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Door County 2017

Egg Harbor, Peninsula State Park & Washington Island — August 2017

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A Door County Weekend

Wisconsin's Door Peninsula in late summer — the oversized Adirondack chairs of Egg Harbor, cedar trails and bluff-top overlooks in Peninsula State Park, the Lake Michigan shore, and the ferry across to Washington Island. Tap any photo to enlarge it, or open the map.

A late-summer weekend on Wisconsin's Door Peninsula, the state's quiet thumb of orchards and shoreline. In Egg Harbor we found the oversized Adirondack chairs looking out over the bay, then spent the day on the cedar trails and bluff-top overlooks of Peninsula State Park.

A ferry carried us across to Washington Island, out where Lake Michigan opens up wide and cool. Two days, no rush — the kind of Midwest weekend that's better for being short.

This trip ran 2 days, August 25–26, 2017. Along the way we spent time at Peninsula & Washington Island and Egg Harbor. The gallery below tells it day by day, in 14 photographs.

Day 1

Fri 25 Aug

Egg Harbor

Egg Harbor
Egg HarborThe giant Adirondack chairs of Egg Harbor
Egg Harbor
Egg HarborEgg Harbor, Door County
Egg Harbor
Egg HarborA Door County landmark
Egg Harbor
Egg HarborEvening campfire
Egg Harbor
Egg HarborThe giant Adirondack chairs of Egg Harbor
Egg Harbor
Egg HarborEgg Harbor, Door County

Day 2

Sat 26 Aug

Peninsula & Washington Island

Peninsula & Washington Island
Peninsula & Washington IslandA trail in Peninsula State Park
Peninsula & Washington Island
Peninsula & Washington IslandCedar forest by Lake Michigan
Peninsula & Washington Island
Peninsula & Washington IslandThe long stairway down the bluff
Peninsula & Washington Island
Peninsula & Washington IslandA dune path to the shore
Peninsula & Washington Island
Peninsula & Washington IslandOverlook over the Door Peninsula
Peninsula & Washington Island
Peninsula & Washington IslandWelcome to Washington Island
Peninsula & Washington Island
Peninsula & Washington IslandLake Michigan from the bluff
Peninsula & Washington Island
Peninsula & Washington IslandA trail in Peninsula State Park

Where we wandered