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Joe Steinbring

Lake Kegonsa State Park

A wooden boardwalk running beside tall green marsh grass under a blue sky with small clouds.
The boardwalk into the marsh, in July 2021.2021 · Photograph by Joe Steinbring
Static offline map showing Lake Kegonsa State Park in Wisconsin with a location pin.

Lake Kegonsa State Park is on Lake Kegonsa, outside Stoughton, the southernmost of the four lakes on the Yahara River around Madison. The park is a mix of oak woods, prairie, and marsh, with a short boardwalk out through the marsh to a viewing platform. I spent the afternoon of July 17, 2021, there, one of the state parks I hiked that summer while international travel was still on hold. I started on the boardwalk through the tall marsh grass, looked over a channel thick with duckweed, and walked out past big oaks standing in the prairie. The beaches were closed that day because of blue-green algae, and from a pier I watched kayakers out on the lake and the clouds reflected in the still water.

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  • A channel covered in a bright green mat of duckweed, lined with reeds and trees.

    Duckweed covering a channel through the marsh.

    2021 · Photograph by Joe Steinbring

  • Big, spreading oaks standing in a field of tall green prairie plants under a cloudy sky.

    Oaks standing in the prairie.

    2021 · Photograph by Joe Steinbring

  • A calm lake reflecting white clouds, seen from a wooden pier, with a tree leaning over the water.

    Lake Kegonsa from a pier.

    2021 · Photograph by Joe Steinbring

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