Cana Island Lighthouse has a spiral staircase with 100 stairs to a room with a view.

OK, maybe skyscraper is a bit of an exaggeration. However, at 89 feet in height, the Cana Island Lighthouse is an impressive structure surrounded by amazing scenery. Cana island is an active lighthouse, automated since 1945 and still providing guidance for the vessels that pass by its waters. The structure is also open as a museum and a climb to the top will give you a look at the authentic Fresnel lens that tops the tower.

For details on visiting Cana Island Lighthouse click here. And before you head north to Door County to see the sights, call Glidden Lodge Beach Resort to reserve your suite on their beautiful Lake Michigan sand beach. Call 920-746-3900, 1-866-GLIDDEN or email frontdesk@gliddenlodge.com.

What’s better than a vacation in a spacious suite on a Lake Michigan beach in beautiful Door County? How about all that and an outstanding restaurant too! Donny’s Glidden Lodge restaurant is a favorite Door County haunt for many reasons. Let’s start with their prime rib, coldwater Austrailian lobster tails, German Specialties and excellent cocktails from their distinctive bar. And when you stay at the Glidden Lodge Beach Resort, there’s no need to drive to dinner, you’re only short walk back to your suite.

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When you make your reservation at the Glidden Lodge Beach Resort you have Door County’s largest Lake Michigan beachfront right out your window. Contact us today! Sen us an email: frontdesk@gliddenlodge or call: 920-746-3900 or 1-866-GLIDDEN

Saturday, April 21st
1:30 – 2:30 pm – Routes of the Voyageurs
Who were the Voyageurs and what did they do? Join in exploring the North American fur trade through sight and touch.  Discover its impact on the Great Lakes and Eastern Canada regions.  Travel from 1500 to 1850, with a voyageur.  Explore the sites of the North West Company Fur Trade along with seeing the tools of the trade.  Gather in the Nature Center’s auditorium for this program.  This program is geared for middle school children and older but younger siblings are welcome.

Saturday, April 28th
6:30 am – Bird Exploration
Join amateur birders Bill and Sarah Krouse for a morning of birding.  This adult focused program will allow participants to explore a variety of habitats for migrating birds.  Meet at the shelter building for this longer program.  Dress for the weather.

Saturday, May 7th
9:00 am – 4:00pm Spring Dune Day
Grab your rake, put on your gloves, and join the park staff and Friends of Whitefish Dunes for a day of sprucing up the park.  Bring your friends and family for a whole day, morning or afternoon of fun.  Split wood with the friends or work on the trails with park staff.  Get out and enjoy the outdoors and help the park.  Crews of all levels of ability, strengths and ages are needed.  Children under the ages of 16 must work with a parent.  Inside work may be available also.  There will be something for everyone.  Lunch provided for those who sign up.  Morning session begins at 9:00am.  Lunch is at noon and the afternoon session begins at 1:00pm. Make a difference in your park. Join today.  Call to sign up 920-823-2400

Saturday, May 28th
6:30 am – Bird Exploration
Join amateur birders Bill and Sarah Krouse for a morning of birding.  This adult focused program will allow participants to explore a variety of habitats for migrating birds.  Meet at the shelter building for this longer program.  Dress for the weather.

Whitefish Dunes State Park is located at 3275 Clark Lake Road (county WD), on the Lake Michigan shoreline south of Jacksonport. All programs are free to the public unless noted; a park vehicle sticker is required.  For more information please contact the park by phone 920-823-2400, email carolyn.rock@wisconsin.gov , or check the on-line events calendar at the DNR website.

When you make your reservation at the Glidden Lodge Beach Resort you have Door County’s largest Lake Michigan beachfront right out your window. Contact us today! Sen us an email: frontdesk@gliddenlodge or call: 920-746-3900 or 1-866-GLIDDEN

If you have been a guest at the Glidden Lodge Beach Resort, you know what a treasure our beach is. 700+ feet of gorgeous, sandy Lake Michigan shoreline for our guests to enjoy. Every season of the year. So we decided to create an e-book – the first in a series really – to celebrate our beach and share its’ seasonal beauty with everyone.

Introducing the first in our series: A Door County Beach in Winter. All of our photos were taken in a single day in February 2012 during this very unseasonably warm winter. We got help from our friend Carolyn Rock, the Natural Resource Educator at Whitefish Dunes State Park. Whitefish Dunes is a gem of a park, a mere 3.5 mile hike from Glidden Lodge. Carolyn has been instrumental in helping us care for our beach by keeping invasive plant life at bay and by helping us be guardians of our beach ecosystem. Her input on this project was greatly appreciated.

Our 12 page e-book, created in PDF format, has links to information about the Niagara Escarpement, beachfront plant and animal life and more. And since Cana Island Lighthouse and Cave Point County Park are in the neighborhood, they get a shout out too.

A Door County Beach in Winter is the first of four e-books starring our beach. Look for the spring edition in late May. And we invite you to personally experience our beach – contact us today for a great spring deal!

