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Getting outside in Door County is a must! While you can always explore a trail or lake shore on your own, the calendar is dotted with guided hikes, wildlife tours, bird watching treks, and cross-country skiing meetups. Find a group bicycle ride, a naturalist session, or paddleboard tour and explore Door County’s natural wonders.

  • Christmas in the County

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    Saturday, Dec. 1, will be a busy day in the county. From Sturgeon Bay to Baileys Harbor and Ephraim, there are many options to get in the festive spirit this weekend. Many of the following celebrations are, or are becoming, holiday traditions with families. If you’re really ambitious or just a really big fan of […]

  • Door to Nature: Winter Clean-up Crew

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    A few days after the first measurable snowfall of autumn this past Nov. 9, I was driving home from Ephraim, going south on County A, and I saw an adult bald eagle fly over the road and then veer to the right. I slowed down when I reached the spot and there, about 10 feet […]

  • Evergreen Hike

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    Start December off right by attending a program at Crossroads at Big Creek. Enjoy a Hike to the Evergreen Forests on Dec. 1, 10 am. This hike will visit several evergreen forests, and participants will learn how these trees adapt to winter. Meet at the Collins Learning Center. Get in the holiday spirit with the Friends […]

  • Santa on a Tugboat?: Weekend Primer Podcast

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      Andrew and Matt are back with your Weekend Primer for the weekend of November 30th. Events include: The Whaliens at Third Avenue Playhouse Ephraim’s Christmas in the Village Harbor Holiday in Baileys Harbor Santa on the Tugboat in Sturgeon Bay Christmas at Birch Creek and the Baileys Harbor Winter Farmers Market

  • Ephraim, Baileys Harbor, Sturgeon Bay Host Christmas Events Saturday, Dec. 1

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    Saturday, Dec. 1 will be a busy day in the county. From Sturgeon Bay to Baileys Harbor and Ephraim, there are many options to get in the festive spirit this weekend. Many of the following celebrations are, or are becoming, holiday traditions with families. If you’re really ambitious or just a really big fan of […]

  • Health Hike at Crossroads at Big Creek

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    Crossroads at Big Creek will be closed Thursday and Friday, Nov. 22–23, for the Thanksgiving holiday. Crossroads has had a year of celebrating as a participant in the Celebrate Water Door County initiative. Its objective has been to appreciate and to be thankful for healthy water. Crossroads is especially thankful for Big Creek and The […]

  • Bringing in the Holidays: Weekend Primer Podcast

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    Andrew and Matt are back with your Thanksgiving Weekend Primer! Events include: Fika Yule at Fika Bakery and Cafe in Fish Creek Thanksgiving Day Parade in Jacksonport Capture the Spirit in Sister Bay & The Friends of Gibraltar Holiday Art Fair Holly Days in Egg Harbor with Breakfast with Santa at Carrington Pub at the […]

  • Holiday Parade

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    On Dec. 1, enjoy a Christmas parade of lights, arts and crafts plus a tree-lighting ceremony in Baileys Harbor. Take a stroll through downtown and check out all the trees that local businesses and families have decorated before the parade. Walk along the parade route on Guy Street that follows Santa on a fire truck […]

  • Christmas in the County

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    Door County Christmas celebrations kick into high gear the weekend after Thanksgiving. Both Sister Bay and Egg Harbor hold their annual celebrations this weekend — keeping Santa busy with plenty of tree lightings. The weekend really starts, however, with the Jacksonport Thanksgiving Day Parade — a parade with a big heart that gives to members […]

  • Making Snow at Winter Park

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    The Kewaunee County Promotion & Recreation staff has temporarily fired up the snow guns at Winter Park to begin the snow making process at the snowtubing, skiing, and snowboarding destination along the lakeshore. “We’re not expecting to open until late December at the earliest, but we wanted to take advantage of the cold snap that […]

  • Door to Nature: Thanksgiving is Cranberry Time

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    There are a number of traditional foods associated with the Thanksgiving holiday. Roast turkey with stuffing, pumpkin pie and cranberry sauce are the most common. Cranberries have a long history in this country. Native Americans introduced them to the early settlers of New England. In fact a Pilgrim cookbook dating back to 1663 had, perhaps, […]

  • Christmas in the County: Nov. 22-24, 2018

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    Door County Christmas celebrations kick into high gear the weekend after Thanksgiving. Both Sister Bay and Egg Harbor hold their annual celebrations this weekend – keeping Santa busy with plenty of tree lightings. The weekend really starts, however, with the Jacksonport Thanksgiving Day Parade – a parade with a big heart that gives to members […]

  • Road Construction Season: Pulse Podcast

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    Andrew Kleidon and Myles Dannhausen are back to recap this weeks news, and give you a glimpse at the upcoming issue of the Peninsula Pulse and Door County Living Magazine. We go over the county board’s decision not to follow in the footsteps of a number of counties in putting Marijuana on the referendums, the […]

  • Christmas in the County: Sturgeon Bay Parade, Ellison Bay Tree Lighting

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    This weekend, Nov. 16–18, kicks off the holiday season in Door County. Festivities start in Sturgeon Bay with the Christmas by the Bay celebration, and Ellison Bay closes out the weekend with a community tree lighting. In the weeks ahead, the Pulse will highlight holiday celebrations taking place throughout the peninsula.   Christmas by the […]

  • Health Hikes at Crossroads

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    This time of year, when the days are getting shorter and the weather keeps us cooped up inside, some people may suffer from increased stress. To encourage people to get outside, Crossroads at Big Creek has scheduled naturalist-led health hikes during the next two weeks. On Nov. 17 and 19, 9 am, join the naturalist […]

  • Door to Nature: Eastern Cottonwood Tree

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    This autumn gave us many colorful vistas of sugar maples, white ash, American beech, paper birch and red oak trees as their leaves changed from summer green to brilliant crimson, orange and yellow. Most of the deciduous trees have lost their leaves with the strong winds and rain during the past month. Now many stand […]

  • Thanksgiving Parade Continues Tradition of Giving

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    The annual Jacksonport Thanksgiving Day Parade & Benefit starts at 10:30 am from the downtown Jacksonport fire station, Nov. 22. Now in its 22nd year, this fun-loving, eclectic parade continues its mission of neighbors helping neighbors once again in 2018 through support for local community member, Paula Symons, who has multiple plasma cell leukemia. “We […]

  • Christmas in November: Weekend Primer Podcast

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    Andrew and Matt are back with your weekend primer for the weekend of November 16th, 2018. Events include: R.O.M.E.O. at the Sister Bay Bowl The Celebrity Roast of Andy Coulson at the Door Community Auditorium Christkindlmarkt in Kewaunee Christmas Tree Lighting & Chili Supper in Ellison Bay and Christmas by the Bay in Sturgeon Bay

  • Absolute Bratwurst: Weekend Primer Podcast

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    Andrew and Matt are back this week to deliver the weekend primer for the weekend of November 9th. Events include: Reading to a Therapy Dog at the Donald and Carol Kress Pavilion Family Fall Festival at the Kewaunee Public Library Absolute Bratwurst at Waterfront Mary’s 80’s Trivia Night in Algoma and Mamma Mia at Southern […]

  • Door to Nature: Feeder Birds Change with the Seasons

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    Now that we’ve had a few light frosty mornings the bird and plant ecosystem is changing. The American goldfinches are late nesters and were absent from my yard during much of September to mid-October. That’s when the adults were going through their postnuptial molt. Now the feeders and yard are teeming with lots of them. […]