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Wisconsin Facts
Wisconsin boasts 7,446 streams and rivers. End-to-end they'd
stretch 26,767 miles - more than enough to circle the globe at the
equator!
Wisconsin's
Door County has more state parks (5) and more
miles of shoreline
(250 along Lake
Michigan) than any other county in the country.
The American Birkebeiner, a 52k cross-country ski race
between Cable and Hayward, is the largest on the North American
continent.
The June Sprints held at Road America in Elkhart Lake are
the world's
largest amateur motorsports event.
With 35 quality facilities, Wisconsin boasts some of the
Midwest's best downhill skiing.
Wisconsin snowmobile trails total 15,210 miles of signed and
groomed snow highways.
37 percent of Wisconsin is covered by forests.
Noah's ark in Wisconsin Dells is the nation's largest
water-theme park, offering 65 acres of splish-splash fun.
Bicycling magazine ranks Wisconsin in the top three states
for road biking and the Elroy-Sparta Trail among the nation's top three
favorite/best trails.
Milwaukee's Summerfest is the nation's largest music
festival featuring
more than 2,500 performers in eleven days of non-stop fun!
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We're
confident you're going to enjoy your
stay here - whether it's just a couple of years or a lifetime. If
you've
been here before - or talked to people who have - you've undoubtedly
heard about our numerous festivals, ethnic restaurants and cultural
activities. Perhaps you've been told about the Milwaukee County Zoo or
Summerfest, the lakefront music festival that attracts almost 900,000
people per year. Maybe, you've heard about the miles of unspoiled lake
shore, the tens of
thousands of acres of county and state parks, the dozens of glistening
lakes
and the rolling hills carpeted with trees and prairies. This
is an area that is "Genuine American", a place where
friendly and hardworking people live in the midst of beautiful natural
surroundings. If you stay here any length of time, you'll likely become
a devoted loyalist like the more than 1.5 million people who call this
area home.