# Newport State Park

Region: Door County, WI, Ontario, Canada
Coordinates: 45.25, -86.9833
Bortle class: 3 (1 = pristine, 9 = inner city)
Drive from Toronto: At the northern tip of Door County, WI, reached via WI-42 past Ellison Bay.
Best time: Any clear, moonless night; the park is open year-round and the lake horizon helps in every season.
Established: Designated Wisconsin's first International Dark Sky Park in 2017.

## Overview
Newport State Park, at the tip of Wisconsin's Door Peninsula, became the state's first International Dark Sky Park in 2017 — and Wisconsin's only wilderness state park. Sitting on Lake Michigan's shore, it's about as dark as it gets in the upper Midwest.

## What to see
Milky Way over Lake Michigan, and occasional aurora glow to the north given the lake horizon.

## Highlights
- Wisconsin's only wilderness state park and its first Dark Sky Park
- 2,373 acres of forest, wetland and meadow at the end of the Door Peninsula
- Open Lake Michigan horizon at spots like Europe Bay

## Tips
- No car camping — Newport is backpack-in tent camping only, so day visits are the norm for casual stargazers
- State park vehicle admission sticker required
- Trails to the shoreline are unlit — bring a red-light headlamp

## Live forecast
View the live tonight-score and 48-hour forecast for Newport SP at:
https://ontarionightsky.com/?site=newport-sp-wi

Structured data: https://ontarionightsky.com/sites/newport-sp-wi.json

Source: DarkSky International — https://darksky.org/places/newport-state-park-dark-sky-park/

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