Lookout Towers in Door County

Take a Trek to the Top

Door County is pleasantly void of skyscrapers—but that doesn’t mean you can’t take in the view. Several lookout towers provide expansive, panoramic views of the vibrant blues and greens that encapsulate the beauty of the peninsula and islands and allow you to truly take it all in.

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Eagle Tower
Peninsula State Park, Fish Creek

Eagle Tower is Peninsula State Park’s newly constructed and fully ADA-accessible lookout tower. Visitors can ascend the tower via 95 stairs or an 850-foot elevated boardwalk ramp that winds through the forest, has multiple places to stop and take in the view, and ends with panoramic views of the coast.

Mountain Park Lookout Tower
Washington Island

Walk 186 wooden stairs to the top of this Washington Island tower for views of the northeast corner of the island that include seeing Rock Island State Park in the distance and the beginning of the Grand Traverse Islands, which stretches all the way up to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The tower was closed in 2020 for repairs, reopening in May 2023.

Potawatomi Tower
Potawatomi State Park, Sturgeon Bay

Potawatomi Tower is listed on the state and national registry as the first observation tower built in the Wisconsin State Park system and as the prototype for all other observation towers built in the park system.

The Potawatomi Tower was closed in 2017 for deferred maintenance. Thanks to the collaborative efforts of Sturgeon Bay Historical Society, local government officials and the advocay of Sturgeon Bay community members and local organizations, the Potawatomi State Park Observation Tower reopened to the public on April 21, 2025.