Whitefish Dunes State Park
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| Whitefish Dunes State Park | |
| Wisconsin State Park | |
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| Country | United States |
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| State | Wisconsin |
| County | Door |
| Location | Sturgeon Bay |
| - coordinates | 44°55′13″N 87°12′16″W / 44.92028°N 87.20444°W |
| Area | 865 acres (350 ha) |
| Founded | 1967 |
| Management | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources |
| IUCN category | V - Protected Landscape/Seascape |
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Whitefish Dunes State Park is a 865-acre (350 ha)[1] Wisconsin state park on the eastern shore of the Door Peninsula. This day-use park preserves the most substantial sand dunes on the western shore of Lake Michigan. The remains of eight successive prehistoric Native American villages are on the National Register of Historic Places as Whitefish Dunes-Bay View Site.
The Whitefish Dunes Nature Center features exhibits about the ecology, geology and cultural history of the park. The center is open year round. Programs are offered about the park's natural history and cultural history.
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Nature Center at the Whitefish Dunes-Bay View Site
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[edit] References
- ^ "Whitefish Dunes State Park". Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources State Parks. http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/land/parks/specific/whitefish/.
[edit] External links
- Whitefish Dunes State Park official website
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