Clark Lambros Beach Park (Clark Lambros' Beach Park in state records) is a city of Marquette park on the Lake Superior shore at 2401 North Lakeshore Boulevard, about 2 miles north of downtown and just south of where the Dead River empties into the lake. It covers roughly 9 to 10 acres, with about 1,500 feet of Lake Superior frontage and 500 feet along the Dead River. The park opened in 2016 in memory of local businessman Clark Lambros and his son, Clark Lambros Jr. Michele Butler, Lambros' longtime partner, gave the land to the city with help from a Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund grant, and an endowment she set up still pays for upkeep.

Getting there is simple. Follow Lakeshore Boulevard north from downtown toward Presque Isle Park, and the park's paved lot is on the boulevard just south of the Dead River bridge. The lot is small for a beach this popular, so on hot weekends you may have to wait for a space or park farther along the boulevard and walk in. From the lot, short paved walkways lead past the restrooms to the sand.

The swim beach is a long stretch of sand facing Lake Superior, which is not a given on a coast that is mostly rock, boulders and cobble. The state describes it as an accessible swimming beach sheltered from the surf by the harbor breakwall, and mats were put down across the sand so wheelchairs and strollers can get closer to the water. The Presque Isle ore dock rises just north of the beach, and freighters loading taconite there are part of the view. Lake Superior stays cold all summer. The shallows warm a little in August, but most days the water feels bracing, and a few minutes in deeper water can chill even strong swimmers.

Marquette staffs this beach with city lifeguards during the summer season, roughly late May through Labor Day. Guards use the city's colored flag system. Yellow means rough water and whitecaps, red means dangerous conditions, and double red closes the beach to swimming. The flags are advisories, and outside guarded hours you are on your own. Rip currents form along this shore when waves build, and wind shifts on Superior can turn a calm morning rough fast. Watch the river mouth too, where the Dead River's current meets the lake. The city has closed other Marquette beaches to swimming after heavy rain sent bacteria counts up, so check the city's beach page and Michigan's BeachGuard listings after a storm.

There is no admission or parking fee. City summer park hours are 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily, and camping and overnight parking are not allowed in city parks. The park has restrooms, walkways, picnic tables and grills. On the Dead River side is an accessible kayak and canoe launch, designed so paddlers with limited mobility can get into a boat from a wheelchair. Volunteers with the Superior Watershed Partnership have replanted native beach grass on the dunes here to slow erosion, so stay on the paths through the planted areas. Presque Isle Park, with its trails, cliffs and Middle Bay Beach, is about a mile up the road.