Black River Beach — Attraction in La Crosse

we had fun visiting Black River Beach on a hot day. There were a lot of young people and families around on the weekday. we were camping across the river at the Great River Bluffs State Park. We even got the chance to be interviewed on the news because of the excessive heat! Great way to cool off, clean area. However, the exterior bathrooms were not open, despite emitting a terrible smell and we had trips through a Lobby and a special event to change into our...

My family loves having the beach so close! Fishing trips, picnics, bike rides, options are limitless. I like the fact we can all wash off before heading home. Sand is so hard to get out of the car! My concern are the lack of guards this year. It seems as though there's more litter on the beach and several small children by themselves. That's alarming to me! I would much rather have guards on the beaches, than cheaper taxes! It would benefit the whole...

This is a beach on the Black River, so the up stream pollution isn't as big of a problem as with the Mississippi, better water quality. They have two shelter with picnic areas, out door showers, locker room style restrooms and volleyball quart also. A couple of huge cottonwood trees are out front/back of the beach. Sometimes it gets overrun with sandburr plants (not sure of taxilogical classification) otherwise idea...