Frank E. Murphy County Park
Egg Harbor, WI
Frank E. Murphy County Park is a 14 acre Door County park on Green Bay just south of Egg Harbor, with a wide sand beach, a boat launch, a fishing pier, playgrounds, and volleyball courts. Shade trees shelter the picnic tables, and there are bathrooms and changing areas.
A wide, well-equipped sand beach on the warm side of the peninsula, though it's popular.
How we score beachesIt's a short walk from downtown Egg Harbor, so park once and do both.
Parking at the county park.
Short paths lead from parking to the sand and pier.
Green Bay warms faster than the Lake Michigan side, so swimming is comfortable by early July. Sunsets over the bay are the draw.
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