6 Hiking Trails near 12th Street Beach
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West Beach
Portage
26.4 miles SEThe National Park Service's main lifeguarded swimming beach at Indiana Dunes, a wide Lake Michigan beach with a bath house and Chicago skyline views. A national park entrance pass ($25 per vehicle) is required.
Hike, Swim
Portage Lakefront and Riverwalk Beach
Portage
27.3 miles SEUnguarded Lake Michigan beach at Indiana Dunes National Park's Portage Lakefront and Riverwalk, reached by a short paved path from a pavilion with restrooms. A park entrance pass ($25 per car) is required.
Hike, Swim
Mount Baldy Beach
Michigan City
36.6 miles EA 120 foot living dune that creeps inland about four feet a year. The Lake Michigan beach below it is open for swimming with no lifeguards, but the summit is closed except on ranger led hikes.
Hike, Swim
Adeline Jay Geo-Karis Illinois Beach State Park
Zion
40.4 miles NIllinois Beach State Park splits into two units along six and a half miles of Lake Michigan, and the public swimming beach is in the south unit, not the eroding north one. Admission and parking are free, there are no lifeguards, and the lake stays cold in
Camp, Hike, Swim
Stone Lake Beach
La Porte
47.9 miles ELa Porte's free city swimming beach on Stone Lake in Soldiers Memorial Park, with summer lifeguards, a beach house with restrooms and concessions, a playground and kayak rentals.
Hike, Kayak, Swim
State line bridge
Momence, Illinois
48.1 miles SCamp, Canoe, and Hike near Momence, Illinois
Camp, Canoe, Hike
