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Baileys Harbor Wisconsin Map

Explore Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin

How to Use This Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Wisconsin or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Baileys Harbor.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

CityBaileys Harbor
StateWisconsin (WI)
CountyDoor County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude45.064993
Longitude-87.124274
Population334
Density76.4 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Code54202
Area Code715
County SeatSturgeon Bay
School DistrictGibraltar Area School District

About Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin

Baileys Harbor is a locality in Door County, Wisconsin, United States. It is a small community with a population of 334. The population density is 76.4 people per km². Baileys Harbor is located at 45.0650°N, 87.1243°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 54202.

Baileys Harbor endures as a rugged threshold where the persistent, slate-colored expanse of Lake Michigan meets the jagged limestone shelf of the shoreline. It lies 4.9 miles southwest of Door, WI (from Door, WI: bearing 230°T), and is situated 24.8 miles east of Marinette. The horizon stretches thin and pale, a boundary line drawn in mist that keeps the restless energy of the water at bay, while the air carries a sharp, brine-tinged clarity that distinguishes this edge of the world from the heavy heat of the inland plains. To the west, the landscape dissolves into the quiet, reed-fringed margins of Kangaroo Lake, where the water remains unnaturally still, mirroring the slow migration of clouds across a sky that feels wider here than anywhere else. Farther out, the lighthouse on Cana Island stands as a solitary sentinel, its silhouette a stark geometry against the gray wash of the lake, while the rhythmic percussion of waves against the harbor piers provides the only pulse in a landscape defined by its elemental, unyielding stillness.

Baileys Harbor grew from the hard necessities of the maritime trade, its early existence carved out by men who saw the potential for shelter amidst the treacherous currents and shifting shoals. Today, the economy drifts with the slow turning of the seasons, shifting from the quiet labors of local fishing and small-scale agriculture to the summer pulse of visitors who come to walk the low, wind-scoured beaches. The heritage of the region remains etched into the local palate, where the ritual of the Friday fish fry serves as a communal anchor, binding the descendants of those early settlers to the rhythms of the North Woods. Inland, the gentle, winding path of Piel Creek cuts through the brush, a modest vein of water that feeds the quiet life of the woods, far removed from the distant, hazy prominence of Mount Lowe. In the cooling light of dusk, the harbor lights blink on, offering a steady, amber luminescence that speaks to a persistent, grounded endurance in a place that has long since learned how to thrive in the shadow of the lake.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Kangaroo Lake (Conservation Area) — 1.4 mi, 262° W
  • North Bay (Conservation Area) — 1.4 mi, 076° E
  • Mud Lake Wildlife Area-Door (State Recreation Area) — 1.8 mi, 351° N
  • Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.8 mi, 052° NE
  • Baileys Harbor Boreal Forest & Wetlands State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.0 mi, 066° NE
  • Moonlight Bay Bedrock Beach State Natural Area (Nature Reserve) — 3.0 mi, 058° NE
  • Heins Creek Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 3.5 mi, 199° S
  • Hands On Art Studio (Arts Centre) — 4.6 mi, 292° W
  • Peninsula State Park (State Park) — 6.3 mi, 332° NW
  • Ephraim Fire Museum (Museum) — 6.6 mi, 340° N
  • Anderson Store and Dock (Monument) — 7.1 mi, 341° N
  • Eagle Panorama (Viewpoint) — 7.7 mi, 331° NW
  • Northern Sky Theater (Theatre) — 8.3 mi, 323° NW
  • Horseshoe Island Memorial (Monument) — 8.9 mi, 332° NW
  • Anchor from schooner Oak Leaf (Monument) — 9.0 mi, 323° NW
  • Whitefish Dunes State Park (State Park) — 9.2 mi, 195° S
  • Scattered Forest Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 9.9 mi, 206° SW
  • Plum Bottom Gallery (Gallery) — 10.1 mi, 238° SW
  • Gravel Island National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 12.1 mi, 036° NE · 161 acres
  • Gravel Island National Wildlife Refuge Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 12.1 mi, 036° NE · 19 acres
  • Green Bay National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 18.4 mi, 026° NE · 3,604 acres
  • Amphitheatre @ Potawatomi State Park (Theatre) — 19.8 mi, 226° SW
  • Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal Lighthouse (Attraction) — 20.8 mi, 206° SW
  • West Shore Fishing Museum (Museum) — 22.1 mi, 316° NW
  • Robertson's Orchard (Attraction) — 22.3 mi, 213° SW
  • Bear Statue (Public Artwork) — 23.1 mi, 275° W
  • University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Marinette Campus Fine Arts Gallery (Gallery) — 23.9 mi, 271° W
  • Thorstein Veblen Study Cabin (Museum) — 25.2 mi, 020° N
  • Jacobson's Museum (Museum) — 25.2 mi, 020° N
  • Hiawatha National Forest (National Forest) — 42.3 mi, 010° N · 899k acres

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About This Baileys Harbor Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin. Coordinates: 45.064993, -87.124274. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Baileys Harbor includes the ZIP code (54202), telephone area code (715), county seat of Door County (Sturgeon Bay), and school district assignment (Gibraltar Area School District).

Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.

Page generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.