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Joe Steinbring

Harrington Beach State Park

A dark green lake ringed by cedars, seen from the air, with Lake Michigan beyond the trees.
Quarry Lake from the air, with Lake Michigan beyond, in August 2019.2019 · Photograph by Joe Steinbring
Static offline map showing Harrington Beach State Park in Wisconsin with a location pin.

Harrington Beach State Park is on Lake Michigan, north of Port Washington, with about a mile of sand beach below a low, wooded bluff. Behind the shore is Quarry Lake, a limestone quarry that filled with water once the digging stopped, ringed now by cedars and a trail along its edge. I was there in the early afternoon of August 25, 2019, a sunny, windy Sunday. I sent my drone up over Quarry Lake first, for the view east over the trees to Lake Michigan, and then walked down to the beach, where waves were breaking all along the shore, driftwood lay at the water’s edge, and the bluff curved away to the north.

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  • Waves rolling in on Lake Michigan below a bluff covered in green shrubs and grass.

    Lake Michigan from the bluff, looking north along the shore.

    2019 · Photograph by Joe Steinbring

  • A long piece of driftwood on wet sand at the edge of a lake, with breaking waves and trees.

    Driftwood at the water’s edge.

    2019 · Photograph by Joe Steinbring

  • Small waves washing up on a sand beach, with a wooded shore curving away into the distance.

    Waves on the beach, looking north along the shore.

    2019 · Photograph by Joe Steinbring

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