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Green Bay + Door County: Football and Fall Color in 5 Days

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Things change. Fees, hours and ferry schedules were checked on October 10, 2026. Several of them change in the second half of October, which is exactly when many fall trips happen. Confirm on the official page before you pay or drive, and use the stamps in this guide to see what we checked and when. Where a page would not open for us, we say so.

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One-line promise: Two trips in one: a football city with museums, then a peninsula of lighthouses, cliffs and fall color.
Trip length: 5 days, 4 nights.
Best months: late September through mid-October for color; football from September onward.
Budget band: roughly $60 to $130 in verified attraction fees for one adult, before lodging, car, food and flights. Fill in the rest in Chapter 8.
Best for: football fans, fall-color drivers, couples, families with older kids, and anyone who prefers small towns to big ones.

At a glance

Fly into: Green Bay Austin Straubel International Airport (GRB). Official site: flygrb.com (the home page opened; parking and ground-transportation pages did not give us details).
Base 1: Green Bay, 2 nights. Base 2: Door County, 2 nights.
Stamped fees (one person, 2026): Green Bay Botanical Garden adult $17; National Railroad Museum adult $15, train ride $6; Wisconsin state park daily vehicle pass $16 out-of-state or $13 resident; Cana Island adult $12; Washington Island ferry round-trip adult $16, auto $30 (both stamped in chapter 1).
Not verified: Lambeau Field tours and Packers Hall of Fame fees, Bay Beach ride prices, Green Bay Metro fares, Cave Point and airport details.
Car: needed in Door County; strongly recommended for the whole trip.
Water: Lake Michigan and the bay of Green Bay are cold even on warm days. Do not plan on swimming in fall.
Season clock: Cana Island Lighthouse is typically open through October 31; the ferry schedule changes on October 19.