Lighthouse Festival

media release: The Door County Maritime Museum staff and supporters are beaming with excitement to once again host the Door County Ligthhouse Festivals! The 2022 events mark the 29th annual Spring Lighthouse Fesitval, June 10-12, and Fall weekend, September 30-October 2.

Each festival offers: airplane, land-based, boat, adventure, and self-guided tours that together reach all eleven historic lighthouses of Door County and three to the south! This weekend-long event allows visitors access to lighthouses that are not typically open to the public, including Chambers Island, Kewaunee Pierhead, Plum Island, and Sherwood Point (Fall 2022 only) Lighthouses.

This event annually hosts more than 5,000 people who appreciate these beacons of the past and travel from around the globe to take part in these tours. Visitors engage with knowledgable docents and volunteers, to learn stories of past lightkeepers, their duties and their families.

All proceeds from tour ticket sales support the Door County Maritime Museum & Lighthouse Preservation Society.

What will we see on a tour?

There are tours for all levels of activity and accessibility to collectively reach 11 lighthouses located in Door County, and three to the south. Some tours involve hiking, while others ride in the comfort of the trolley or small airplane. Boat tours depart from a variety of locations around the peninsula, including Sister Bay, Gills Rock, Fish Creek and Baileys Harbor.

To reach the 3 lighthouses to the south of Door County, an airplane tour, or self-guided driving tour is suggested.

The detailed 2022 Door County Lighthouse Festival Tour Schedule can be viewed below, or online: www.dcmm.org.

Spring Lighthouse Festival – Participating Locations and Hours

* Note: If you are visiting participating locations on your own (not on a tour), there are admission fees at Door County and Death’s Door Maritime Museums, Baileys Harbor Range Lights (pay at The Ridges Sanctuary Nature Center), Cana Island and Eagle Bluff Lighthouses. Donations are encouraged and appreciated at Grassy Islands Range Lights, Algoma and Kewaunee Pierhead Lighthouses.

• * Door County Maritime Museum, Sturgeon Bay: 10am-5pm, all weekend 
• * Death’s Door Maritime Museum, Gills Rock: 10am-5pm, all weekend 
• * Cana Island Lighthouse, Baileys Harbor: 10am-5pm, all weekend 
• USCG Canal Station, Sturgeon Bay: 10am-4pm, Saturday/Sunday 
• * Eagle Bluff Lighthouse, Peninsula State Park: 10am-4pm, all weekend 
• * Baileys Harbor Range Lights, Baileys Harbor: 11am-2pm, all weekend 
• Algoma Pierhead Lighthouse, stop at the Algoma Visitor Center: 10am-4pm, Saturday/Sunday 
• Kewaunee Pierhead Lighthouse & Tug Ludington, stop at the History Center, 217 Ellis St., Kewaunee: 12-5pm, Friday/Saturday
• Grassy Island Range Lights, Green Bay: 9am-5pm, Saturday/Sunday