Mercer Beach of Walled Lake — Attraction in Walled Lake

The beach is free to visit, but it is small and parking is limited. Be careful where you park, the restaurant to the right of the beach has designated parking and will come over to you to ask if you are ordering from them. If not, they instruct you to move on. So watch out for that. The beach is very small but is functional for sand play. The water is warm, however it has algae EVERYWHERE. You will leave with it all over your body and in your swimsuit. Watch out for the trash in the water and the dead fish as well. There are no buoys for you to gauge where to swim to and be safe with the boats out on the lake. No lifeguard on duty either. The reason for my visit was the lake I went to was closed to swimming and we needed an alternative. I can now say I have been here, but I do not think I will be going back. One visit was good enough for me...

It is fairly clean, and a short walk from street parking to the beach and a few more steps to the water for a dip. This is good for me because I am challenged by walking and the further I walk the more intense the pain so it's a doable distance. You could use a sturdy walker with 4 wheels to assist but I would not try it with a two wheeled walker.

There is a slight decline to the beach but really not much compared to other lakes I have visited. The walk to the beach is the shortest I have experienced too.

There are a few picnic tables. No life guard on duty and no boat or inner tube to assist in saving a drowning person so don't drown if yyou go in. Water is still with occasional small waves...

I didn't see the sign about not bringing dogs to this beach, I'm from Detroit so it's the second time that I've ever come to Walled Lake. Never coming back again, I got hounded by 4 people all at once to tell at me that my dog is not allowed. I told them that I will leave but I need to get my shoes from the other side of the beach (there were residents with their little dogs as well who no one seemed to mind). One of the women told me that she doesn't care about my shoes. I'm not welcome here so just leave. The amount of animosity I received from them including the on-lookers who muttered racial slurs is truly upsetting. I went back to my...