Schauer Park: The Best Free Kayak Launch in Door County
If you’re going to launch a kayak anywhere on the Lake Michigan side of Door County, Schauer Park is the answer. Free, public, real boat ramp, parking right there, and three miles north of Cave Point on the same shoreline. We’ve been launching tours from this ramp for 23 years and it’s still the best small-boat launch on the peninsula. Here’s the case, plus the comparisons that prove it. Where it actually is Schauer Park is on the Lake Michigan side of Door County, on Highway 57 in Jacksonport, about three miles north of Cave Point County Park. The address is roughly across from our shop. GPS will get you there if you search “Schauer Park boat launch Jacksonport.” The park itself is small (a few acres of grass, a pavilion, a pit toilet, picnic tables), but the boat ramp…