Whitefish Bay, Door County, Wisconsin

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the community of Whitefish Bay in Door County. For the village of the same name, see Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin.
Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
Whitefish Bay is located in Wisconsin
Whitefish Bay
Whitefish
Bay
Location within the state of Wisconsin
Coordinates: 44°54′21″N 87°13′02″W / 44.90583°N 87.21722°W / 44.90583; -87.21722Coordinates: 44°54′21″N 87°13′02″W / 44.90583°N 87.21722°W / 44.90583; -87.21722
Country United States
State Wisconsin
CountyDoor
TownSevastopol
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)920
GNIS feature ID1577971[1]

Whitefish Bay is an unincorporated community on the Lake Michigan shoreline in the town of Sevastopol, Door County, Wisconsin.[1][2] Native Americans, likely the Menominee, called Whitefish Bay Ah-Quas-He-Ma-Ganing ("save our lives").[3]

Climate[]

Whitefish Bay (chart is for the body of water)
Climate chart (explanation)
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
 
 
57
 
 
−2
−7
 
 
54
 
 
−5
−7
 
 
60
 
 
0
−2
 
 
129
 
 
2
−1
 
 
93
 
 
6
2
 
 
85
 
 
11
8
 
 
97
 
 
14
12
 
 
78
 
 
16
14
 
 
87
 
 
17
16
 
 
129
 
 
9
9
 
 
85
 
 
4
4
 
 
65
 
 
3
1
Average max. and min. temperatures in °C
Precipitation totals in mm
Source: [4]

Gallery[]

"The Hitching Post" in Whitefish Bay; from a circa 1940s postcard

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Whitefish Bay". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-07-05.
  2. ^ "Topographic map". United States Geological Survey. Microsoft Research Maps. Retrieved 2009-07-05.
  3. ^ Tishler, William (2006). Door County's emerald treasure. Univ of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 0-299-22074-5.
  4. ^ "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. Retrieved 30 January 2016.


Stub icon

This article about a location in Door County, Wisconsin is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

  • v
  • t
Retrieved from ""