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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Tony Shalhoub to Serve as Olde Ellison Bay Days Parade Marshal
A Door County tradition continues later this month as Ellison Bay’s 47th annual Olde Ellison Bay Days returns with a touch of Hollywood class. The 2013 festival theme is “Feed the Fish,” in honor of the film well-known to Door County residents featuring Tony Shalhoub, star of the popular Monk TV series and winner of many theatrical awards.
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Beach Yoga Classes to Begin in Egg Harbor
Join Kathy Navis each week in Egg Harbor for Beach Yoga on Monday mornings starting June 17. Level II classes begin at 8 am and Level I (beginner) classes start at 10 am.
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Forestville Flag Day Parade Scheduled for June 15
The second annual Forestville Flag Day Parade is scheduled for June 15 at 11 am. This year’s parade will feature a flyover by a World War II plane. This year’s event honors the 60th anniversary of the Korean War veterans.
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Ephraim Yacht Club Offers Adult Sailing Lessons
The Ephraim Yacht Club (EYC) offers beginner sailing lessons for adults in several formats. One class meets once a week for three hours on Thursday evenings.
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Summer Family Programs are Underway at Crossroads
Crossroads at Big Creek with celebrate Flag Day, June 14, with a hike to Big Creek in search of Blue Flag, a wild purple iris. At 11 am, hikers should meet at the Collins Learning Center to begin the search for the “flags.
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Door County Sail and Power Squadron Announce First Seminar
The Door County Sail and Power Squadron invites the community to the first of six summer seminars – Marine Radio on June 15. The VHF radio is the mainstay of coastal communication and is essential for marine emergency communications.
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Welcoming Summer: Ephraim Hosts Annual Fyr Bal Festival
Ephraim explodes with summer excitement as Fyr Bal Festival (pronounced fear ball) re-creates traditions of early Norwegians celebrating Midsummer’s Eve.
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Baileys Harbor Hosts 2nd Annual Beer Festival
More than 1,200 people are expected to take to the grounds at the Baileys Harbor Town Hall Park June 15 for an afternoon like no other in Door County.
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Peninsula State Park naturalist Courtney Blumberg and Nature Center volunteer Caitlin pose with Smokey Bear (a.k.a. Scotty Weborg, recipient of a National Smokey Bear Award).
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Beer Fest Returns to Baileys Harbor June 15
After drawing 1,100 people to the grounds of the Baileys Harbor Town Hall in 2012, Beer Fest returns June 15, offering tastings of more than 140 of the world’s best craft beers, locally sourced food and incredible live music.
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Bay Shore Outfitters Offers SUP Fitness Classes
Bay Shore Outfitters will offer standup paddleboard (SUP) fitness classes and group paddles every weekend this summer. SUP fitness classes will be held the following days from 8 – 9:30 am: June 15, 16, 22 & 23; July 6, 7, 13, 14, 20, 21, 27 & 28; Aug.
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Door County Lighthouse Festival Weekend Celebrated throughout County
The 20th Annual Door County Lighthouse Festival is scheduled for June 7 – 9 throughout the peninsula. The weekend is filled with special land-based tours, boat excursions and a Keeper’s Kin event featuring a performance by American Folklore Theatre.
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Kayakers Attempt Death’s Door Crossing at Washington Island Canoe and Kayak Event
Sea kayakers will make history on June 16, when Washington Island Canoe and Kayak Event, gathers a flotilla of local and international paddlers to kayak Death’s Door.
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Ephraim Yacht Club Sailing Lesson Scholarships Available
The Ephraim Yacht Club (EYC) still has a few sailing lesson scholarships available for 2013.The EYC offers scholarships to junior sailing students who are year-round residents of Door County.
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Newport Wilderness Society Awarded Grant
Newport Wilderness Society is a recipient of a Friends of Wisconsin State Parks 2013 Affinity Naturalist Grant Award. The 2013 Affinity Card Naturalist Grant is a matching grant.
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Tickle and tantalize your taste buds at Sip & Savor, Sister Bay’s newest event on the waterfront, June 8! Try your hands at kayaking or stand up paddleboarding at Paddlefest from 11 am – 4 pm, sponsored by Bay Shore Outfitters.
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Filmmaker Chris Opper Introduces North Ephraim Movie Theater
Chris Opper didn’t know what to do after high school. “I took a few years off before I went to college and then took a TV course – I thought it would be a slack off class, an easy A, but I got really into it.”
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A Celebration of Side Pork Benefits Nonprofits
Two law enforcement officers were sitting around a campfire one night several years back, trying to come up with ideas to raise money for nonprofits they both serve on, when they hit on what has turned out to be a winning idea – a festival of side pork.
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Eagle Bluff Lighthouse Celebrates 50 Years of Tours
In 1868 the Eagle Bluff Lighthouse cast its beam over the Green Bay for the first time. Guiding vessels through the waters’ treacherous shoals, the lighthouse and its keepers provided safe passage for the next 58 years.
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Door County Sail & Power Squadron to Provide Free Vessel Safety Checks
The Door County Sail & Power Squadron is providing free vessel safety checks (VSC) to ensure boaters their vessels are in good working order. The squadron’s vessel safety examiners are trained and United States Coast Guard certified.