Door County Parks

Cave Point

We got married here on October 31, 2021! Our first visit was a litle over a year prior and we totally fell in love with the place. It continues to be our favorite park in Door County.

Cana Island Lighthouse

We climbed the stairs to the top of this one! Such a beautiful view ❤️

Ellison Bluff

This one actually has a fenced-in walkway that let us get a better view of the forest below! The heights kinda freaked me out, though.

Door Bluff Headlands

This place got W I L D lol. We descended the steep hill off the trail to get to the rocky beach below. Had to go super slow to avoid tumbling down.

George K. Pinney

This one used to be an old quarry. We could see Sherwood Point Lighthouse from here!

Robert LaSalle

We watched seagulls on the beach and found a small ravine at the end of a trail on the upper half of the park. We had to climb like 20 stairs to get up there, though.

Frank E. Murphy

This is where we learned from a plaque that George K. Pinney used to be the Door County Parks Director!

Robert M. Carmody

This park is basically a big boat launch! Lots of jet skis and pontoon boats were out on the water in Little Sturgeon Bay when we stopped by.

Tornado Memorial

We learned that this park has a tragic history! A fire tornado decimated a small town named Williamsonville in 1871, leaving few survivors. The park sits on the land that used to be Williamsonville.

Sugar Creek

This park has a beach that's not easy to spot from the parking lot. We found lots of shiny seashells and an amazing view of the peninsula coast!

Chaudoir's Dock

This county park has a local bar up the hill from the boat launch -- and yeah, this park is a boat launch. We shared some onion rings and ate burgers before taking this photo!

Forestville Dam

This was a nice fishing spot with a playground and trail access to Ahnapee State Trail. The view of the dam was pretty! Too bad the dam walkway is government property or we would've walked on it.

Ahnapee State Trail

We made sure to get a photo at the trail access point before leaving Forestville Dam County Park. It was a nice way to end the day!

Baileys Harbor Ridges

We technically went here when we saw the Range Lights a year ago, but we never went across the street to see the beach or the boardwalk leading to it, so we didn't get the full experience.

John Miles

This county park is where the Door County Fair is hosted every year. This year was our first visit! We saw lots of cute animals: pigs, cows, bunnies, roosters, and even the Clydesdales! Obviously we got some fair food, but I also got some tacos from the Osorio's food truck. Sam got some "hot butter sweet corn" (the vendor was announcing it like this lol).

Lily Bay

This one had the wrong address on the website, so we had to guess our way to the boat launch 😂 We did find it, though, and there's a whole public beach over there! 🏖️

Plum Bottom

This was where we found our first geocache together! We'd been meaning to try geocaching for years but kept forgetting to go do it. We swapped a fun Wisconsin sticker for a cool owl craft (we named it Owlberta 🦉).

Meridian

This one was tricky to find because it's adjacent to Lyle-Harter-Matter Sanctuary County Park. It's the part with the visitor sign and the picnic tables.

Lyle-Harter-Matter Sanctuary

This is the trail leading away from Meridian County Park, but we only found that out after exploring a bit on said trail. The woods here have such beautiful rock formations and it doesn't take more than a few minutes of walking before you stop hearing car traffic ❤️

Percy Johnson Memorial