Jackson County, MI Public Conduct: Public Alcohol Use (2026)

Chapter VIII, Section 3(A) of the Jackson County Parks and Recreation Commission Ordinance sets four conditions that must all be met before alcohol is legal anywhere on county park property. The drinker must be over 21, must be officially registered at a Commission campsite, must stay within that designated campsite while drinking, and the amount on hand cannot exceed one case of beer (24 individual cans or bottles), or two 4/5th quart bottles of liquor, or 2 quart bottles of wine. That means alcohol is flatly prohibited in day-use areas, picnic shelters, beaches, boat launches, and anywhere else in the park system outside a registered campsite, no matter the drinker's age.

1703(5), directly into the ordinance. The rule sits inside Chapter VIII, Regulation of Personal Conduct and Behavior, alongside the county's other park-specific behavior bans, and it only reaches land and water the Commission administers, such as Cascades, Ella Sharp, Vandercook Lake and Wolf Lake county parks; it has no effect on private property or on land outside the park system.