Newport State Park #16

Continuing our Week O' State Parks, we visited Newport State Park on a rainy, misty day. We took our awesome niece Kendall along with us on this particular venture. But, first and foremost, breakfast! We had breakfast at Al Johnson's, a must visit in Door County, (goats on the roof!), and then to the park.

  



We learned that Newport is Wisconsin's only formally designated wilderness park, with 11 miles of shoreline and 2300 acres total. The park offers16 hike-in campsites only, 13 are reservable. We particularly enjoyed learning about the logging town that once thrived on the shore, replete with a long, wooden pier reaching out into Lake Michigan. The hike itself was nice and a good length for little legs (the kids, not mine). Lynd Point trail travels right long the shore, you can hear the water lapping on the rocks. We didn't encounter another person during our time at Newport, which was a nice change from the hectic week. The beach is beautiful, much like other shoreline in Door County, but it offered solitude, which is rare. We are looking forward to returning to this park to camp some day! On to Governor Thompson State Park next!