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Newport state park door county.
Newport state park located in northeast door newport state park has seven bike friendly trails that depending on your route can provide views of lake michigan europe lake rowley s bay islands cliffs and forest.
Eleven miles of lake michigan shoreline 30 miles of hiking trails newport state park offers backpack camping for visitors.
Newport s wilderness experience offers over 2 300 acres of forest on 11 miles of lake michigan shoreline 30 miles of hiking trails and backpack camping as a quiet alternative to bustling door county.
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 park is an excellent place for day hiking in door county.
Whitefish dunes state park.
Newport joins the ranks of such u s.
Since door county already had more than 4 500 acres of state park land the county board needed to approve the new state park.
Newport state park wisconsin s only wilderness state park is also the first state park in wisconsin designated by ida as an international dark sky park one of just 48 parks in the world to earn the distinction.
Located at the northern tip of door county on the western shore of lake michigan.
Only 13 other state parks in the united states have received ida accreditation.
Newport received international dark sky park status in 2017.
Newport has 16 backpack hike in campsites 13 of which can be reserved.
It was described as a wilderness park and i would say that is an accurate statement.
From that point there are several trails you can follow ranging from 2 to 7 miles.
These are the best places for kid friendly state parks in door county.
National parks as big bend glacier and grand canyon.
Pets are welcome in wisconsin state parks but must be on a leash and under control at all times.
This was our first trip to door county wisconsin.
Newport joins the ranks of such u s.
Newport state park wisconsin s only wilderness state park is also the first state park in wisconsin designated by ida as an international dark sky park one of just 48 parks in the world to earn the distinction.
There s a small beach close to parking overlooking lake michigan.
All campsites are hike in and supplies must be carried into and out of campsites.
View interactive trail map.
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.
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.
Ellison bluff state natural area.
2 400 acre wilderness area offering hiking swimming fishing backpack camping ski touring snowshoeing.
Certain areas may be off limits to pets.
