Door County

Visiting Door County for a bachelor/bachelorette party, with friends, or just looking for a break from your family reunion? Keep reading to discover the best route for bar hopping to the tip of the peninsula! Pick your favorite spots, or if you’re feeling bold, have your designated driver drop you off for a drink at each place! Sturgeon Bay Waterfront Mary’s To begin your bar hopping journey, kick off in Sturgeon Bay at Waterfront Mary’s and get a summery drink such as a rum runner, or a Bloody Mary with WI’s favorite garnishes (sausage and cheese) to fill your stomach for the long journey ahead! Gaze across the canal to admire the shipyard or get your eyes set on one of your future stops, Stone Harbor! Kitty O’Reilly’s Irish Pub Kitty O’Reilly’s is a local favorite, and if you didn’t…

Every best friend knows hosting a bachelor or bachelorette party is no small feat! The booking, planning, and coordinating can seem like an impossible task and, at times, overwhelming for that perfection-seeking maid of honor. Luckily, Door County provides the perfect venue with a variety of activities to satisfy even the choosiest of brides-to-be! 1….

Why people pick Baileys Harbor Baileys Harbor is the lake-side town on Door County’s quieter coast. It sits on Lake Michigan, not Green Bay, which means sunrises over open water, calmer downtown sidewalks, and fewer trolleys than Fish Creek or Ephraim. People who come back year after year mostly come back here. It also happens…

Why people pick Ephraim Ephraim is the white-buildings town. The Moravian community founded the village in 1853, and the white-painted look has been the local tradition ever since. It is a characteristic, not a legal ordinance, but the result is the same: a waterfront that photographs like a postcard. Add Eagle Harbor in front of…

We love this State Park and we know you will too! Newport state park is a wilderness park, it’s a stargazer’s dream and a kayakers dream too!  What more could you want from one of the 5 gems of Door County’s State Parks.  Close to Ellison Bay, Newport State Park in Door County is Wisconsin’s…

We love this County park and so will you! Cave Point County Park is one of the top destinations located in between Sturgeon Bay and Jacksonport, Door County!  It is a picturesque spot that has an abundance of family activities to do in and around it with a guide or without, during winter, spring, fall…

Why people pick Fish Creek Fish Creek is the bay-side town most first-time Door County visitors end up in, and there is a reason. It is the most walkable downtown on the peninsula. You can park once and spend three days hitting galleries, restaurants, theaters, and the south entrance of Peninsula State Park without ever…

November through March in Door County is a different vacation. Most restaurants close, most shops close, the trolleys stop running. The peninsula gets quiet in a way that summer never lets it be. The places that stay open are the best version of themselves. What’s actually open in winter Door County Brewing Co. in Baileys…

Most summer jobs in Door County are restaurant work, retail, or housekeeping. Those are real jobs and they pay the bills. But if you ask a guide what the best summer job on the peninsula is, the answer’s not in the restaurant. Guiding kayak tours. I’ve worked this peninsula since 2013. Other guides on our…

I can always tell when I am the first person of the day at one the most beautiful Door County parks called Cave Point County Park, based on the amount of spider webs I have to walk through in order to get to Jamaica Bay. After setting up my hammock at the usual location, the waiting game…