The Fun Isn’t Over Yet!

The end of summer in Door County is fast approaching as we return to school and the weather gets colder. However, the end of summer doesn’t mean there isn’t still time for adventure! Although our rentals will eventually subside, kayak tours, zip line tours, and...

Kayaking Changed My DC Experience

Kayaking changed my Door County experience.  Having been born and raised here in Door County, I thought I had seen it all. I had been to all the state parks, climbed all the bluffs, I had even been out on a boat before. But everything changed when I kayaked Door...

Trying Stand Up Paddle Boarding!

This blog post is devoted to why you should try Stand Up Paddle Boarding- if you haven’t already! I have worked down at the rental stand at our Egg Harbor Beach location throughout most of the summer, and I have seen a lot of people interested in paddle boarding. Most...

Life of a Kayak Guide

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be a kayak guide? Well wonder no more, because we have the inside scoop on a day in the life of a guide. I sat down with one of our guides, Evan Freimuth, and he told me all about how his days usually go. “Every day is pretty...

Visit Egg Harbor Beach

It’s the heat of summer in Door County, WI which means it is the perfect time to visit the beach! Door County Adventure Center has five locations, one of which is at Beach View Park in Egg Harbor, WI. In addition to DCAC’s kayak and paddleboard rentals, Beach View...

The Story Behind The Name

Door County Adventure Center is such a diverse operation that it is hard to sum up everything we offer in one name. We have five sites in Door County that offer a wide variety of activities including team building, leadership development, zip lining, a high & low...

Why Adventure with DCAC

Summer the six letter word that is in almost everybody’s vocabulary. It is approximately hundred days of freedom from school and hundred days of unplanned activities. As we grow older we look back on past summer memories and remember the laughs that were shared. We...

Kayaking Whitefish Dunes

I have kayaked at the Cave & Dunes Kayak Tour at Whitefish Dunes State Park with Door County Adventure Center on two separate occasions.  The excursions could not have been any more different from one another. The first was windy, foggy, and chilly; the second was...

Devoting Our Time to the Outdoors

I stumbled upon an article recently entitled, “What Hiking Does To The Brain is Pretty Amazing” by Michael W. Pirrone. A study was conducted and published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science about how spending time outdoors and diving into nature can...

My First Zip Line Tour

Ten percent of the US population has a fear of heights.  I am among the 10%. For me, it’s only common sense; I am high up in the air, I might fall and I don’t like it. Because of this fear, I avoided zip lining or other high height activities like the plague. If there...