Parks & Hikes · Baileys Harbor · off Highway Q, north of Baileys Harbor
The walk across the causeway is half of it — a rocky spit of land with the lake on both sides of you, and then an island barely big enough for a lighthouse. Climb the tower if the kids are up for 97 steps; the view down the shore is the one you’ll remember.
while you're there
Lawrence University’s lakeside campus — seminars, lectures, and a chapel hand-painted by its original owners. A quietly remarkable place.
Shakespeare outdoors under the trees, done seriously and done well. Pick the comedy or the tragedy — or make it both and argue about which was better.
Amazing seafood in Baileys Harbor, morning through night — and the patio welcomes the dog, which makes it the rare date-night spot that doesn’t…
