Forest Park — Attraction in Lake Forest

I found out that Forest Park beach went from charging $15/weekends to $25/every day. It doesn’t seem very inclusive to do this. We are a neighboring community that has several homes with Lake Forest addresses as well. I have 3 children. We enjoyed going to the beach on a weekday when little to no people are there and you are now charging me $100 to go to the beach for an hour?? We live 15 minutes away! Why make it so expensive for neighboring communities to enjoy some time on the beach? This makes me so disappointed. The parking situation already made non residents walk two miles to get to the beach and back. This change speaks volumes on the values your community upholds and it’s sad and disappointing...

Very disappointed in our experience. We've just moved to the Chicago area and traveled to this "public" beach to be told at entry that we weren't allowed to park there, and it's for residents only. After reading other people's reviews of this beach, it's frustrating to learn we could have paid to park for the day, although you should not have to pay $25 to park at a "public"...

For years, this has always been my favorite park on Chicago's lakefront, especially during fall colors and even during winter for a brisk hike along the switchbacks. If you're not a Lake Forest resident (with the windshield sticker) it's worth the gamble of a parking ticket from LFPD and/or think creatively about how to enjoy the park without having to...