Governor Thompson State Park

Governor Thompson State Park
Wisconsin State Park
Woods Lake
Named for: Tommy Thompson

Country	United States
State	Wisconsin
County	Marinette

Location	Crivitz
- coordinates	45°20′4″N 88°14′52″W / 45.33444°N 88.24778°W / 45.33444; -88.24778Coordinates: 45°20′4″N 88°14′52″W / 45.33444°N 88.24778°W / 45.33444; -88.24778

Area	2,800 acres (1,133 ha)

Founded	2000^[1]
Management	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

IUCN category	V - Protected Landscape/Seascape

Governor Thompson State Park is a 2,800-acre (1,133 ha)^[1] Wisconsin state park in development approximately 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Crivitz. The park contains 6.5 miles (10.5 km) of shoreline on the Caldron Falls Reservoir, part of the Peshtigo River, and 5,300 feet (1,600 m) of shoreline on two small kettle lakes. Adjacent lands are part of the Peshtigo River State Forest. The park was created in 2000, the centennial year of the Wisconsin state park system, and named after then-Governor Tommy Thompson. The main parcel creating the park is the former 1,987-acre (8.04 km²) Paust Woods Lake Resort and about 200 acres (0.81 km²) of wild-looking lakefront bought from Wisconsin Public Service Corporation on Caldron Falls Reservoir.

The park opened in 2005 for day use activities. As of 2008, the park contains a headquarters, 16 miles (26 km) of hiking trails, a boat landing (#13) on the Caldron Falls flowage, and a picnic area along the west shore of Woods Lake.^[1] Further amenities are being installed.^[1] Planned activities include: a campgrounds, indoor and outdoor group campgrounds, playground, and an amphitheater.^[2]

Images

Headquarters
Sign

References

1 2 3 4 "Governor Thompson State Park official flier". Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "Master Plan for Governor Thompson State Park" (pdf). Wisconsin Department of Transportation. September 2004. Retrieved 2008-08-27.

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Governor Thompson State Park official site

Protected areas of Wisconsin

Federal

National Park Service	Apostle Islands National Lakeshore Ice Age National Scientific Reserve Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway

National Forests	Chequamegon-Nicolet

National Wildlife Refuges	Driftless Area Fox River Gravel Island Green Bay Horicon Marsh Necedah Trempealeau Upper Mississippi River Whittlesey Creek

National Trails	Ice Age Trail Timms Hill Trail North Country Trail

National Estuarine Research Reserves	Lake Superior

National Wilderness System	Blackjack Springs Gaylord Nelson Headwaters Porcupine Lake Rainbow Lake Whisker Lake Wisconsin Islands

State

State Parks	Amnicon Falls Aztalan Belmont Mound Big Bay Big Foot Beach Blue Mound Brunet Island Buckhorn Capital Springs Copper Culture Copper Falls Council Grounds Devil's Lake Governor Dodge Governor Nelson Governor Thompson Harrington Beach Hartman Creek Heritage Hill High Cliff Interstate Kinnickinnic Kohler-Andrae Lake Kegonsa Lake Wissota Lakeshore Menominee River Merrick Mill Bluff Mirror Lake Natural Bridge Nelson Dewey New Glarus Woods Newport Pattison Peninsula Perrot Potawatomi Rib Mountain Roche-a-Cri Rock Island Rocky Arbor Straight Lake Tower Hill Whitefish Dunes Wildcat Mountain Willow River Wyalusing Yellowstone Lake

State Natural Areas	Abraham's Woods Bayshore Blufflands Black Earth Rettenmund Prairie Black Tern Bog Dells of the Wisconsin River Dorothy Lake Dunnville Barrens Gibraltar Rock Grandma Lake Kangaroo Lake Moquah Barrens Parfrey's Glen Pewits Nest Rush River Delta Spread Eagle Barrens Spruce Lake Bog Twin Lakes Bog Two Creeks Buried Forest Wind Pudding

State Recreation Areas	Browntown-Cadiz Springs Chippewa Moraine Fischer Creek Hoffman Hills Menominee River Richard Bong

State Forests	Black River Brule River Coulee Experimental Flambeau River Governor Knowles Havenwoods Kettle Moraine - Lapham Peak Unit Kettle Moraine - Loew Lake Unit Kettle Moraine - Northern & Southern Units Kettle Moraine - Pike Lake Unit Northern Highland-American Legion Peshtigo River Point Beach

State Wildlife Areas	Buena Vista Marsh Crex Meadows Dewey Marsh Horicon Marsh Mead

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

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