Newport State Park | |
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IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape) | |
Location | Door, Wisconsin, United States |
Coordinates | 45°14′6″N 86°59′39″W / 45.23500°N 86.99417°W |
Area | 2,373 acres (9.60 km2) |
Authorized | by the county board on December 11, 1961[1] |
Governing body | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources |
Newport State Park is a 2,373-acre (960 ha) Wisconsin state park at the tip of Door Peninsula near Europe Lake. Protecting 11 miles (18 km) of shoreline on Lake Michigan, Newport is Wisconsin's only wilderness-designated state park. The park is open year-round[2] and can be accessed via WIS 42.