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Negwegon State Park

Park in Michigan, USA

Summary

Park in Michigan, USA

Field	Value
name	Negwegon State Park
photo	Negwegon State Park (July_2025).jpg
photo_caption	Beachfront along Lake Huron
photo_width	280
photo_alt	Beachfront
map	USA Michigan#USA
map_caption	Location in Michigan
map_width	280
relief	1
location	Alpena and Alcona counties, Michigan, United States
nearest_city	Alpena, Michigan
coordinates
elevation	591 ft
designation	Michigan state park
area	4118 acre
established	1962
administrator	Michigan Department of Natural Resources
website

Negwegon State Park is an undeveloped public recreation area on Lake Huron lying 5 mi southeast of the unincorporated community of Ossineke in Alpena County and Alcona County, Michigan. The state park's 4118 acre occupy the southern tip of Thunder Bay, 14 mi across the water from the city of Alpena. The park includes lowland areas with small ridges, mature pine forest, open meadows, and a long sand beach. It is administered by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources with support from the volunteer "Friends of Negwegon."

History

Archaic period fishing grounds have been found in the vicinity of Negewegon State Park from about 6000-4000 BCE.

First purchase of land for the park, then known as Alpena State Park, occurred in 1962. Its name was changed in 1970 at the behest of the local citizenry who thought it appropriate for the park to honor the Ojibwe chieftain known to have hunted and camped in the area. In 2016, Negwegon State Park, Thompson's Harbor State Park, and Rockport State Park were designated as Michigan "dark sky preserves." The Besser Planetarium (from Alpena) hosts celestial viewing events from time to time at the park.

Activities and amenities

The park offers 11 mi of hiking trails, primitive camping sites, canoeing, and hunting. The sand road that cuts through the forest and leads to the entrance of the park may require a 4WD/All-wheel drive vehicle. At the boundary between private/county land and state land, the thin sand two-track road, Sand Hill Wilds Road, becomes a very wide groomed gravel road, Negwegon Park Road.

Images

File:Negwegon trail.jpg| File:Negwegon State Park roadway.jpg|

References

"Negwegon State Park". Michigan Department of Natural Resources.
"When were Michigan state parks and recreation areas established?". Michigan Department of Natural Resources.
"Twenty-Second Biennial Report 1963–1964". State of Michigan Department of Conservation.
(September 2008). "Appendix A: Supporting Analysis for Negwegon State Park". State of Michigan Department of Conservation.
(April 6, 2016). "Michigan designates 3 new dark sky preserves". MLive.
"Friends of Negwegon". Friends of Negwegon State Park.

Wikipedia Source

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