State park · Lake Michigan · Michigan
Wells State Park
A state park on Lake Michigan in Menominee County, Michigan, established 1925, 700 acres. In or beside it: 2 state-listed beaches.
The park
On the record
- Water
- Lake Michigan
- Location
- Menominee County, Michigan
- Nearest town
- Menominee
- Established
- 1925
- Area
- 700 acres (1.1 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 591 ft
- Run by
- Michigan Department of Natural Resources
- Coordinates
- 45.4017° N, 87.3719° 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
- Public Shoreline Beach-Cedar River1.0 mi · not sampled
- Wells State Park2.1 mi · sampled
EPA BEACH Act list. Distance from the park’s pin, straight line.
Along the shore
Nearest Michigan state parks
- Peninsula State Park19 mi · 3,776 ac · WI
- Newport State Park22 mi · 2,373 ac · WI
- Rock Island State Park27 mi · 912 ac · WI
- Whitefish Dunes State Park34 mi · 867 ac · WI
- Potawatomi State Park37 mi · 1,225 ac · WI
- Fayette Historic State Park40 mi · 850 ac · MI
Straight-line distance.
On the water
What to fish on Lake Michigan
Source
Facts on this page are from the infobox of the Wikipedia article on Wells State Park (Michigan) 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.