Lake View Beach — Attraction in Beverly Shores

Updates for Lake View Beach and the National Park restrooms and parking at this site. As of our visit at the beginning of September, the beach is open. Well, the northeast half of it is a Perched Beach using a rock revetment with a protected area of beach and trees artificially held about 5 or 6 feet above the water line (see photos). Along the southwest section, the rock revetment is closer to the road and the beach naturally forms here thanks to the perched beach sticking out and capturing the littoral drift and setting up a shoreline of revetment protrusions and protected / cove beaches. Despite the old nearby sea wall protrusions into the lake being an impediment to easy beach walking, they are creating the beaches that exist in the spaces between them.

Parking here consists of 2 separate lots: The Beverly Shores (northeast) lot is for local residents who live here (permit required), and if off limits for most visitors. The National Park side (southwest lot) now requires a pass with fees paid either online or at the National Park visitor center / headquarters. There are a few days of free parking throughout the year for special events and some holidays (schedule is posted online at the park website), but most visitors for 2022 and going forwards should expect to pay $25 per vehicle for a 7-day pass $45 for an annual vehicle pass, or $15 for a 7-day cyclist / pedestrian pass. The free parking at this beach from 2021 is gone. Note that the parking spots are smaller in length and any vehicle larger than 17' (such as a minivan) will either hang out into the road or cause an obstruction to the sidewalk immediately behind it. If you have a longer vehicle such as a Suburban or longer pickup truck, please consider parking at the Dunbar beach lot instead (more parking spaces, longer vehicles do not cause issues, and also has restrooms).

Beach combers visiting will find quite an assortment and variety of smooth rocks on the shore near the water and in the scup just offshore of the beach (the shallow trough of rocks and sand that exists as the beach turns into water and where the shoreline waves reach the shore).

Restrooms were well maintained at the time of our visit, accommodating 2 men and 2 women. Charcoal cooking pedestal grills were also available near the picnic benches in the upper area adjacent to the parking lot.

We hope you and your family enjoy this segment of our National Parks as much as we did. God bless and...

Buy an Indiana Dunes National Park pass to visit this beach. It's $25 for 7 days and you can visit several beaches. You can buy the pass online but you have to print it out. You can buy a pass here during open hours or at the visitor center or a couple other locations. We went to the visitor center to buy ours and get a couple maps. Don't know how the State park compares as we didn't want to spend money for both. This beach was a nice one for watching the sunset. We could see the...

The perfect beach for sunset views!

Parking is limited so arrive ahead of sunset to snag a spot.

Plenty of picnic benches to enjoy a meal. Clean bathrooms as well. We visited in Sept. Not sure if they are open year round.

There is not a level or easy way down to the beach. Those who are wheelchair users can still enjoy the view from a paved, flat area up top...