The Door Peninsula Wisconsin

It is the western portion of the niagara escarpment.

The door peninsula wisconsin.

Door peninsula area of land eastern wisconsin u s. The dangerous passage known as death s door contains shipwrecksand was known to native americans and early french explorers. It is named after the straitbetween the door peninsulaand washington island. The rollicking waves that skip towards peninsula s sky high bluffs are part of the niagara escarpment.

The door peninsula is a peninsula in eastern wisconsin separating the southern part of the green bay from lake michigan. The peninsula includes northern brown and kewaunee counties and all of door county. Considered wisconsin s most complete park peninsula state park offers over 460 campsites three group camps a summer theater an 18 hole golf course sand beach bike trails a lighthouse and eight miles of door county shoreline. A slender limestone peninsula that juts out into lake michigan the door peninsula is well known in wisconsin and beyond for its natural beauty and rich cultural heritage.

It is crossed southeast northwest by a waterway at sturgeon bay. Door county is a popular upper midwestvacation destination. The county was created in 1851 and organized in 1861.