page_title: Door County, Wisconsin
section_title: By season
hierarchical_section_title: Door County, Wisconsin / Attractions / By season
caption_attribution_description: Cherry orchard in bloom on May 24, 2013 at Lautenbach's Orchard Country in Fish Creek, Wisconsin
context_page_description: Door County is the easternmost county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2010 census, the population was 27,785. Its county seat is Sturgeon Bay.
  The county was created in 1851 and organized in 1861. It is named after the strait between the Door Peninsula and Washington Island. The dangerous passage, known as Death's Door, contains shipwrecks and was known to Native Americans and early French explorers.
  Door County is a popular Upper Midwest vacation destination.
context_section_description: Although Door County has a year-round population of about 27,610, it experiences an influx of tourists each summer between Memorial Day and Labor Day, with over 2.1 million visitors per year. Most businesses are targeted to tourism and operate seasonally. Based on room tax collections from 2017–18, July is the busiest month of the year, although sales tax revenue is higher in August. The fewest room taxes are collected for January, and the fewest sales taxes are collected for April.
caption: Cherry orchard in bloom, May
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