Harrington Beach State Park
Harrington Beach State Park | |
Wisconsin State Park | |
Trail at Harrington Beach State Park.
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Country | United States |
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State | Wisconsin |
County | Ozaukee |
Location | Belgium |
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Area | 702 acres (284 ha) |
Founded | 1992 |
Management | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources |
IUCN category | V - Protected Landscape/Seascape |
Harrington Beach State Park is a 702-acre (284 ha) Wisconsin state park[1] on the shore of Lake Michigan. In addition to a mile-long beach, the park contains a white cedar swamp surrounding a 26-acre (11 ha) lake which used to be a stone quarry. The Park provides campgrounds, hiking trails, picnic, and bird watch areas.
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History
The history of Harrington Beach goes back thousands of years ago when there was a prehistoric economy, yet there hasn't been any reports or signs of archeological sites being founded. There has been suggestions that there might be sites possibly still in existence within the park.
A campground of 73 sites opened in 2009; it was the first new campground at a Wisconsin State Park in over 20 years.[1] Construction began in 2008 and it was completed in the beginning of September 2009.[1] It opened with 32 election sites, 33 non-electric sites, 5 walk-in sites, one kayak site (only accessible by water), one group campsite, and one site for the campground host.[1] Before the campground was added, the park had up to 120,000 visitors per year.[1]
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