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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Maritime Museum Remembers “Edmund Fitzgerald” in New Exhibit
The Door County Maritime Museum commemorates the 40th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald with an exhibit in the Reddin Bridge Room of the Sturgeon Bay museum. The exhibit will open Oct. 21 and continue through Nov. 10. It will be taken down for a month while the museum conducts its Merry-Time Festival […]
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Oct. 17 Is Astronomy For Kids Day at Crossroads
Crossroads at Big Creek, in collaboration with the Door Peninsula Astronomical Society and the Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium, is offering Astronomy For Kids on Oct. 17, 1 – 2:30 pm. Participants will learn about the sun, moon, planets and comets by participating in simple hands-on activities and by watching demonstrations. There may even be a […]
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Silent Sports Column: Choosing the Best Race
Last weekend I spent 12 hours back in my home city of Chicago to watch my sister run the Chicago Marathon. The course is one of several ultra-urban races that begins and ends downtown. More than 40,000 people run every year, making it one of the largest athletic events in the world. Standing at mile […]
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Fall Fest, WIFEE and the HUZz BAND, The Great Pumpkin Trail & More Weekend Plans
Fall Fest, the granddaddy of all Door County festivals, hits the streets in Sister Bay this weekend bringing with it a vast offering of live music, great food, drinks, children’s games and fun. But if the thought of large crowds sends you into a tizzy, don’t fret – there are plenty of other things to […]
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Silent Sports Column: Bilateral Breathing
I might be the last person qualified to give advice on swimming technique. In the winter of my freshman year in college I could hardly swim one length of the pool without hanging on the wall and gasping for breath. I taught myself how to swim and while I won’t denounce the drive and determination […]
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Eagle Bluff Lighthouse Closes for Season Oct. 23
The Door County Historical Society’s interpretive site, Eagle Bluff Lighthouse Museum will close for the 2015 season at the end of day Friday, Oct. 23. “It was a wonderful summer and fall,” said Patti Podgers, museum curator. “Our guests were delightful and we enjoyed everyone who participated in a tour or stopped by with a […]
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Pumpkin Patch Festival 2015 Schedule
Pumpkin Patch returns to Egg Harbor this weekend, Oct. 10-11. Events include live music, carnival rides, arts and crafts vendors, face painting, pumpkin and scarecrow displays, roaming magician, kids games and activities, silent auction, food and fun! For more information, visit eggharbordoorcounty.org. Saturday, October 10 10am-2pm: Modern Day Drifters at Harbor View Park 10am-4pm: Carnival […]
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Apple Fests and Cider Press This Weekend
Pumpkins’ time is coming with Halloween and Thanksgiving, but apples will be the star this weekend with the Fall Fun Fest and Cider Pressing Party at the Washington Island Farm Museum and Apple Festival at Seaquist Orchards Farm Market. Activities at the Farm Museum will run from 10 am to 4 pm on Oct. 10 […]
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DPAS Hosts Viewing Night on Oct. 10
On Oct. 10 at 7 pm, the Door Peninsula Astronomical Society (DPAS) will host another viewing night at the Astronomy Campus at Crossroads at Big Creek. DPAS gathers on the Saturday evening closest to the new moon, when the sky is at its darkest because then, the stars, planets and deep sky objects are at […]
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Enjoy the Fall Colors at The Ridges
Learn about the inner workings of trees and how their fall preparations help them survive the dark, dry days of the winter season at “Fall Colors of The Ridges” on Oct. 10 at 10 am. An interactive classroom session is followed by a hike on the trails. Program fees are $10 for Ridges members, $13 […]
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Kurtz Corral: A Door County Treat Since 1960
Lloyd Kurtz, grandfather of Jimmy Kurtz, the current owner of Kurtz Corral, was a horse trader who made his first trade at age 14 with a band of traveling gypsies. He loved horses and never thought a few were enough. The roots of Kurtz Corral go back 55 years to a small pony ring in […]
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Roy Lukes: Get to Know the American Toad
It happened this past Sept. 27 when Charlotte, our friends Beth and Don Bartoli from Kenosha, and I were hiking on Rock Island in Northern Door that our eagle-eyed friend, Don, found a large Garter Snake which had caught an American Toad. We marveled at the find, took some pictures of the hind legs of […]
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Visit Eagle Bluff Lighthouse After Dark
As night descends over the Door Peninsula, the lamp is lit at Eagle Bluff Lighthouse. And as its beam brightens the night sky, the voices of past keepers whisper in the dark, their stories echoing in the dark. For the next two weekends, the Door County Historical Society invites guests to step back in time […]
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Water Street Hot Shots, Pumpkin Fest, Iron Pour and More Weekend Plans
Visit Door County in all its autumn glory and enjoy what local business and organizations have to offer, from evening tours of a historic lighthouse to a red hot iron pour and of course, Egg Harbor’s annual Pumpkin Patch. Friday, October 9 Evening Tours of Eagle Bluff Lighthouse For two weekends in October, the Eagle […]
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I like to think there was rejoicing among the wild animals recently after the strong winds. My guess is that many tons of acorns were shaken to the ground in our county, there to be eaten by at least two dozen or more species of wild animal among the nearly 100 known to consume acorns […]
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Silent Sports Column: When to Sign Up for Next Year
The last event of the season is often the most grand. It is the culmination of a year of training and you can lay it all on the line without worrying about the next event. All you have to look forward to is unstructured time off. But that moment immediately after your last race […]
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DCMM Introduces New Campaign, “Reaching New Heights in Our Maritime Heritage”
The Door County Maritime Museum has launched its largest fundraising campaign since the construction of its waterfront museum in Sturgeon Bay nearly 20 years ago. Calling it a “major step forward,” the museum is expanding its Sturgeon Bay facility with a one-of-a-kind 11-story tower that will serve both as an observation platform for the community’s […]
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OutDOORs with Coggin Heeringa: A Case for Not Mowing
Trees are showing tantalizing hints of yellow and red. The fall color season is upon us. Motor coach tourists, bicycles riders, festival goers, weekenders, and the lucky people who live on the Door Peninsula have taken to the highways and byways to celebrate the beauty of October. Alas, they are missing one of the most […]
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Hike the New Trails at Ida Bay Preserve
Now that new trails are cut at Crossroads at Big Creek’s Ida Bay Preserve, hikers can visit the mixed hardwood forest at the northeast corner of the Ida Bay property. The hike is scheduled for Oct. 3 at 10 am. Hikers should meet at the parking lot on Canal Road at the Buffalo Ridge Trail […]
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Hikes, Yoga and Fall Fun Days at The Ridges
The Ridges offers a variety of programs designed to take advantage of the lovely sights and sounds of autumn