised tent pads; picnic shelters covering accessible picnic tables with extended tops for wheelchair users; and accessible fire rings and grills. From sites 8 and 10, concrete pathways lead to the centrally located toilets.

The larger group campsites, sites 12 and 13, are farther from the center and are equipped with separate single vault toilets. These sites, like the others in the campground, have some accessibility features. They all have accessible pull-in, pull-through, or extended parking areas that can accommodate vehicles with wheelchair ramps. All sites have picnic shelters and accessible picnic tables, and most have accessible fire rings. Group site 12 has an accessible grill.

For the day-use area near the boat ramp, there is parking for 10 vehicles. The day-use area has a large picnic pavilion for groups, with 2 accessible picnic tables and an accessible stand grill. In addition, there are 3 single picnic shelters, each with an accessible table and grill. Bollards and wooden rails with narrow gaps between them have been installed near the picnic pavilions. One of the pavilions is open along its north edge, easily accommodating wheelchair users.

The boat dock is not accessible to people using mobility devices due to a 15-inch gap between the ramp and the dock.