Located on the banks of Lake Michigan, Baileys Harbor, Wis., offers numerous activities for outdoor enthusiasts, from relaxing on the sandy beaches, biking through back country roads or exploring nearby Peninsula State Park. The town features a number of boutique hotels that cater to its isolated location, each with its own special features for guests to enjoy.
Located on Baileys Harbor and across the street from Toft's Point Nature Preserve, Baileys Harbor Yacht Club offers its guests scenic views from each of its rooms. The resort is open year-round and features both an indoor and outdoor pool, a sauna and whirlpool, marina access, outdoor grill/patio areas and bike rentals. The staff can also provide advice and booking assistance for area attractions and tours. Each room, from its staterooms to its one- and two-bedroom suites, comes with free high-speed wireless Internet.
Gordon Lodge, located on a peninsula between Lake Michigan and North Bay, is decorated in retro 1950s style and features lodge rooms, cottages and suites for lodging options. Lodge rooms have flat-screen satellite televisions and wireless Internet access, cottages offer rustic multi-room lodging with fireplaces and living rooms, and suites have kitchens to complement the same amenities as the lodge rooms. For dining options, the lodge has a converted boathouse-turned-restaurant called Top Deck, which serves breakfast, lunch and dinner, including its famous hot roast beef on fresh homemade bread. Along with a heated outdoor pool and hot tub, Gordon Lodge offers its guests free access to its boats, fishing poles, bikes and private beaches and walking trails.
The Beachfront Inn offers its guests 160 feet of private sandy beach, which is ideal for guests and their dogs alike. The hotel is one of the few in the area that is dog-friendly. Beachfront also offers some unique amenities, like nightly beach campfires with free s'mores, to go with its three decks and indoor heated pool. Available lodging includes lodge rooms and cabins, each of which feature refrigerators and free high-speed wireless Internet.
Formerly a schoolhouse, Orphan Annie's Schoolhouse Inn features seven comfortably decorated guest suites with decks, living rooms, private bathrooms and wet bars. Some suites also have multiple bedrooms and full kitchens. The inn is located two blocks from Lake Michigan and the Harbor Marina. It is also steps away from The Ridges Sanctuary, a 1,600-acre natural area, and an Official Global GPS Cache Hunt Site hidden cache location.
