Newport State Park Door County Wisconsin

There are evergreen and hardwood forests wetlands and upland meadows.

Newport state park door county wisconsin.

Surrounded by nature and water. Perfect place to get away with someone special. Newport received international dark sky park status in 2017. 18 reviews of newport state park on wisconsin i am so glad to set a flag on this spot.

With 2 373 acres and 11 miles of lake michigan shoreline it offers quiet alternatives to bustling door county. The park has an interpretive center and naturalist program. Since door county already had more than 4 500 acres of state park land the county board needed to approve the new state park. Michelle hefty superintendent of newport state park since 1989 said that this county board approval might have played a big role in keeping newport wild when the state was hoping to turn it into a peninsula like.

Newport s geographic location at the end of the door peninsula on the shores of lake michigan make it an ideal site for remarkably dark skies. This park i won t lie is allot of work to get into your. My wife and i enjoy walking or hiking so we decided to explore newport state park on the northeast end of the door county peninsula. Newport northeast of ellison bay is wisconsin s only formally designated wilderness park.

Certain areas may be off limits to pets. At the far end of the door peninsula newport is also designated as a dark sky park a perfect destination for stargazing. The natural sounds of every thing from loons to crickets. This place is sprawling lush and intimate.

It was described as a wilderness park and i would say that is an accurate statement. I don t need to raise a flag on the moon. This was our first trip to door county wisconsin.