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The Best Attractions In Gills Rock

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The Island Clipper - Day Tours

The Shoreline Charters

Charlie's Smokehouse

Palms Book State Park

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive

Peninsula State Park

Kitch-Iti-Kipi (The Big Spring)

Cana Island Lighthouse

Gills Rock is an unincorporated community located on Highway 42 at the northern tip of the Door Peninsula in Door County, Wisconsin, United States. It is within the town of Liberty Grove and was formerly known as Hedgehog Harbor.
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The Best Attractions In Gills Rock

1. The Shoreline Charters Gills Rock
Niagara Falls is the collective name for three waterfalls that straddle the international border between the Canadian province of Ontario and the American state of New York. They form the southern end of the Niagara Gorge. From largest to smallest, the three waterfalls are the Horseshoe Falls, the American Falls and the Bridal Veil Falls. The Horseshoe Falls lies on the border of the United States and Canada with the American Falls entirely on the United States' side, separated by Goat Island. The smaller Bridal Veil Falls are also on the United States' side, separated from the American Falls by Luna Island. Located on the Niagara River, which drains Lake Erie into Lake Ontario, the combined falls form the highest flow rate of any waterfall in North America that has a vertical drop of more...
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2. Charlie's Smokehouse Gills Rock
3. Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Empire
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore is a United States National Lakeshore located along the northwest coast of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan in Leelanau and Benzie counties near Empire, Michigan. The park covers a 35-mile-long stretch of Lake Michigan's eastern coastline, as well as North and South Manitou islands. This Northern Michigan park was established primarily because of its outstanding natural features, including forests, beaches, dune formations, and ancient glacial phenomena. The lakeshore also contains many cultural features including the 1871 South Manitou Island Lighthouse, three former stations of the Coast Guard and an extensive rural historic farm district. In 2011, the area won the title of The Most Beautiful Place in America from Good Morning America. In 2014, a sec...
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4. Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive Empire
The Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive is a scenic route within Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, in western Northern Michigan in the United States. The roadway, with its scenic vistas and gentle curves, is located off state highway M-109 between Empire and Glen Arbor. It runs for 7.4 miles through forest and dunes areas, providing access to scenic overlooks of the Lake Michigan shoreline and the surrounding park land. Interpretive markers along the roadway are keyed to the National Park Service's printed guide to the drive. Over 80,000 vehicles make the trip, in addition to bicyclists, hikers and skiers who use the road each year. The road was built in the 1960s and finished in 1967 by Pierce Stocking. A lumberman with road-building experience, he wanted to share the beauty of the area wi...
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5. Peninsula State Park Fish Creek
Peninsula State Park is a 3,776-acre Wisconsin state park with eight miles of Green Bay shoreline in Door County. Peninsula is the third largest state park in Wisconsin, and is visited by an estimated one million visitors annually.
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6. Cana Island Lighthouse Baileys Harbor
The Cana Island lighthouse is a lighthouse located just north of Baileys Harbor in Door County, Wisconsin, United States. Currently used as an active navigational aid under the jurisdiction of the United States Coast Guard and a museum, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976, as reference #76000201. This lighthouse, along with the Baileys Harbor Range Lights, was built to replace the Baileys Harbor Lighthouse in 1869, and was first lit in 1870. The lighthouse and keeper's quarters are open to tour by the Door County Maritime Museum.
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7. Kitch-Iti-Kipi (The Big Spring) Manistique
8. Palms Book State Park Manistique
Palms Book State Park is a publicly owned nature preserve encompassing 388 acres in Thompson Township, Schoolcraft County, in the eastern Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The state park is noted for Kitch-iti-kipi, the Big Spring of the Upper Peninsula.
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Explore Fish Creek, WI

See all that we have to do in Fish Creek!

Real Fun: Our Washington Island Story

In Wisconsin, we have islands too! Washington Island in Door County is just one of the offerings to have your own hidden island getaway.

