Year-round housing at the station provides space for 29 people. During the period from May until October, non-winterized cabins provide an additional 12 spaces. Permanent resident employees provide their own housing off station. Trout Lake Station is well equipped to provide access for researchers to nearly any aquatic site in the lake district. A snowmobile, ice drills, snowshoes, and insulated field boxes are available for winter limnology.
Scuba gear is also available.
In addition, a wide variety of analytical equipment is available at several facilities on the Madison campus. A computer assisted measuring and counting system is available for these microscopes. Portable generators and pumps allow the use of holding tanks at remote sites throughout the region. Chemical precipitation data are available from an NADP site located at Trout Lake and serviced in our laboratory.