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Newport State Park

A state park on Lake Michigan in Door County, Wisconsin, established 1964, 2,373 acres. In or beside it: 5 state-listed beaches.

Chart of Newport State Park on Lake Michigan, with its beaches, lights and neighboring parks markedPeninsula State ParkRock Island State ParkWells State ParkWhitefish Dunes State ParkPotawatomi State ParkFayette Historic State ParkNewport State Park

The park

On the record

Water
Lake Michigan
Location
Door County, Wisconsin
Established
1964
Area
2,373 acres (3.7 sq mi)
Run by
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Coordinates
45.2350° N, 86.9942° W

Coordinates mark the park as Wikipedia pins it, not a gate or a lot. For big parks that can be miles from the beach.

On the sand

Beaches in and beside the park

EPA BEACH Act list. Distance from the park’s pin, straight line.

Along the shore

Nearest Michigan state parks

  1. Peninsula State Park12 mi · 3,776 ac · WI
  2. Rock Island State Park15 mi · 912 ac · WI
  3. Wells State Park22 mi · 700 ac · MI
  4. Whitefish Dunes State Park24 mi · 867 ac · WI
  5. Potawatomi State Park33 mi · 1,225 ac · WI
  6. Fayette Historic State Park37 mi · 850 ac · MI

Straight-line distance.

On shore nearby

Worth the stop

By boat

Launches nearby

On the bottom

Wrecks offshore

Source

Facts on this page are from the infobox of the Wikipedia article on Newport State Park and its Wikidata record, retrieved 2026-10-11. Beaches are from EPA’s BEACH Act list and lighthouses from Wikidata. A blank field means the record is silent. Rules, hours and fees change; the park’s operator has the final word.

Chart shoreline generalized from Natural Earth (public domain). Not for navigation. Something wrong or missing? Write to contact@greatamericanlakes.com.