The Door Peninsula Wisconsin

It is the western portion of the niagara escarpment.

The door peninsula wisconsin.

Door county is a popular upper midwestvacation destination. The peninsula includes northern brown and kewaunee counties and all of door county. The dangerous passage known as death s door contains shipwrecksand was known to native americans and early french explorers. The rollicking waves that skip towards peninsula s sky high bluffs are part of the niagara escarpment.

Door peninsula area of land eastern wisconsin u s. The county was created in 1851 and organized in 1861. It is crossed southeast northwest by a waterway at sturgeon bay. 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.

Lying between green bay and lake michigan door peninsula is about 80 miles 130 km long and 25 miles 40 km wide at its base and tapering northeastward. Its rocky cliffs sandy beaches marshy bays fertile wetlands and conifer forests provide habitat for plants and animals some of which are found nowhere else in the world. It is named after the straitbetween the door peninsulaand washington island.