Sen us an email: frontdesk@gliddenlodge or call: 920-746-3900 or 1-866-GLIDDEN

Tony Gebauer of TR Pottery. Photos courtesy of ppulse.com and trpottery.com

From the Peninsula Pulse:

Potter Tony Gebauer will demonstrate techniques for creating large ceramic pots on the wheel on the first three Saturdays in March from 1 – 3 pm…

“These special demonstrations are an opportunity for us to share the technique and answer questions about the process,” said Gebauer. “Also, it gives us something else to focus on during the winter and provides an opportunity for folks to stop by to visit…

TR Pottery is a working studio and gallery located in downtown Fish Creek on Main Street next to The Cookery restaurant. The gallery will be open the first three Saturdays in March from 10 – 5 pm.

Add that to the list of reasons to visit Door County in the month of March. And while you’re at it include a weekend at the Glidden Lodge Beach Resort on that list of reasons too. A weekend at Glidden lodge includes a gorgeous view of a late winter sunrise over Lake Michigan with every suite and great off season rates. Contact us today! Email: frontdesk@gliddenlodge.com
Phone: 920-746-3900 • Toll Free: 1-866-GLIDDEN

The clear, crisp waters of Door County's Cave Point County Park in early February 2012.

We know you don’t normally associate a Door County beach vacation with the winter months, but we’re encouraging you to give it a try. Wake up to a breathtaking sunrise. Walk a beautiful sand beach with someone you love. Visit a nearby lighthouse or witness the drama of Lake Michigan pounding the bluff shoreline. It’s all very close to our waterfront gem – Glidden Lodge Beach Resort.

And if you visit now, you can take advantage of our fabulous winter rates. Contact us today! Email: frontdesk@gliddenlodge.com
Phone: 920-746-3900 • Toll Free: 1-866-GLIDDEN

Dramatic views of the Lake Michigan shoreline await you at Cave Point County Park in Door County. Photo taken in early February 2012.

What’s better than a Door County resort with 700 feet of beautiful sand beach on the shores of Lake Michigan? Two beautiful parks within a very short distance of “said resort.”

Glidden Lodge Beach Resort is within walking distance of the breathtaking beauty of Whitefish Dunes State Park and within a very short drive to the iconic scenery of Cave Point County Park.

Enjoy a winter vacation at the beach and the fine winter rates at Glidden Lodge. Our roomy 1, 2 or 3 bedroom suites start at 800 sq. ft. and include fireplaces, full kitchens and an indoor pool and whirlpool. Don’t wait for summer to visit! Contact us today. Phone: 920-746-3900 or toll Free: 1-866-GLIDDEN or email us!

Saturday, February 18
9:00 – 12:00am Quiet Side Bird Exploration
Join amateur birders Bill and Sarah Krouse for a morning of winter lakeshore birding. Begin at Whitefish Dunes to learn the basics of winter bird watching (with refreshments) then carpool to various hot birding spots (Cave Point, Jacksonport, Baileys Harbor…).  The group will travel northward before returning to the park.  Depending on current birding information, travels may take the group to different sites than listed.  Dress warmly, bring water and snack.  Trip may include a stop for lunch if birding provides to be extremely successful.  Don’t forget to bring funds; trip participants receive 15% all bird books at the park store.

And before you head to Door County make contact Glidden Lodge Beach Resort and reserve a 1, 2 or 3 bedroom suite on a beautiful Door County beach!

The hike from Glidden Lodge Beach Resort to Whitefish Dunes State Park (Feb. 4, 2012)

When you stay at the Glidden Lodge Beach Resort in Door County, you have access to 700 feet of Lake Michigan sand beach. However you also have an expanse of sand that you can hike all the way to Whitefish Dunes State Park.

The park has 4.5 miles of winter hiking trails that take you along the water and loops around and above the dunes themselves. Whitefish Dunes State Park is home to eight significant Native American villages, which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. All trails lead back to a Nature Center featuring displays on the ecology, geology and human history of the park. And while we wish we had more snow for our winter visitors, our close proximity (within walking distance) to this 863 acre gem on the Lake Michigan waterfront makes for an incredibly enjoyable hike on a winter’s day.

Ready for a winter hike on a Door County beach? Contact Glidden Lodge today!

While the dunes themselves are off limits to people, the paths along the beach and back up above the dunes offer spectacular scenery.

YES...this is a photo taken in February, 2012 on the shores of Lake Michigan at Glidden Lodge!

The mild weather this winter has meant Lake Michigan has not frozen over near the shoreline as in most winters previous. That has made for some really great hiking and photo opportunities at the Glidden Lodge Beach Resort in Door County. Check out the photo below from a February 4 hike along their beachfront.

Call 920-746-3900 or toll free 866-GLIDDEN today to schedule your own winter getaway to a Door County beach in winter.

People are not the only guests we have hiking on our Door County beach as these avian footprints reveal.