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Newport State Park
State Park Information

Nature of the Area
Newport, northeast of Ellison Bay, is Wisconsin?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.

There are evergreen and hardwood forests, wetlands and upland meadows. The park has an interpretive center and naturalist program.

Newport offers 38.3 miles of trails -ll 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.

Newport has 16 backpack campsites, 13 of which can be reserved. (Link exits DNR.) The park also offers winter backpack camping.




More Info

Official home page of Newport State Park, Door County, Wisconsin.
Exit DNR Newport State Park Newport, northeast of Ellison Bay, is Wisconsin?s only formally designated wilderness park

X-C Skiing Topographical Maps Tips Training/Fitness Repair/Maintenance Skills/Techniques Newport State Park State Wisconsin County Door Setting Wooded, Open Spaces Length 17.0 miles Surface

State Park NORTH EASTERN WISCONSIN 14. High Cliff 21. Newport State Park 36. Oconto County 24. Penisula State Park 26. Point Beach
Lake State Park 21. Newport State Park 31. Nicolet National

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...on Trail Resort/Conference Center... a Lake Michigan waterfront setting in Door County, Wisconsin
by the Nature Conservancy and Newport State Park , the Wagon Trail Marina offers easy access

Newport State Park