Peninsula State Park in Fish Creek in Door County, Wisconsin — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Northwoods Newcomer
Red Oak
Photographed by Sean Flynn, August 8, 2024
1. Northwoods Newcomer Marker
This majestic tree began life about 1890. Like other red oaks, it bears inch-long, flat-topped acorns. Wild turkeys favor the bitter nuts. If you are quiet, you may see a turkey at Peninsula. Turkeys did not live here for at least 100 years. In 1991, biologists released wild turkeys in southern Door County.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Animals • Horticulture & Forestry • Parks & Recreational Areas • Science & Medicine. A significant historical year for this entry is 1890.
Location. 45° 9.42′ N, 87° 12.725′ W. Marker is in Fish Creek, Wisconsin, in Door County. It is in Peninsula State Park. It can be reached from Highland Road 1½ miles north of Water Street (Wisconsin Highway 42), on the left when traveling north. The marker is in Peninsula State Park, along the Sentinel Trail about a mile from the trail head at the Eagle Tower. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 9462 Shore Road, Fish Creek WI 54212, United States of
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Regionally, this marker is on Wisconsin’s Door Peninsula. It is also in the American Midwest, on the Great Lakes, and in the Corn Belt. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture and also the Northwest Territory.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Forest Nursery (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); A Tree That Heals (approx. 0.2 miles away); Past Life (approx. 0.2 miles away); Triple Trunk (approx. Ό mile away); The Candelabra Tree (approx. 0.3 miles away); Rock Pavement (approx. 0.3 miles away); Growing a Forest (approx. 0.4 miles away); A Worldly Pine (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Fish Creek.
More about this marker. The marker is one of roughly two dozen interpretive signs that have been erected along the Sentinel Trail in Peninsula Park, all pertaining to the park's ecology (and many of them also referencing history).
Also see . . . Trees of Wisconsin: Quercus rubra L. (red oak).
Photographed by Sean Flynn, August 8, 2024
2. Northwoods Newcomer Marker
Photographed by Sean Flynn, August 8, 2024
3. Northwoods Newcomer Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on August 12, 2024. It was originally submitted on August 12, 2024, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois. This page has been viewed 133 times since then and 9 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 12, 2024, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.
