DOOR COUNTY, WI (WTAQ) – Plenty of visitors are expected to flock to one Wisconsin county this weekend to take in the colors and activities of fall.
Door County already is one of the more popular destinations in the state, but the area will be particularly busy this weekend according to Jon Jarosh, Director of Communications with the Door County Visitor Bureau.
“This will definitely be one of our busier weekends of the fall season,” he says. “There’s so much to do in Sister Bay as part of the festival, not to mention everything else happening in Door County.”
The festival in Sister Bay he’s talking about is their annual “Fall Fest.”
“They have a huge parade on Saturday, they actually close down the main road that goes right through downtown Sister Bay,” explains Jarosh. “It’s like a big street festival.”
He says there’s been a steady stream of visitors coming in every weekend to partake in fall fun.
“There have been festivals going on every weekend up here since the middle of September,” explains Jarosh. “Fall festivals are definitely part of the experience.”
Plenty of others will flock for the foliage, which is a little different all over the area.
“The thing about Door County, because we’re such a long and narrow peninsula we can see different colors at different points,” he says.
Jarosh also points out that Door County’s geographical shape helps those colors last a little longer
“You’re going to see good color up here for the better part of three to four weeks,” he explains.
While colors are popping all over Door County, the big question is when will they be considered in “peak?”
“I think probably within the next week to ten days is when we’re going to see that quote on quote peak time,” says Jarosh.
