Legacy Nature Preserve at Clay Banks — Attraction in Town of Clay Banks

Legacy Nature Preserve is a wonderful place to visit with the entire family, including your pet. There are prairie grasses that have beautiful wildflowers growing along with butterflies. There is a hiking trail that leads you down to Lake Michigan. There are several benches placed along the trail for you to take a rest. Plan to spend some time exploring the beach and exploring the prairie grasses. Bring a picnic lunch and enjoy the beautiful scenery. Pack your swimsuit and a Beach Blanket. This is an enjoyable area that the Legacy Nature Preserve has created for the...

It's a short walk through fields to a similar small beach. It is a more calm place and has only a few parking spots. Less Humans means more nature. The surroundings are teeming with life. All sorts of insects and little animals are here to see, i even saw a prairie dog staring at me. After that little walk comes a little stony beach.

This is a perfect place for anyone who prefers a calmer place with just a few people...

Don't be like me, read the reviews and check this place out! You have to park in the teeny parking lot and then walk through a field(??) to get to the beach apparently. When we drove by this place, it just looked like a random tiny lot in front of someone's farm (and it seemed like people were even working on the farm?!) so we didn't even stop. It looks like we missed a really nice...