Potawatomi State Park

Sturgeon Bay from a wooded bluff, deep blue water with low islands and a far shore. — Sturgeon Bay from the bluff, in July 2022.2022 · Photograph by Joe Steinbring

Potawatomi State Park is on the limestone bluffs along Sturgeon Bay, where the Door Peninsula begins, and it is the eastern end of the Ice Age National Scenic Trail, which runs about 1,200 miles across Wisconsin to Interstate State Park on the Minnesota border. I spent the late afternoon of July 20, 2022, there, a few days before I visited Mirror Lake State Park. From the bluff, the bay was a deep blue, with low wooded islands and the far shore beyond. The park’s old wooden observation tower, closed since 2017, was still standing, with a sign on it saying it was closed permanently because of structural deterioration. I finished at an overlook above the woods and at the boulder that marks the end of the trail.

Photos from Potawatomi State Park

The observation tower, closed since 2017.
2022 · Photograph by Joe Steinbring
An overlook above the woods.
2022 · Photograph by Joe Steinbring
The eastern terminus of the Ice Age Trail.
2022 · Photograph by Joe Steinbring