Harrington Beach State Park Campground

Hiking trails are easy but limited, the views are exquisite with clear blue turquoise water. The attraction is Quarry Lake, no swimming in the quarry but swimming at the beach. Great for families, older folks, excellent hike and camp combo. Recommended.

This is a nice park with very friendly staff and 50 amp power. No water or sewer but does have a dump station. The sites are gravel but very unlevel. To level my 35 foot motor home my rear tires had to come off the ground by at least 6 inches. The sites are bordered by natural grasses and foliage. That provides a feeling of isolation. If not for the unlevel sites I could easily give it 5 stars.

We mostly enjoyed our trip here over Memorial Day Weekend. It’s not too far away from our home and a nice gear testing first trip.

Pros: Spacious grassy site. This one even had an attached smaller clearing perfect for our 7 year old to use for her own space where we set up a hammock for her.

The campsites feel very private with a thick brush between each site. It’s not a huge campground.

Bathrooms and showers are very cleans and actually closed from 11am-noon each day for complete cleaning.

Gorgeous magnificent trails and right on Lake Michigan. Also a beautiful quarry lake with a trail all the way around and a cute pond full of turtles!

Very nice, completely cleaned fire pits.

Cheap bundle yourself firewood. Cons:

Gorgeous hikes, but short. We prefer more distance.

Maybe because of its proximity to the lake and Milwaukee or perhaps the holiday weekend but this was a louder campground. More of a party vibe than we really look for in state parks. A particular group was extremely loud and kept us up until 4 am the first night. No park ranger on duty. It’s nice when quiet hours are observed.

No trees really on the campground and it is built on and surrounded by wetlands that are actively in restoration. At the height of summer this place is going to be sweltering and full of bugs. The mosquitoes will be especially terrible.

Overall we have and love this park for a day trip but probably won’t return to camp.

Lots of beautiful things to see

Spent a night here. Wish I had more time. Took a wonderful hike to Lake Michigan saw a lot of wildlife including deer.

Although the weather was not too favorable we really enjoyed this campground. Very clean facilities and lots of areas to explore. We stayed at site 206, which was very open. I personally enjoyed it, but my husband and stepson would have preferred more trees. Can’t wait to return!

Park campground is well kept as well as the facilities. Beach is nice but the area they claim is for people with pets is a long walk and the beach no longer exists as the lake has washed it away. Pet beach is just really slippery rock which is very dangerous for the pet owners and pets alike. They should fix the roads, get rid of the so called shuttle road signs as the shuttle doesn’t exist either and actually put in a “sand beach for people with pets “.

Very nice State park and campsite. Campsite had plenty of space, nice fire pit, and picnic table. The showers on site were the cleanest I have experienced while camping, this was much appreciated. Lake Michigan is under a 5 minute drive with clean beaches. There are plenty of walking trails and fishing spots near by. Highly recommended this campsite. I will be returning to camp and even a day trip to hike and fish. Bring a canopy during warm months. We did not have one and there were no big trees for shade. Got very warm without a canopy to sit under.

The non-electric portion of the campground is about a mile from the lakefront, in a setting of prairie grass and wildflowers. I was amazed to see so many flowers in August! There is shrubs and small trees between the campsites, so they feel private.  There are very few trees, so be prepared to provide your own shade.  There is a large shower house between the two loops of the campground and vault toilets in the campground. They were reasonably clean.  The area around the lakefront is wooded and there are several nice walks, including around a quarry lake.  The water is very high and the shore is eroded, so although it is beautiful to look at, it is hard to find beach areas.

We loved this camp! Very quiet, beautiful paved roads, super clean bathrooms, and a great beach with amazing hiking around the quarry. The sites around the quarry are really fun to explore And read about.

The beach has some nice sand to out your toes in Ana the waves were great when we were there.  Water is pretty clear and clean.  We did have to drive to the beach area from the campsite due to the shuttle not running.

This was a very relaxed area and so nice to have some clean amenities so close.

Tried out tent camping for the first time with a 5 year old and a 2 year old. Clearly were not sure how’d it go but pure success! The camp site (216) was perfect with privacy for the tent and was incredibly quiet. Not a long walk to the vault toilets and everyone was super friendly. Already planning our next stay!

I don’t know how we got a last minute reservation to this campground, but I’m glad we did. Nice size site: 118. Lots of room to spread out. Grassy area for the kids to play. Large dune-like area behind us that gave us something to look at, but helped maintain privacy. The lake was a short bike ride from our site, and we enjoyed walking the beach and attached trails. The pond was overgrown with weeds, which made for a short fishing trip with our son, but lots of frogs and turtles to be found. Our site had electric only, which suited our needs. Overall, a great campground close to home, and we will be back!

Took my 2 year old fir first time tent camping, we were at site 231, which was huge and very nice. We had some friends at other sites that weren’t as nice. There is a YouTube video posted of all the sites. There is so much to do we couldn’t do everything we wanted in the one night we stayed.

This was our first time camping in Wisconsin and we got to say we absolutely love this park. Most of the sites are pretty secluded so if you enjoy your privacy I will love this place. Everything was clean and updated including the bathrooms. The campsites are about a mile or two from Lake Michigan but it is an easy drive or hike as there are many trails that go through the park. When we went to the lake level was up so high due to flooding that we weren’t really able to enjoy the beach but normally there is plenty of coastline for enjoying some beach time.

Had a great time here 1st week of June, with a reservation at one of the walk in sites.  Bugs weren’t an issue yet, but i could imagine it getting bad depending on the season.  I would definitely come back to try another one of the walk in sites

The quarry and the beach area were great, and there were a ton of picnic spots overlooking the lake

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The water on the Lake Michigan beach has a high bacteria level so swimming is at your own risk, however, we will swim anyways and then shower at the campground showers bc they are huge, well maintained, and worth using even if you don’t swim. The sites are well manicured, but trees are limited as they had to cut many down due to the emerald ash borer but they have replanted. sites are spaced well apart. Biking was awesome. great paths. both beaches werw kind of dirty and not very soft sand. water was freezing as expected even for early August.

Always a blast. Secluded and can be alone.

This is a nice little campground but they had to cut down most of the trees due to the emerald ash borrer. when the sun is out it gets HOT.

Just south of Madison. Very large camp ground , nice people spacious sites.

Just outside of Milwaukee, Harrington Beach State Park is a quiet and quick escape to the good life. The huge sandy beach spans the entire length of the park - which features plenty of trails, a quarry, and a historical element. The campsites are clean, well-groomed and set apart from the rest of the park. A private, water accessible "walk-in" site is also available for those passing through on kayaks.

The tent non-electric campsites are fantastic. We had a nice private campsite that was completely wooded all around it. The campsite had a fire pit and picnic table that were both in great condition. The restroom and showers were very well maintained. They also offer a shuttle to the beach.