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Peninsula State Park

Peninsula State Park

Description

Considered Wisconsin's most complete park, Peninsula offers 468 campsites, three group camps, a summer theater, an 18-hole golf course, sand beach, bike trails, a lighthouse and eight miles of Door County shoreline. The rollicking waves that skip towards Peninsula's sky high bluffs are part of the Niagara Escarpment.

Location

 Directions

  45.149969, -87.217616

County: Door

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    Wildlife Wonders: Monarch Butterflies

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    Join us for hands-on activities and a short talk about what makes this butterfly so unique! Meet at the White Cedar Nature Center. 

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    Places of the Park: Trail Trampers Delight

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    Join us for a half-mile mile hike as we observe the forest community around us.

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    Wildlife Wonders: Opossums!

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    Join us for a hands-on activity and a short talk about what makes this misunderstood park resident one of a kind!

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    Explore Horseshoe Island

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    Make your own way to Horseshoe Island and join Ranger Johnson and Peninsula State Park's natural resources educator for a 1-mile hike and learn. Together they will share the ecology and history of Horseshoe Island.

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    Places Of The Park: Skyline Trail

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    Join our Naturalist for an abbreviated hike on Skyline Trail. This one-mile moderate hike climbs through rolling terrain. Watch for remnants of the past, open meadows, and our incredible hemlock trees.

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    Art & Nature: Watercolor Sunsets

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    Join us in the Weborg Shelter and learn what makes sunsets so spectacular and create your own with watercolors. Basic supplies provided all skill levels welcome. Please dress appropriately for the weather forecast.

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    Universe in the Park

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    Explore the wonders of the night sky at your favorite state park.

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    Great Wisconsin Bat Count

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    Help us learn more about Peninsula State Park's bats by participating in this community science opportunity! This state-wide survey is an important tool to help monitor the number of bats that have been affected by White Nose Syndrome, a white…

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    Shakespeare in the Park: Macbeth

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    See the classic Shakespeare play, Macbeth, at Wisconsin State Parks!

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    Dusky Departure

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    Welcker’s Point is home to a successful bat roosting box. Learn about this curious creature and them observe first-hand as they depart from their roost for their nightly feast.

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