Sturgeon Bay Lighthouse, August 2026

A red lighthouse at the end of a long steel catwalk in Sturgeon Bay, along with wildflowers, a sandy beach and a roadside sign from the same late-August day.

A late-August day in Sturgeon Bay. I photographed the red lighthouse and its long steel catwalk from the pier, from the rocks and from underneath, along with a boat passing through the channel, some wildflowers and a quiet stretch of beach.

A red lighthouse and its long steel catwalk seen through the branches of a leafy tree
A red lighthouse on a rocky base at the end of a steel catwalk beside a stone pier, with a person standing on the rocks
Looking down a long concrete pier beside a steel catwalk toward a small red lighthouse in the distance
A red lighthouse at the end of a steel catwalk, with a white boat passing and a person standing on the rocks beside the pier
A gray boat with an orange stripe and an American flag speeding through gray-blue water under a cloudy sky
A steel catwalk rising overhead toward a red lighthouse on the rocks beneath a stormy, cloudy sky
A steel catwalk above large boulders with a red lighthouse behind it under a partly cloudy sky
A concrete pier receding through a row of rust-red steel arches
Rusted steel arches and rivets over a concrete walkway, in warm sepia tones
The red lighthouse behind a rusted steel frame and ladder, with a white boat on the water beyond
A black-and-white view looking up through the riveted steel frame of the catwalk
A red lighthouse at the end of a long rusted steel catwalk running along a rock breakwater
A white table and chairs in beach grass on a sandy shore, with an American flag on a pole among the trees
Beach grass, a white table and chairs and a flagpole with an American flag on a wooded dune
Close-up of a spiky green flower head on a thin stem against a dark blurred background
A green wildflower seed head with curling bracts on a long stem against a soft blurred background of dry grass
A small green flower head on a long thin stem, sharp against a blurred background of grass
A cluster of tiny white flowers beside a green spiky seed head, with a small insect on the white flowers
A white post with arrow-shaped signs pointing to Ephraim, Sister Bay, Jacksonport, Egg Harbor and Sturgeon Bay, with a red maple-leaf sign behind it