Peninsula Park Tower View
Taken from atop the watch tower in Peninsula State Park near Fish Creek, WI. This view looks roughly NNW. I think the island is Horseshoe Island. The tree colors make it look like fall, but this is late spring (end of May) after a long, tough winter. Note how clear the water is; near shore you can easily see the different colored rocks beneath the surface. Lake Michigan historically was never this clear. I think introduced species cleared out whatever was making the water murky.
July 4th, 2008 at 2:06 pm
Makes me want to go swimming!
July 5th, 2008 at 9:48 pm
That water was COOOOOOLLLLLLLDDD!!!!!!
July 6th, 2008 at 7:12 am
I’ll bet. But it still looks inviting, unpolluted. Better than old sewage-filled Utah Lake, anyway.
July 7th, 2008 at 2:15 pm
The water in Lake Michigan has a surface temperature of about 40 - 50F. Also, the beaches / lake shore in Door County have been closed up until this last weekend due to high levels of bacteria in the water.
July 7th, 2008 at 5:30 pm
There have been Water Quality Advisories, but no beach closings so far this season at Peninsula State Park.
July 18th, 2008 at 10:28 pm
Sooo nice! I don’t remember Lake Michigan being this blue.