37 Things to do near Washington Park Beach
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Mount Baldy Beach
Michigan City
2.0 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
Lituanica Park
Beverly Shores, Indiana
5.3 miles SWA free short practice disc golf course in Beverly Shores with 10 tees playing to 5 baskets — some overlapping fairways and water and tree obstacles. Bring the map.
Disc Golf
Creek Ridge Disc Golf
Michigan City, Indiana
6.6 miles EFlat disc golf through prairie and trees at Creek Ridge in Michigan City, Indiana — an easy, scenic outdoor round.
Disc Golf
New Buffalo Beach
New Buffalo
9.4 miles NEThe 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
Purdue North Central 1
Westville, Indiana
9.9 miles SA free public disc golf course on the beautiful Purdue North Central campus in Westville — moderately hilly and wooded with great signage, a 30-foot sculpture at the first tee, and practice baskets.
Disc Golf
Hawthorne Park
Porter, Indiana
11.3 miles SWA smallish park in Porter with mature trees and a bit of elevation — bring a map for navigation; some construction disruptions were noted in 2014.
Disc Golf
Stone Lake Beach
La Porte
11.5 miles SELa 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
Portage Lakefront and Riverwalk Beach
Portage
15.7 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
West Beach
Portage
17.2 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
Countryside Park
Portage, Indiana
20.0 miles SWA varied mix of holes across different types of terrain — a free, accessible disc golf round in Portage, Indiana's Countryside Park.
Disc Golf
Bourissa Hills
New Carlisle, Indiana
20.2 miles EA recreational course at the back of a multi-use public park, mostly open with some impressive large oaks adding character in New Carlisle.
Disc Golf
Lake Township Park Disc Golf Course
Bridgman, Michigan
23.2 miles NEA front nine of mostly open but varied shots and a back nine weaving in and out of woods, featuring a signature 492-foot tree-line hole and a 593-foot dogleg on 17.
Disc Golf
Hidden Creek Disc Golf Course
Crown Point, Indiana
31.0 miles SWA casual disc golf course at Hidden Creek Apartments in Crown Point with a fenced tennis court, minor elevation, and a thick tree line for obstacles — tee markers are grass pavers.
Disc Golf
Purdue University Calumet
Hammond, Indiana
31.1 miles WA mostly open free disc golf course where the big quirk is that holes 6–9 are 2,000 feet from hole 5 — bring the map and plan for a walk between sections.
Disc Golf
Pulaski Park
Hammond, Indiana
32.1 miles WAlley shots through walnuts and maples where Mother Nature and wind are the main challenges — posts mark tees and the course map is available from the contact near Hammond.
Disc Golf
Andrews University
Berrien Springs, Michigan
32.5 miles NEA long, flat campus disc golf course at Andrews University in Berrien Springs, shared with a disc golf class — no alcohol, no tobacco, and closed Friday sunset to Saturday sunset.
Disc Golf
Rum Village Disc Golf Course
South Bend, Indiana
33.5 miles EA well-groomed park with very old trees, mild elevation, and birdieable early holes that give way to a back 9 that tests both arm strength and accuracy.
Disc Golf
Silver Beach County Park
St. Joseph
33.9 miles NEA 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
Riverfront Park
South Holland, Illinois
35.7 miles WShort, open holes in a scenic spot on the shores of the Little Calumet River — ideal for learning disc control in a relaxed atmosphere.
Disc Golf
12th Street Beach
Chicago
37.3 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
