Slippery Rock: Northeast Wisconsin’s Natural Water Slide

Who needs an indoor waterpark? Slippery Rock is a natural rock formation in the Oconto River that forms a water slide. It’s one of the biggest family attractions at Oconto County’s Chute Pond Park and Campground in Mountain, Wisconsin. Taking the natural water slide from the lake, and continuing down and around the dam, is fun and entertaining for children and adults with tubes and small rafts.

Oconto County’s Chute Pond Park and Campground is a 167-acre located on the east shore of Chute Pond. It stretches along the Oconto River and is adjacent to the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest. There are 74 available camping sites, 17 of which are designated as ATV/UTV sites. The ATV sites have direct access to the 450-mile ATV/UTV trail system in the county. Chute Pond Park and Campground’s other amenities include:

• Handicap-accessible restrooms and showers
• Electric outlets at most sites
• Picnic tables and fire rings at each site
• Free Wi-Fi around the field house, beach, and boat launch
• Boat launch (accessible for a fee) and trailer parking
• Children’s playground
• Large-group camping sites
• RV dump station (for a fee)
• Rentable pavilion
• Swimming beach
• Park store, which sells firewood, ice cream, and other necessities
• Hiking trails
• Boat and kayak rentals
• On-shore lakeside fishing dock
• Class 1 trout fishing on the Oconto River
• River tubing access

Chute Pond County Park and Campground is located less than 1 mile north of the intersection of State Highway 32/64 in the Town of Mountain, Oconto County. To make a reservation to camp there, call (715) 276-6261.