Whitefish Dunes State Park
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Whitefish Dunes State Park is a 865 acres (350.1 ha) 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.
Wisconsin
Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...
state park on the eastern shore of the Door Peninsula
Door Peninsula
The Door Peninsula is a peninsula in eastern Wisconsin, separating the southern part of the Green Bay from Lake Michigan. The peninsula begins in northern Brown and Kewaunee counties and proceeds northeast to include all of Door County. It is the western portion of the Niagara Escarpment. Well...
. This day-use park preserves the most substantial sand dunes
Dune
In physical geography, a dune is a hill of sand built by wind. Dunes occur in different forms and sizes, formed by interaction with the wind. Most kinds of dunes are longer on the windward side where the sand is pushed up the dune and have a shorter "slip face" in the lee of the wind...
on the western shore of Lake Michigan
Lake Michigan
Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America and the only one located entirely within the United States. It is the second largest of the Great Lakes by volume and the third largest by surface area, after Lake Superior and Lake Huron...
. The remains of eight successive prehistoric Native American villages are on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
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
Natural history
Natural history is the scientific research of plants or animals, leaning more towards observational rather than experimental methods of study, and encompasses more research published in magazines than in academic journals. Grouped among the natural sciences, natural history is the systematic study...
and cultural history.
External links
- Whitefish Dunes State Park official website