Moonlight Bay

Moonlight Bay is a bay in Door County, Northeast Wisconsin, Wisconsin. Moonlight Bay is situated nearby to the village Baileys Harbor.

Type: Bay
Also known as: “Mud Bay”
Address: WI

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cana Island and Cana Island Light.

Cana Island

Island

Photo: Dave, CC BY 2.0.

Cana Island is an island in Lake Michigan in the town of Baileys Harbor in Door County, Wisconsin, United States. The Cana Island Light is on the east side of the island.

Cana Island Light

Lighthouse

Photo: Carl Wycoff, CC BY 2.0.

The Cana Island lighthouse is a lighthouse located just north of Baileys Harbor in Door County, Wisconsin, United States. Along with the Baileys Harbor Range Lights, the lighthouse was built to replace the Baileys Harbor Lighthouse in 1869 and was first lit in 1870.

Baileys Harbor Light

Lighthouse

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The Baileys Harbor lighthouse is a lighthouse located near Baileys Harbor in Door County, Wisconsin. Construction of Baileys Harbor Lighthouse began in 1852 and in 1853 David Ward became the first lighthouse keeper.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Baileys Harbor and Peninsula Center.

Baileys Harbor

Village

Photo: Royalbroil, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Baileys Harbor is a census-designated place in Door County, within the town of Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin, United States. The community is located on Wisconsin Highway 57 northeast of Jacksonport. As of the 2010 census, its population was 257.

Peninsula Center

Hamlet

Photo: Royalbroil, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Peninsula Center is an unincorporated community in the town of Baileys Harbor in Door County, Wisconsin, United States. Peninsula Center is located at the junction of County Trunk Highway A and CTH-E, which is 4 miles east of Egg Harbor.

Moonlight Bay

Category: body of water
Location: Door County, Northeast Wisconsin, Wisconsin, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

45.08416° or 45° 5′ 3″ north

Longitude

-87.08178° or 87° 4′ 54″ west

Elevation

581 feet (177 metres)

Open location code

86QJ3WM9+M7

OpenStreetMap ID

node 368884110

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=bay

GeoNames ID

5263425

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