Selner Park Beach
Kewaunee, WI
Selner Park Beach is Kewaunee's city beach at the end of Lake Street, just south of downtown. It has a large sandy beach, clean restrooms, and a shaded picnic area, with a clear view of the Kewaunee pier and its lighthouse. Local artists often set up here to paint the harbor.
A clean, uncrowded town beach with a lighthouse view, though Kewaunee is a quiet place.
How we score beachesWalk out to the pier and lighthouse from the beach, then grab lunch downtown a few blocks away.
Parking just west of the beach.
A short walk from the lot to the sand and picnic area.
The water here is swimmable in July and August. The county tests the beach from May through September.
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