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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Bird Species & Behavior Topic of Next Ridges Discovery Series
The Ridges Discovery Series, modeled after its popular Lake Lessons summer series, offers monthly discussions about the plant and animal life of The Ridges and the surrounding area. On Nov. 12 at 7 pm, the topic is Bird Species & Behavior. The program meets at the Cook-Fuller Center, 8166 Hwy. 57 in Baileys Harbor, and […]
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Crossroads’ Next Pluto Club to Focus on Stars
“Stars” will be the topic for the November meeting of the Pluto Club at Crossroads at Big Creek. This informal group is Crossroads’ way of introducing very small (like Pluto) learners to the basic concepts of astronomy. Programs are developed for children, ages 5- 8, but are open to siblings and all learners. Pluto Club […]
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Fish Creek Student Tours the Arctic with Students on Ice
A snowbird is the term given to Door County’s large population that flees the cold winters for warmer climates. Makayla Swain, Fish Creek native and recent Gibraltar graduate, did just the opposite. This summer, Swain spent two weeks traveling the Arctic Circle by boat with 114 other students from around the world. “It’s to inform […]
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Rib Fest, Sled Dogs, Packer Parties & More Weekend Plans
October is gone and with it, the Door Peninsula settles into its late fall slumber. Enjoy the start of the quiet season with plenty of delicious foodie opportunities, gallery receptions, bluegrass and country music, and the ever-so-cuddly Door County Sled Dogs. Friday, November 6 A Weekend of Fantastic Fare Whether you’re in the mood for […]
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OutDOORs with Coggin Heeringa: Twigs Gone Wild
Halloween greeting cards? What a curious development in friendly communication, but cards racks are filled with witches, cats and pumpkins. On cards that picture a witch, it seems she is riding or holding a broom, and not a nice tidy broom like the one we use these days. A witch’s broom looks like a stick […]
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Farmers, Go to MOSES on a Scholarship
The Rural Enterprise Network (REN) has announced the creation of a scholarship to cover the costs to send a local Kewaunee County producer to the Midwest Organic and Sustainable Educational Services (MOSES) Annual Organic Farming Conference. REN co-founder Mick Sagrillo commented, “We are calling the project ‘Send a Farmer to MOSES’.” MOSES is the preeminent learning […]
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Sevastopol Pioneers Finish Historic Season at 7-2
by Justin Skiba, Sevastopol Pioneers Head Football Coach The Sevastopol Pioneers football team wrapped up their regular season with a 44-8 win over Elkhart Lake on Friday, Oct. 16. The win gave the Pioneers a 7-2 record; the most regular season wins in school history. More importantly, it earned them a spot in the […]
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Run For A Cause Will Surpass $100,000 Raised in Year Six
The Door County Half Marathon is seeking participants to Run For A Cause as the program looks to surpass the $100,000 fundraising mark. The program gives runners a free registration to the May 7, 2016, race in Peninsula State Park to any runner who raises at least $250 for local charities. In five years runners […]
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Jack O’Lantern Days 2015 Schedule
It’s a hometown Halloween celebration at Fish Creek’s annual Jack-O-Lantern Days, Oct. 30-31. This family-friendly weekend highlights mask making for kids, pumpkin carving, a haunting Halloween parade, trick-or-treating, costume parties for kids, adults, and dogs, and more! Friday Halloween Adult Art Night at Hands On Art Studio: 6:30pm – 10pm Door County Trolley Ghost Tours: […]
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DPAS to Present an Update on the New Horizon Mission
The Door Peninsula Astronomical Society (DPAS) invites the community to its general meeting on Nov. 3, 7 pm, at the Stonecipher Astronomy Center at Crossroads at Big Creek. Dr. John Beck will present “Update on the New Horizon Mission,” which will focus on the images coming in from the dwarf planet Pluto. Refreshments will be […]
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Door County Sled Dogs to Visit Renard’s Cheese
Renard’s Cheese is going to the dogs on Nov. 7, 11 am – 1 pm. See this dog sled team as they stop to visit Renard’s Cheese at 2189 Cty. Rd. DK in Sturgeon Bay. These extra special dogs are a recreational mushing team made up of eight rescued Siberian Huskies and two very special […]
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Woman Completes 270-Mile Walk to The Clearing
“If you are ready to leave father and mother, and brother and sister, and wife and child and friends, and never see them again; if you have paid your debts, and made your will, and settled all your affairs… then you are ready for a walk.” ~ Henry David Thoreau There are few who encapsulate […]
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Zoe Delain Joins Door County Adventure Center Team
Zoe Delain was recently hired as the site manager of Door County Adventure Center. Delain is a recent graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a degree in Environmental Science and she is excited about making the move to Door County to work as the site manager for their zip line, kayaking and team building […]
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Dr. John Dovrary Wins Stickelback Dory
Dr. John Dovrary was thrilled upon receiving word of winning the grand prize in this year’s Door County Maritime Museum boat raffle which was drawn Oct. 11 at Pumpkin Patch Festival in Egg Harbor. This year’s vessel was a sleek Stickelback Dory, long and lean sail-rowing craft. Volunteer instructors Bob Schottmuller, David Morgan, and Jerry […]
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Trail Improvement Day at Peninsula State Park
As one of the largest parks in the state of Wisconsin, Peninsula State Park also boasts one of the most intricate systems of trails for hiking, biking and skiing. As the winter approaches and area businesses close, the maintenance of these trails is especially important. “It’s very important over the winter season because we have […]
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Fall 50 Athletes Set New Records
In the annual Fall 50 ultramarathon that took place on Saturday, Oct. 24, Zach Bitter of Davis, Calif., and Camille Herron of Oklahoma City, Okla., set new course records on their way to becoming 50-mile national champions. The event served as the U.S. 50-mile National Championship through USA Track and Field (USATF) for the second […]
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Roy Lukes: Nuthatch in the Tuxedo
If you can imagine a small bird lodging an acorn or a beechnut in a crevice on the trunk of a tree and “hacking” it open in order to get at the meat, then the name of “nuthatch” shouldn’t be as baffling as some take it to be. Indeed, there are a few Old World […]
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Jack O’Lantern Days, Dark Songs, Halloween & More Weekend Plans
It’s the holiday weekend costume lovers have been preparing for all month – Halloween! There are plenty of places to wear your costume this weekend, including Jack O’Lantern Days in Fish Creek, Scaryoke at the Door Community Auditorium, The Rocky Horror Picture Show showing at Third Avenue Playhouse, or at the Dark Songs performances. Check […]
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Digging History: Artifacts Point to a 2,000-Year-Old Settlement at Ida Bay Preserve
Both Randy Dickson and Willy Kemps of Midwest Archeological Consultants were children when they first caught the archeology bug – Dickson in Des Moines, Iowa, and Kemps in Kiel, Wis. Dickson was five when he and his brother were watching the excavation for a retirement home. “They were pulling artifacts out. I still remember that […]
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“Halloween in the Garden” Lecture at Crossroads
On the final two weekends of October, Crossroads at Big Creek will offer a one-credit graduate level class for teachers through the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Educational Outreach program. Class times are Oct. 23, 5:30 – 8 pm, and Oct. 24, 9 am – 3 pm. Called “Teaching Archaeology in the Elementary School,” this class […]