Wells State Park (Michigan)

Wells State Park
Wells State Park
	Sign
	Location within the state of Michigan
Location	Cedarville Township, Menominee County, Michigan, USA
Nearest city	Menominee, Michigan
Coordinates	45°24′06″N 87°22′19″W / 45.40167°N 87.37194°W
Area	678 acres (2.74 km²)
Established	1925
Governing body	Michigan Department of Natural Resources
	http://www.michigandnr.com/parksandtrails/details.aspx?id=432&type=SPRK
	J. W. Wells State Park
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Built	1927
NRHP reference No.	02000040
Added to NRHP	February 25, 2002

Wells State Park (also known as J.W. Wells State Park) is a state park in the U.S. state of Michigan. The 678-acre (2.74 km²) park is located in Menominee County on the shore of Lake Michigan's Green Bay, just south of Cedar River. It is on M-35, roughly midway between Menominee and Escanaba. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.^[1]

The park was established in 1925 through a donation by the children of John Walter Wells, a pioneer lumberman in the area and the mayor of Menominee for three terms beginning in 1893. Many of the park's buildings, landscaping and water and sewage systems were built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s and 1940s.

Facilities and activities

Swimming: The park features a three-mile (5 km) shoreline with a sandy beach for swimming.
Hiking: Hiking is available on the Wells-Cedar River Trail, which runs along the shore, with side trails looping through other parts of the park.
Cross-country skiing: The park's seven miles of ski trails are not groomed.
Fishing
Picnicking
- Picnic Area
- Picnic Shelter
Playground
Camping: There is a modern campground with 150 sites and five rustic cabins available for rent from mid-March to mid-December. The modern Bay Stone Lodge sleeps twelve and includes an equipped kitchen, two full bathrooms, screened porch and a stone fireplace in the great room.