Activities : Outdoor Activities

Bay Shore Outdoor Store
655 Bay Shore Dr
Sister Bay
920-854-7598

Want to head out on a genuine Door County adventure?  Want to purchase superior outdoor supplies?  Whatever your preference, Bay Shore Outdoor Store is far more than a store – it is also your ticket to adventure in Door County.  For adventure or shopping, in summer or winter – look into Bay Shore Outdoor Store for a unique Door County thrill!

We spoke with the owners and a tour guide at Bay Shore Outdoor Store!

Kayak Tours – Guided

There are several types of kayak tours you can participate in.

• Bay Shore offers what they call a “Coastal Adventure” - this is a beginner and family friendly tour, in tandem kayaks.  Your guide will provide basic kayaking instructions while telling you about Door County’s ecology and history.  A 3 – 4 hour tour, this is a fun one for all!
• “Sea Kayaking 101” offers more in-depth instruction, all while you enjoy the rugged shorelines of Door County.  3 – 4 hour tour.
• “Sunset Tour” – well, if you can take in a gorgeous Door County sunset from a tandem kayak out in Eagle Harbor (Ephraim), wow!  You can do that on this tour!   This is about a 2 hour tour.
• A "Sturgeon Bay Tour" which is a half-day tour in southern Door County along the shoreline of beautiful Sturgeon Bay.
• "Cave Point Tour" Meets at Cave Point County Park on Door County's Lake Michigan shoreline, where you will see rare sea caves that thousands of years of erosion have carved into the Door Peninsula.

Or you can rent canoes or kayaks on your own.  From, recreational kayaks, to light touring kayaks, to tandem recreational kayaks and canoes, to performance light touring kayaks or canoes – you can get it all right here.  I can tell you, there is nothing like seeing Door County from the water, and a kayak tour is an awesome way to do it.

Bay Shore Outdoor Store gets a lot of repeat customers and families (ages 10 and up).  They can even customize a tour for you, and have taken out as many as 24 people at a time!

Ask them for more information – if you have a water trip in mind that you have always wanted to take in Door County, they put it together for you – ask!

Want to learn more about kayaking?  You can take kayak lessons, too.

Kayak in Ephraim!  Sail from Peninsula State Park!

If you want to kayak in Ephraim, their Ephraim Kayak Center offers hourly kayak rentals, lessons and tours.  Or rent a boat or take sailing lessons at Nicolet Beach in Peninsula State Park.

Biking/Sailing/PaddleBoating/
HydroBiking/Kayaks and Canoes

Want to bike in Peninsula State Park but don’t want to haul all your biking equipment to Door County, or maybe you don’t have your own?  Well, at Nicolet Beach Concessions (in Peninsula State Park) you can rent bikes as you need them.   You can also rent paddleboats, hydro bikes, kayaks and canoes here too.  Wow – enhance your Peninsulas State Park adventure!

If you are camping in, or are visiting, Peninsula State Park

Right in Peninsula State Park, which is a wonderful place to camp (we have done so many times), you will find a great supply shop there, Nicolet Beach Concessions, selling groceries, camping supplies beach items drugstore items,  some clothing, snack and more.  And right next to the store is a full-service Snack Bar!  How convenient!  And find all of your beach and sportswear, sweats and more at the Shanty Bay Clothing Shop, where “Life is Good”.  Located right next to the camp store.

Winter too!

In the winter, you can rent snowshoes or cross-country skis, and sledding tubes (take them to Hill #17 in Peninsula State Park!) so you can try out that winter sports you have been wanting to try for so long.  Bay Shore Outdoor Store makes it easy for you

The Store – Sister Bay

Yes, it is a store too – of course!  And loaded with top-line outdoor adventure goodies.  You can purchase your very own kayak or canoe (new or used), paddling accessories like life vests, active wear, books on Door County wildflowers, kayak instruction books, and a whole lot more.  Want a fishing/sport kayak?  Available right here!  Whatever related outdoor gear you need, you will more than likely find here at Bay Shore Outdoor Store.

You will find the full line of North Face™ including the shells, fleece, water proof pants and the casual line too.  Also available, Cloudveil™ technical apparel, made of high tech synthetic, performance-oriented materials, Mountain Hardware™ (similar to North Face™ ) in jackets, some coats, shorts, made with fleece, down or Gortex™.  You will even discover Smartwool™ - a line of base layers made of Marino wool (from New Zealand) that does not scratch, and is a natural high performance material – which dries from the inside out keeping you dry and warm as it wicks moisture away.  Bay Shore carries a couple of dozen of the Smartwool™ socks, which are great sellers.

Kayaks, and Canoes to Choose
The shop carries top line kayaks like Wilderness Systems, Current Designs, Necky Kayaks™ and Hobie™ Kayaks.  Canoes  by Wenonah™ range from 14.5 feet to 18 feet.  Also, great kayak accessories are available, like Werner™, or Aqua-bound™, or Seven2™  paddles, life vests by Stohlquist™ and Salus™, and full lines of paddling accessories and safety equipment.

Other Outdoor Equipment
Bay Shore Outdoor Store also carries 2 – 4 person tents by Mountain Hardware™, North Face™ or MSR™, sleeping bags, backpacking stoves and day packs.  They offer Suunto™ wrist-top computers that offer features like GPS, heart monitors, altimeter, barometer , compass, and of course, time!  Purchase binoculars, wind speed indicators, LED lanterns and titanium silverware by Brunton™. 

Do It All Here!

Equip yourself, or join one of their existing tours, take sailing or kayaking lessons, rent bikes, hydro bikes, kayaks, canoes, sailboats, cross-country skis, snowshoes, sledding tubes.  Satisfy all your outdoor needs right here at Bay Shore Outdoor Store in Sister Bay, and at their facilities in Ephraim, and in Peninsula State Park. 

If you are into the outdoors, this is where it’s at – at Bay Shore Outdoor Store – so book a tour right now, stop in their shops while in Door County, and please tell them that DoorCountynavigator.com sent you!

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