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There may not be palm trees, but anything from smooth stone beaches to lavender fields to a bitters club, can be found on Washington Island. Even getting there is an exciting adventure in itself! Cruise through the small towns and winding roads of the Door County peninsula and take the car ferry that leaves from Gills Rock at the very tip.

Beach Day in Wisconsin

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Yes Wisconsin has beaches, the whole east coast of it is on lake Michigan so... I don't remember the name of the beach, but we go to it every year we go up there.

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Welcome Home – Jacksonport - Door County, Wisconsin

Jacksonport is a unique community still being discovered by many. The small community located in the center of Door County, Wisconsin is the perfect place to relax, restore and explore the waters of Lake Michigan. Located near many favorite hiking areas, it's an ideal launching place for your Door County adventure. Check out Cave Point, hike Whitefish Dunes State Park Have you discovered Jacksonsport yet?

Door County, Wisconsin, Aerial Drone Video

Aerial drone video captured by FAA-licensed sUAS (drone) pilots Liam Kivirist and John D. Ivanko, with FLYING COLORS Drone Cinematography + Photography during a trip to Door County, Wisconsin, in 2017.

Video Edited by Liam Kivirist

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Mockingbird (Instrumental)
by David Mumford
from Bonfire Music

Special thanks to Door County Visitor Bureau, Jon Jarosh, Door County Creamery, Seaquist Orchards Farm Market, Al Johnson's Swedish Restaurant and Butik, Rowley's Bay Restaurant and Geiger & Associates Public Relations.

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Washington Island – A Magical Place

Washington Island – A Magical Place
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Where in Wisconsin can you relax on picturesque beaches, tour architectural treasures and enjoy the intoxicating aroma of lavender fields? Washington Island, just 6 miles off the Door County Peninsula, has all that and more. Feast on fish caught just a few hours before you sat down to dine. Go kayaking in clear water and pause to see the schooner Grapeshot, an 1800’s shipwreck in just 8 feet of water. The island has more than 100 miles of paved roads so bring your car on the ferry and make some great memories!

Wisconsin 42 to Washington Island Ferry

Tourist drives the last mile of Wisconsin Highway 42 north to the Washington Island Ferry Line port in the town of Ellison Bay in Door County, Wisconsin 54210

Timber House, Door County Wisconsin

The Timberhouse. Stunning timber frame log home that is everything you want and expect in your Door County home. 10 pretty wooded acres located at the doorstep to all the northern Door County activity and convenient to Sturgeon Bay. The home is perfectly maintained inside and out, covered porches, tree-top balconies, impressive floor-to-ceiling stone dual-sided fireplace, big windows, cathedral ceiling, hardwood & tiled floors, hickory cabinetry. In-floor radiant heat (although the fireplace heats the house all winter long), Mitsubishi air conditioning, many upgraded and energy efficient features. Request the list of upgrades and features a you will know why this home is a must see.

Fish in Oregon Creek

I found a fish, which I believe is some kind of trout, in a creek at a rest stop on Highway 26 between Portland and the Oregon Coast.

Dancing Lights - Aurora Borealis in Door County, Wisconsin 4K Time Lapse

Aurora Borealis - Green lights dancing in the sky for the whole world to see. Night from 9/7 to 9/8, 2017.
I took a day off and drove 4.5 hours north from Chicago to possibly capture Northern Lights. It was a very lucky day since Gills Rock in Door County, Wisconsin is at 45.2902° N latitude. It is as low as Northern Italy - geographically. This unique opportunity to see Aurora was driving me for years and finally paid off with amazing display. One of the most beautiful natural spectacles in this world to witness and photograph.
Equipment used: Canon 5D MK III, Canon 70D, GoPro Hero 4, two Manfrotto tripods. Canon lenses - EF 16-35 f/2.8 and EF 10-22 f/3.5, Rokinon 14 mm f/2.8. Pictures processed in LR Time Lapse, Lightroom 5, and edited in Sony Movie Studio 13.
Music by gballx - Aerial Moments 3. Licensed from EnvatoMarket.
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