Montrose Beach — Attraction in Lake View Township

Chicago’s hidden gem. Popular beach for locals, but it’s a must visit for one-of-a-kind nature experience: a dog beach, a human beach, a couple piers that jet out into the lake, a natural dune, bird sanctuary, butterfly sanctuary, bike trails, hiking trails, long lakefront views, boating dock, fields of grass to just relax and people watch, bird watch, nature watch and more. The stewards, Chicago Parks, the Nature Conservancy and everyone that has worked hard to conserve this beach should be congratulated on a great job. It’s doing so well, that the locally famous couple of endangered Piping Plover’s, Monty and Rose...

We traveled an hour here so we could avoid the north avenue beach crowd, Montrose was fine although ever few yards some water sport race was being held and we were told to get out of the water about every ten minutes for the kids to compete. I don’t see why they would even allow the beach to be open to the public if they knew it would be littered with races and those not competing would be yelled at by rude life guards and evacuated from the water every few minutes, but I guess that’s just bad management. Honestly very disappointed we wasted our time at this beach. Not to mention I’ve never seen a more disgusting...

I love walking, and walking alongside the beach is always nicer Add in some wooded areas and a butterfly sanctuary, and you have several greats sights to see. There's a free parking lot, and I didn't have an issue with finding a spot 3pm Sunday, so I doubt it'll be an issue other times I saw people fishingin the area, so if that's your scene, go for it Either way, it's a great spot for getting your steps in, looking at nature,b or for a...