Northport is an
unincorporated community in the
town of
Liberty Grove in
Door County
Door County is the easternmost county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 30,066. Its county seat is Sturgeon Bay. It is named after the strait between the Door Peninsula and Washington Island. The dange ...
,
Wisconsin, United States.
It is the northern terminus of
WIS 42
State Trunk Highway 42 (often called Highway 42, STH-42 or WIS 42) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It runs for north–south in northeast Wisconsin from Sheboygan to the ferry dock in Northport. Much of the highway is ...
and location of the peninsula-side
ferry dock
A ferry slip is a specialized docking facility that receives a ferryboat or train ferry. A similar structure called a barge slip receives a barge or car float that is used to carry wheeled vehicles across a body of water.
Often a ferry intended ...
of the
Washington Island Ferry. The
ferry
A ferry is a ship, watercraft or amphibious vehicle used to carry passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo, across a body of water. A passenger ferry with many stops, such as in Venice, Italy, is sometimes called a water bus or water taxi ...
takes freight, vehicles, and passengers across the
Porte des Morts strait to
Washington Island.
Gallery
References
External links
Webcam view of Northport
Unincorporated communities in Door County, Wisconsin
Piers in Wisconsin
Unincorporated communities in Wisconsin
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