Parks_Topic Contact_Newport
- Email: Newport State Park
- Phone: tel:+1-920-854-2500
Newport State Park, northeast of Ellison Bay, is Wisconsin's only formally-designated wilderness park. With 2,373 acres and 11 miles of Lake Michigan shoreline, the park offers quiet alternatives to bustling Door County. Explore 30 miles of hiking trails with hike-in campsites. There are evergreen and hardwood forests, wetlands and upland meadows.
Website: Newport State Park
County: Door
475 Cty Hwy NP
Ellison Bay, WI 54210
United States
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Join us at Wisconsin’s only designated dark sky park for a night of stargazing.
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Head out with the park naturalist and explore the world of nature journaling.
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Learn about those pesky arachnids, ticks, and how to avoid their bites and the illnesses they may carry.
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Join Park volunteer master naturalists on this informative hike along the Lake Michigan shoreline on Lynd Point Trail, a 2.5-mile loop.
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Pollinator Week is an international celebration, promoting the valuable ecosystem services provided by bees, birds, butterflies, bats, beetles, moths, wasps and flies.
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Spend some time with the park naturalist as she explains all aspects of monitoring a monarch waystation for the Monarch Larva Monitoring Project.
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This walk will explore the herbs in our local environment. Learn how the plants that flourish in this climate can help you flourish as well.
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Join the park Naturalist as she talks about the monitoring bluebird nesting boxes. There will be a short walk to check out some of the active boxes, with discussion about how to monitor your own. Meet at the Nature Center, Lot 1.
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Learn all about bats, a most unique and misunderstood mammal. Bat ambassadors will talk about the bats in Wisconsin, their life cycle, habitat and threats challenging the bat population. Meet in the Nature Center. Lot 1.
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Help our state bats by participating in this Citizen Science program.