11 Free Swimming Holes near Andrews University
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Silver Beach County Park
St. Joseph
12.1 miles NWA wide county-run swimming beach on Lake Michigan at the mouth of the St. Joseph River, on the site of the old Silver Beach Amusement Park. Parking is the only fee, but the piers make the currents here genuinely dangerous outside the short lifeguard seaso
Kayak, Swim
New Buffalo Beach
New Buffalo
23.2 miles SWThe City of New Buffalo charges $25.00 a day to park at its Lake Michigan beach, the first public one north of the Indiana line. It is guarded in summer and sits right beside the harbor piers that generate the lake's structural currents.
Canoe, Kayak, Swim
Packard Park and Beach
South Haven
30.9 miles NA free City of South Haven park and Lake Michigan beach on North Shore Drive, with restrooms, grills and a lake-view deck. The beach is unguarded, and city lot parking is $3 an hour in summer.
Swim
Stone Lake Beach
La Porte
31.3 miles SWLa 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
Washington Park Beach
Michigan City
32.6 miles SWMichigan City's lifeguarded Lake Michigan beach in historic Washington Park, beside the East Pier lighthouse. Entry on foot is free; parking is $3 to $7 an hour in 2026.
Swim
Mount Baldy Beach
Michigan City
34.5 miles SWA 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
Douglas Beach
Douglas
47.3 miles NA small, free City of Douglas beach on Lake Michigan, reached by a long wooden staircase down a wooded bluff off Lakeshore Drive, with restrooms and picnic tables at the top and about ten free parking spots.
Swim
Saugatuck
Douglas, Michigan
47.9 miles NPremier Michigan beach towns nestled among towering sand dunes along the Kalamazoo River, leading to Lake Michigan — Oval Beach has been ranked among the best shorelines in the world.
Swim
Portage Lakefront and Riverwalk Beach
Portage
48.4 miles SWUnguarded 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
Oval Beach
Saugatuck
48.6 miles NSaugatuck's city-run Lake Michigan beach below wooded dunes, with no lifeguards, a summer concession stand and a $15 per vehicle day parking fee from Memorial Day to Labor Day (free on foot or by bike).
Hike, Swim
West Beach
Portage
49.8 miles SWThe 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
