Potawatomi State Park

Potawatomi State Park is a 1,225-acre (496 ha) Wisconsin state park northwest of the city of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin in the Town of Nasewaupee. It is located on Sturgeon Bay, a bay of the Bay of Green Bay in Door County. Potawatomi State Park was established in 1928.[1]

Potawatomi State Park
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
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Location	Door, Wisconsin, United States
Coordinates	44°51′52″N 87°24′54″W
Area	1,225 acres (4.96 km^2)
Established	1928
Governing body	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Website	Potawatomi State Park

Activities and amenities

• Trails: The park has several hiking trails and is the eastern terminus of the Ice Age National Scenic Trail. Park trails are used for hiking, bicycling, cross-country, and snowmobiling.[2]
• Green Bay: The park has two miles of water frontage on Green Bay which provides opportunities for boating, canoeing, and fishing.

Climate

Hills Point (within the park) Climate chart (explanation) J F M A M J J A S O N D     57     −7 −12     54     −6 −12     60     −1 −7     129     11 −2     93     16 4     85     20 12     97     24 15     78     23 14     87     20 11     129     11 6     85     2 −1     65     −4 −8 Average max. and min. temperatures in °C Precipitation totals in mm Source: [3] Imperial conversion J F M A M J J A S O N D     2.2     19 10     2.1     21 10     2.4     30 19     5.1     52 28     3.7     61 39     3.3     68 54     3.8     75 59     3.1     73 57     3.4     68 52     5.1     52 43     3.3     36 30     2.6     25 18 Average max. and min. temperatures in °F Precipitation totals in inches

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  Looking northwest from beach at Sturgeon Bay
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  Looking southeast from beach at the city of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
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  View from Tower Trail
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  Ice fishing shack
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  Eastern white cedars, Thuja occidentalis
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  Shore
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  Road
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  Forest
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  Harvestman on an oak fern
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  Flying kites
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  Biker down a steep hill
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  View in August from the now-closed tower. Sawyer Harbor is in the foreground, with the western part of Sturgeon Bay in the background. The small island at right is Heaven On Earth Island, formerly Bug Island. The larger island to the left is Idyll Wood Island. Cabot Point is behind the two islands. It is part of the Idlewild area. In the far distance at center-right is the rock cut of the Old Stone Quarry on the northwest shore of Sturgeon Bay, once the largest in the state.

References

1. "Potawatomi State Park". Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. July 19, 2013. Retrieved September 3, 2013.
2. "Potawatomi State Park: Activities and recreation". Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. September 3, 2013. Retrieved September 3, 2013.
3. "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. Retrieved 30 January 2016.

External links

• Potawatomi State Park