Newport State Park is one of my Favorite parks in the State Park System. All sites are hike-in, with numerous waterside sites. I’ve camped here twice, the first time in a low-water summer. Spent all day on the flat rocks exposed in the bay next to our site, and the next year (far wetter) at one of the further southern sites. Mosquitos were bad, but the rugged beauty was gorgeous during the sunrise over Lake Michigan.

Park offers a great beach for day trippers and campers, with calm water and rolling, wooded sand dunes.