Wisconsin's Newport State Park, northeast of Ellison Bay, is the state's only formally designated wilderness park. With 2,373 acres and 11 miles of Lake Michigan shoreline it offers quiet alternatives to bustling Door County. Nearby residents can enjoy a walk along the beach or through the woods at Newport State Park any time they like.

There are evergreen and hardwood forests, wetlands, and upland meadows. Newport offers 38.3 miles of trails, all of them open for hiking. Of these, 16.8 miles also are open to off-road bicycles. In the winter, 26.3 miles of trails are available for cross-country skiing, including, 12.5 miles groomed and tracked for classical skiing and 2 miles groomed for skate skiing, and 4.5 miles are open for snowshoeing.

The scenic shoreline is punctuated with sandy expanses, rocky juts, and elusive coves. Forested heavily during the late 19th century, the park is now lush with notable evergreen and hardwood forests, wetlands, and undisturbed upland meadows. Newport State Park is composed of ash, beech, sugar maple, and white birch imprinted by three to eight-foot-high dolomitic limestone blocks. Located on the tip of a peninsula that separates the bay of Green Bay and Lake Michigan, cool winds off Great Lake Michigan create habitat pockets similar to boreal forests supporting plant life typically found in Canada.

Outdoors enthusiasts find abundant opportunities for nature study, hiking, swimming, backpack camping, bird watching, cross-country skiing and snowshoeing at Newport State Park in Wisconsin's Door County Peninsula. With approximately 1.5 miles of park roadway, visitors are ensured a semi-wilderness experience at Newport State Park.

An interesting and protected ecosystem establishes nature study as the focal point amid typical park recreations. The lush evergreens, hardwoods, wetlands, meadows, and 11 miles of undeveloped Lake Michigan shoreline dominate the interpretive programming and exhibits. Highlighted in a published list are the 175 bird species recorded at Newport. A wildflower list gives blooms times for the botanical bounty found at the park.

Hikers enjoy over over 38 miles of foot trail. Mountain bikers may use 17 of those miles. In winter over 26 miles are available for cross-country skiing; 12.5 miles groomed and tracked for classical skiing and 2 miles groomed for skate skiing, and 4.5 miles are open for snowshoeing. Newport State Park has 16 backpack campsites, 13 may be reserved and each requires a 1.0- to 3.5-mile trek-in. A scenic picnic area offers tables, grills, and shelter building with fireplace, open lawn, and scenic lake views. Anglers enjoy fair shoreline catches of salmon and trout. Boat ramps are available outside the park nearby Ellison Bay where are full-service marina resides. Ice fishing is pursued on Europe Lake. .

For more information on activities in and around Newport State Park, Wisconsin, visit:

• The Door County Navigator
• WDNR: Door County's Newport State Park
• Egg Harbor Business Association
• Door County Living
• Door County Online
• Door County Vacations
• Travel Wisconsin - Door County
• Door Bell.Net LakeCam
• Door County, WI
• Door County Chamber of Commerce
• The State of Wisconsin
• View Newport State Park, WI Area Jobs on Yahoo HotJobs
• Newport State Park, Wisconsin on Wikipedia.com

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