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Milwaukee to Door County Bike Route

The route from Milwaukee to Door County follows mostly country roads with some sections of bike trails. Click on the maps for larger versions.
Milwaukee to Port Washington

Between Milwaukee and Port Washington, there are two possible routes, as well as a variation that follows Lake Drive in Milwaukee County and then joins the first:

Lake shore route

From the Milwaukee Art Museum, start on the bike trail that runs on the west side of Lincoln Memorial Drive. This trail follows a former railroad right of way that has become part of Milwaukee County's Oak Leaf Trail system. (For a map of the Oak Leaf Trail, take this link.) When the Oak Leaf Trail turns left into Estabrook Park, continue north on the former right of way until the trail ends. Then proceed north on Santa Monica Boulevard through Whitefish Bay and Fox Point. Just after Santa Monica becomes Indian Creek Parkway and turns west, turn north on Regent Rd. Just before the railroad crossing, turn northwest on Santa Monica, then west on Fairy Chasm Rd, and north on Port Washington Rd.

In Ozaukee County, follow this sequence: west on Zedlar Rd, north on Lake Shore Drive, east on Mequon Rd, north on Lake Shore Drive, west on Highland, north on Lake Shore, east on Bonniwell, north on Lake Shore, east on Pioneer, east on Lake Shore, east on Lakefield, north on Lake Shore Rd, north on County C which becomes Division in Pt. Washington. Turn east on Chestnut and north on Washington, joining the Interurban Trail route.

     

Interurban Trail route.

This route starts the same as the second route above. At the television transmission tower, take the left junction into Estabrook Park and follow the Oak Leaf Trail (shown in red on the map to the left) north through this park and along the Milwaukee River.

When the the Oak Leaf trail turns right onto Green Tree Rd., turn west (left) to Green Bay Rd. Take Green Bay Rd. north to its intersection with Teutonia. Immediately after that intersection turn west onto Ruth (potentially dangerous intersection), north on Deerwood, west on River Lane, cross Brown Deer Rd. and take the sidewalk west to the Brown Deer bike trail.

Follow the paved Brown Deer bike trail north to the county line where it becomes the paved Ozaukee County Interurban Trail, which runs the length of Ozaukee County, with a few well-marked on-street sections. (For a map of the trail, see here or here.) This trail passes through Port Washington and into Sheboygan County, becoming the Sheboygan Interurban Trail.

 

Lake Drive in Milwaukee County

This route follows the lake shore at the cost of possible heavy traffic in the Milwaukee County portion. Start by taking the bike trail that runs north on the lake (east) side of the Milwaukee Art Museum. Follow this trail on the east side of Lincoln Memorial Drive until it climbs the bluff and stops just short of the intersection with Lake Drive. Follow Lake Drive (Highway 32) north through Shorewood, Whitefish Bay, Fox Point, and into Bayside. Turn left on Brown Deer Rd. (also route 32) and north on Port Washington Rd, joining the first route.
Port Washington to Sheboygan

From Downtown Port Washington, take the Ozaukee and Sheboygan Interurban Trail (shown in purple at left) north to Oostburg in Sheboygan County. From the north end of Oostberg, go east on county KK (Town Line Rd.) and follow KK through various twists and turns into the southern edge of Sheboygan (12th St.). At Weeden Creek Rd, go east to Lakeshore Dr. Take Lakeshore north (becomes 7th Street in Sheboygan) to Indiana. Go west on Indiana, north on 8th, northeast on Lake Front, and east on Pennsylvania to Sheboygan's lake front bike path.
   

Downtown Sheboygan

This map shows the route along the Sheboygan lake front. There is also a connector to the Old Plank Road Trail, which runs along highway 23 to Greenbush.

          
     
  Sheboygan to Manitowoc

From downtown Sheboygan, follow the lake side bike path north until it climbs the bluff and ends. Go north on 3rd St., west on North Ave., north on 6th, west on Eisner Ave., and north on highway LS (15th St.). Follow LS all the way to Manitowoc, where it becomes 10th St. Go east on Columbus, north on 8th, and, after crossing the river, east on Maritime Drive to Lake Michigan.		      
     
Manitowoc to Algoma

From the Manitowoc lake front, follow the Mariner's Trail to Two Rivers and the Rawley Point Trail to Point Beach State Forest (see below). 		     
 
       

Algoma to Sturgeon Bay

From downtown Algoma follow county S to the Ahnapee Trail. Take the right fork to Sturgeon Bay. In Sturgeon Bay, cross the old bridge into downtown.

 

    

Sturgeon Bay to Egg Harbor and Fish Creek

In Sturgeon Bay, turn northwest onto 3rd Street, which becomes county B. County B follows the strip of land between Green Bay and the bluff, until it intersects coutnty G. Continue north on County G to Egg Harbor.

In Egg Harbor, go left one block to the dock and White Cliff Road. Follow White Cliff Road north until it ends at Juddville Rd. Go east on Juddville, north on Highway 42 (wide shoulder), west on Peninsula Players Rd., and north along Green Bay to Fish Creek.

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