A peninsula of cherry orchards, ending in undercut cliffs
Door County, Wisconsin · 3 nights · June–October · up to 10
Door County is a peninsula with a bay on one side and open Lake Michigan on the other, and the two shores can have different weather on the same afternoon. The bay side is the villages, the harbours and the sunsets; the lake side is where the waves have undercut the dolomite into caves. Cave Point is eighteen acres and no more, so it is a stop rather than a day. Cherry season is July and the roadside stands are the reason to drive slowly.
The ending
Wave-cut limestone ledges standing straight out of Lake Michigan, hollow underneath, with the swell going into the caves and coming back out of them a beat later.
That is Cave Point County Park. See how private it is and when it’s open.
Do
- Cave Point kayak + cliffs
- Peninsula State Park bike loop
- Hands On Art Studio pottery class
- Lakeside Spa at the Edgewater Resort
Eat
- Wickman House
- Al Johnson's Swedish
Stay
- Eagle Harbor Inn
- Bayfront 6BR cottage
Is Cave Point safe to stand on?
The ledges are slippery wet and lethal in ice, and the county says so plainly. Stay back from the lip and do not plan this one for a rough day.
Can we have it to ourselves?
No, and the county is straight about that — reserving a park there does not close it to anyone else. Early on a weekday is the honest answer, and it is a small place.
The planner doesn’t build Door County, Wisconsin yet — we can name the places here but not yet enough of them around it to fill 3 nights without repeating. Read this one, then build your own somewhere we can.