Fall Viewing at Hillside Inn, Ephraim, WI

Everyone we know who has driven through Door County, Wisconsin, returns a different person. Okay, that might be slightly exaggerated, but they do have a new perspective on their definition of beauty and nature. We're so glad the founding fathers have kept this area of the country from urban sprawl. So when you get up as far as Ephraim, Wisconsin, you have arrived on what is the best area in Door County to see fall leaves changing to those golden colors of autumn. Plus, you get to take part in the towns and B&B's that make this place so special.

Prepare to be joined by hundreds of others who have found Door County foliage spectacular this time of year. Now through late November is prime time for fall foliage. This season, 2007, the area has been hit with enough rain not to have any delay.


"The vista from the 100-foot porch is so perfect, it feels like the sun is setting just for guests of this Door County roadhouse looking down on Eagle Harbor. The light reflecting off the water gives magnificent clarity to the leaf colors of Peninsula State Park on the other side of the harbor," Soule says.

Snag some game fish, perch or trout and have it smoked at a nearby fish house. 866-673-8456; visitephraim.com.

The Hillside Inn of Ephraim, located in the heart of the picturesue village of Ephraim reopened in July of 2002. The inn has been luxuriously renovated with careful attention to preserving the original integrity and simplicity of this white-painted landmark that has welcomed travelers to Door County since the late 1800's.

Standing upon the porch at the Hillside Inn, Peninsula State Park is visible across picturesque Eagle Harbor. Established in 1909, the park is a 3,776-acre state treasure. Considered Wisconsin's most complete park, Peninsula State Park has nearly seven miles of Lake Michigan's Green Bay shoreline that wraps around a landscape of forests, meadows, wetlands and rocky bluffs that ascend over 150 feet.



This video shows the beautiful colors of the maple trees as leaves fall here in Door County. And next, we journey to Alto, Georgia where the bridge at the Tallulah Gorge State Park is in full swing! >>