Pictorial of The 30th State

Door County, Wisconsin





Halfway there!
Door County, WI

The last mile of roadway before the Washington Island Ferry...




I counted ten curves in eyesight...






and some nice humps and dips...





The locals tell me...





this is the curviest straight road on the Door County Peninsula...







or is it the straightest curvy road on the Door County Peninsula...










Rustic Road Map

Rustic Road #7

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Wisconsin's Rustic Roads: A Road Less Traveled

In general, west and southwest Wisconsin are very nice. Eastern Wisconsin is more rural and urban. Northern Wisconsin is a bunch of woods.

Losing churches and farmland suck, as does urban sprawl

Von Stiehl Winery,
Algoma, Wisconsin

Door County, WI

Door County

Al Johnson's Swedish Restaurant









Al JohnsonÔÇÖs is an authentic Swedish family owned restaurant where you can find goats grazing the sod roof. It's quite a sight, and it's made this place one of the most famous restaurants in Door County. Inside the casual, carpeted dining room, young ladies in Scandinavian garb dish out limpa bread and Swedish meatballs.

The menu consists of a variety of Swedish fare, from pancakes with lingonberries to Swedish meatballs, whitefish, sandwiches, salads, and a variety of hot and cold plates.

Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal

Shipping canal connecting Sturgeon Bay on the Bay of Green Bay with Lake Michigan, across the Door Peninsula at the city of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. The canal consists of two parts: a dredged portion of Sturgeon Bay, and an approximately 1.3 mile long canal dug between 1872 and 1881, is approximately 7 miles in length. Although smaller craft began using the canal in 1880, it was not open for large-scale watercraft until 1890. In 1893, this group sold all interest in the canal to the United States government. Since that time, the canal has been maintained by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.


The canal was 7,400 feet long (2.3 km), 100 feet wide (32.2 m), and 6 feet deep (1.9 m). At this date, the modern canal is 25 to 30 feet deep (8 m). A jetty extends into Lake Michigan 1,350 feet (410 m) and 800 feet wide (242 m) at the mouth. The canal is a short cut into Green Bay and the city of Green Bay at the south end of the bay. Boats from Milwaukee and Chicago can save a good deal of time if they use this short cut instead of going around the north end of the peninsula. Sturgeon Bay is a natural bay off the east side of Green Bay, so only a short cut was needed to make this portage navigable into Lake Michigan.

Above: Sturgeon Bay Shipping Canal
Below: View of the mouth of the Sturgeon Bay Shipping Canal from the Coast Guard Pier.
Bottom: Sturgeon Bay Lighthouse viewed from Coast Guard Pier






Historical Information

In the mid 1800's, Sturgeon Bay cut like a knife from Green Bay into Door County, almost completely bisecting the peninsula and joining with Lake Michigan. Indians and Voyageurs alike had long portaged their canoes between the two waterways, thereby avoiding the treacherous Porte Des Morts passage at the northernmost end of the peninsula.

Click for Rustic Road #38 and 39

Rustic Road Map

Cana Island Lighthouse, has a gravel jetty for a easy walk to view the lighthouse up close.









Good Bye.
Door County

Western Wisconsin



10 MPH
narrow road with 6 water crossings

Rustic Road # 51






Wisconsin Bike Wash



























This western Wisconsin Rustic Road was 4 miles of gravel with 6 water crossings.

The view from a Hwy 35 Great River Road bridge

Onalaska
2 miles N of La Crosse, WI

Trempealeau
30 miles N of La Crosse, WI

Rock in the House
Not
House on the Rock

30 miles north of La Crosse