Category: Outdoor
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.
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Eye On the Night Sky: History of the Crab Nebula
by Steven Ransom-Jones The Crab Nebula is (or was) one of the most beautiful objects in the sky to view with a telescope. Behind this beauty is an astronomical mystery that spans almost a thousand years, which we will travel back in time to unravel. If you look at the winter sky at the Orion […]
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Crossroads at Big Creek: Ski for Free, Film Screenings
To those who view winter from the inside of a home or vehicle, the season can seem colorless, so go outside (unless there are dangerous wind chill readings). Crossroads at Big Creek encourages outdoor winter recreation. They maintain trails for cross-country skiing and created a multi-use trail system for those who hike, walk dogs, snowshoe […]
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A Guide to New Year’s Celebrations in Door County
We put it all in one place, all the live music, community celebrations, parades and plunges around the county on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. Now get out and do it! New Year’s Eve Ski or snowshoe for free at Crossroads at Big Creek New Year’s Eve afternoon from 1 – 3:30 pm. […]
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Door to Nature: Cheerful Chickadees
Few wild creatures that I have studied, observed and photographed during the past 50 years have prompted me to write about them as often as the black-capped chickadee. These friendly appearing, trusting, beady-eyed, acrobatic spitfires have become favorites of millions of people throughout our country and Canada. The states of Maine and Massachusetts have honored […]
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Six-Foot-Tall Cherry Will Welcome New Year in Sister Bay
On New Year’s Eve in Times Square, thousands will gather in the streets to witness the spectacle that has ushered in nearly every new year since 1908. The Times Square Ball, a geodesic sphere measuring 12 feet in diameter, weighing 11,875 pounds, and glowing with 32,256 Philips Luxeon LEDs, will descend 141 feet during the […]
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Record Number of Walleye Stocked
A record 881,977 walleye were stocked in key Wisconsin waters this past year as state, private and tribal hatcheries continued to put Wisconsin Walleye Initiative funding to work for anglers, state fisheries officials said. The initiative has paid to upgrade state hatcheries and provided extra operating funds needed to keep fish on site longer and […]
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Kewaunee’s Winter Park Announces Hours, Admission Prices
It’s time to welcome skiers, snowboarders and snow tubers to the hills of Winter Park, N3751 Ransom Moore Lane, Kewaunee for the 2017-18 season. The park will be open Dec. 29 from 11 am – 4 pm for skiing/snowboarding and from 11 am – 5 pm for snow tubing. After Dec. 29, the regular hours […]
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Crossroads at Big Creek Starts Free Ski, Snowshoe Program
Snow conditions permitting, Crossroads at Big Creek will offer the Ski for Free program. During the school vacation they will lend ski equipment and snowshoes Thursday through Sunday, 1 – 3:30 pm. In January, whenever there’s enough snow to groom the trails and wind chills are not excessive, Ski for Free will be offered on […]
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Take A New Year’s Day Plunge in Lake Michigan
The Jacksonport Polar Bear Club is preparing to take their annual plunge into Lake Michigan for the 32nd time at noon on Jan. 1, 2018. For the past 31 years the Jacksonport Polar Bear Club has celebrated the New Year by going for an icy dip into Lake Michigan at Lakeside Park in Jacksonport along […]
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2018 Marks Final Frostbite Open at Red Putter Mini Golf
The late Bob Yttri was always coming up with quirks to add to the fun at The Red Putter mini golf course in Ephraim. One of those, the Frostbite Open, will take place for the last time on New Year’s Day. Yttri, who died in April, was known for handing out prizes for low scores […]
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Ice Rink Open Dec. 28, Broomball to Start Jan. 3
The Teresa K. Hilander Community Ice Rink will open for the season at noon, Thursday, Dec. 28 at the Sister Bay Sports Complex. The rink will be open for skating from noon – 8 pm through New Year’s Eve, and will also open at noon on New Year’s Day and stay open as long as […]
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Some Snowmobile Trails Open in Door County
The Southeast Section of the Door County Snowmobile Trail System is open as of noon, Dec. 27, 2017, the Door County Airport and Parks Department announced today. The southeast secion is from Culver’s restaurant in Sturgeon Bay, over the Bayview Bridge. It includes Potawatomi State Park and the Ahnapee State Trail to the Southern Door […]
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VIDEO: How Shipbuilding Became Sturgeon Bay’s Defining Industry
Shipbuilding has defined Sturgeon Bay for nearly a century. Learn how a small Wisconsin city became an international hub in this new video from Peninsula Filmworks produced for the Door County Visitor Bureau.
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Join Crossroads for a Holiday Hike
Start off the holiday weekend with a nature hike at Crossroads at Big Creek in Sturgeon Bay. Outdoor time is important in early winter. Join the naturalist Dec. 23 at 10 am for a tour of the multi-use trails (which are open for hiking, snowshoeing and biking throughout the winter) in the Big Creek Preserve. […]
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Newport State Park to Hold First Day Hike
Take a First Day Hike at Newport State Park Jan. 1, 10 am – 12 pm. Hikers will meet at parking lot #1 at 10 am and the plan is to hike about two miles. The hike will be led by Newport Wilderness Society members Jean and Greg Wilde. Remember to dress for the weather. […]
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Door to Nature: Mistletoes of Europe and America
A custom with ancient pagan connections that was frowned upon by the church for many years, then used secretly in homes for a long time, has finally become a common holiday practice. Nevertheless, the very nature of mistletoe and its uses are poorly understood by many people today. So rigid were the beliefs of some […]
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Weather Wizard: The Art of Carving Deer
Steam rolled around the cold hands that tightly gripped the skin that was being gently torn and peeled away from the flesh of the deer. The wispy steam swiftly faded into the cold, stale air of the garage. An hour ago I was perfectly content sitting on my floor next to a fire, sorting through […]
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Crossroads Invites All to Participate in the Christmas Bird Count
Again this year, Crossroads at Big Creek will participate in the annual Christmas Bird Count, a part of the Sturgeon Bay count, on Dec. 16. The public is invited to join in for part or all of the day. On Dec. 16 at 9:30 am or 1 pm, birding groups will leave the Collins Learning […]
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Ice Skating Available at Fitzgerald Park
Ice skating will be available in Liberty Grove this winter at Fitzgerald Park off of Garrett Bay Road in Ellison Bay. Look for the rink beyond the driveway near a small house. The town highway crew maintains the small ice rink. The rink won’t be flooded until the temperatures are below freezing for a few […]
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Door to Nature: The Symmetry of Norway Spruce Cones
As long as I can remember evergreen tree cones have been a traditional part of the decorations for the holiday season. Most people don’t think of a flower when they pick up a pine cone any more than they do when they eat an apple. The intricate shapes of cones fascinate people, while the lip-smacking […]