Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
The Farm
The Farm
(N. WIS 57, 920/743-6666,
www.thefarmindoorcounty.com
, 9am-5pm daily
Memorial Day weekend-mid-Oct., $8 adults) bills itself as a living museum of rural Amer-
ica,anditlivesuptothat.On40acresofanoriginalhomestead,variousold-styledwellings
and structures dot the compound, and pioneer implements line the walls. The primary draw
for families is the menagerie of farm animals—you can simply never tire of milking a goat,
canyou?You'llalsofindnaturetrailsandinformativedisplaysaboutthediversepeninsular
ecology.
Afewresortsorlodgesofferboattoursfromtheirmarinas;
Door County Fireboat Cruises
(120 N. Madison Ave., 920/495-6454,
www.ridethefireboat.com
,
$20 adults) depart from
theMaritimeMuseumandusearetiredChicagofireboattochugalongfortwo-hourcruises
at 10:30am and 12:30pm Memorial Day-Labor Day. The 10:30 tour travels through the
Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal to Lake Michigan, while the 12:30 tour travels out into Sturgeon
Bay to Sherwood Point and past its lighthouse. In July and August, these trips definitely
leave unless the wind is howling; in May, June, September, and October, call ahead.
North of town, the
University of Wisconsin agricultural research station
(4312 N
WIS 42) is open for public perusal. Individuals can obtain a map for a self-guided tour of
the 120-acre fruit and potato research center.
Tootiredtohoofit?
Door County Trolley
(920/868-1100,
www.doorcountytrolley.com
)
has an array of fun tours (historical, themed, culinary, and more, $15-65) on an old-fash-
ioned streetcar. It's wildly popular. Check their website or phone for pickup points, which
vary by tour. In Sturgeon Bay, the pickup point is the Door County Maritime Museum. For
the perennially popular
Lighthouse Tour
($62), which visits the Canal Station Lighthouse
outside town, the trolley leaves weekdays at 9:30am.
DOOR COUNTY BLOSSOMS
Flowersshowupinmid-May,andyou'relikelytobeplowedunderbycamera-toting
tourists here for blooming season. Cherry trees are lovely enough, but much of the
county's cutover land and agricultural pasture has been left to regrow wild, and the
county contains five state parks and the Ridges National Natural Landmark, a wild-
flower preserve with 13 species of endangered plants. The county is now also mak-
