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U.S.county)ofalternately rockybeaches, craggybluffs,blossom-choked orchards,bucolic
heath, and meadows. Door County's established parkland acreage (state, county, and muni-
cipal) is staggering, considering its size. Generation upon generation of shipbuilders, fish-
ers, and farmers have benefited from the magical microclimate here, and there's a predis-
position within the populace not to get worked up about much. At least until the friendly
invasion of tourists starts up. But they get over it, since those beachcombers and leaf-peep-
ers drop nearly half a billion dollars into local economies annually.
Limestone bedrock here rises 220 feet out of Lake Michigan; it's part of the same Niagara
Escarpment that stretches south to Lake Winnebago (and east all the way to Niagara Falls).
Eons of waves have carved rough sea caves into the multihued red and smoky black cliffs.
(The shores on the western side of Green Bay are dramatic in contrast—mostly low-slung
topography crawling toward the shore through marsh or beach.)
