8 Free Swimming Holes near Stone Lake Beach
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Washington Park Beach
Michigan City
11.5 miles NWMichigan 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
11.5 miles NWA 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
New Buffalo Beach
New Buffalo
12.8 miles NThe 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
Portage Lakefront and Riverwalk Beach
Portage
22.7 miles WUnguarded 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
West Beach
Portage
24.1 miles WThe 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
Silver Beach County Park
St. Joseph
36.5 miles NA 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
12th Street Beach
Chicago
47.7 miles WFree, lifeguarded Lake Michigan beach on Chicago's Northerly Island, just south of the Adler Planetarium, with a beach house, paddle launch and swimming from 11 am to 7 pm in summer.
Canoe, Kayak, Swim
Ohio Street Beach
Chicago
48.7 miles NWA free, lifeguarded Chicago Park District beach on Lake Michigan just north of Navy Pier, and the city's main open water training spot, with a half-mile swim along the seawall toward Oak Street.
Swim
