12th Street Beach — Local services in Duluth

We loved the little time that we spent there before finishing our family vacation. The beach was beautiful, we especially loved the soft sand lake floor that has a shallow shore and gets deeper gradually. The lake was super calm without big waves, the water was clean and clear. The water was pretty cold though, and it took some time to get used to it, but there were plenty of people/kids swimming. We were there in the morning around 10am, so the beach wasn't crowded, there were spaces at the parking lot, but I can imagine both beach and parking lot could get more crowed...

Personally I won't go there anymore. I took my son there today and we were having a great time. Until we got back to our car and realized someone broke in our car and stole my expensive purse (didn'thave my wallet in it), my son's Ipod and his wallet with 170.00 in it.... You could blatantly see it was a kids wallet & Ipod too. My purse, meh. It's a purse,, but I am beyond mad about my son's stuff.. All I can say is karma is a wonderful thing and always comes...

Took a coffee with me to explore this beach at sunrise, and it didn’t disappoint. Nice boardwalk to cross the dunes, and some worn paths to walk on foot. The weather was nice for paddle boarding, and one person was out there in the 50-degree weather. Committed fellow. Good view of Duluth from this spot, and was within walking distance from Park Point Marina Inn where I stayed. This would be a good spot in the summer but I enjoyed my...