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The park district's Calumet Park, [32] which is not to be confused with the nearby city of Calumet Park, IL, has a mile of lakefront and contains three beaches located at the 9600, 9800 and 9900 South blocks along Lake Michigan (what would be 96th, 98th and 99th streets). The main beach has a Beach House with a concessions stand.
Adeline Geo-Karis Illinois Beach State Park, part of the Illinois state park system, is located along Lake Michigan in northern Lake County in northeast Illinois. Together with lands to the north, including Chiwaukee Prairie , it forms the Chiwaukee Prairie Illinois Beach Lake Plain , an internationally recognized wet-land of importance under ...
The Chicago Lakefront Trail (LFT [1]) is a 18.5-mile-long (29.8 km) [2] partial shared-use path for walking, jogging, skateboarding, and cycling, located along the western shore of Lake Michigan in Chicago, Illinois. The trail passes through and connects Chicago's four major lakefront parks along with various beaches and recreational amenities.
Horseshoe Lake, a National Natural Landmark, is located in the American Bottom of Illinois within the greater St. Louis metropolitan area, is 2,400 acres (10 km 2) in size, and is the second-largest natural lake in Illinois after Lake Michigan. An oxbow lake which is a remnant of a Mississippi River meander, the lake's elevation is 403 feet ...
Grand Beach was founded by the Grand Beach Company around 1903. It was conceived of partially as a short-stay resort. People would take the Michigan Central Railroad to Grand Beach station, rent small cottages for a day or two, eat in the dining hall (located at the corner of Lakeview and Whitewood), and enjoy bathing and golfing.
Hagar Township is a civil township of Berrien County in the U.S. state of Michigan.As of the 2020 census, the township population was 3,243. [3]The township is in the north of the county with Lake Michigan to the northwest, Covert Township in Van Buren County to the north, Coloma Charter Township to the east, Bainbridge Township to the southeast, and Benton Charter Township to the south.
Promontory Point (known locally as The Point) is a man-made peninsula jutting into Lake Michigan.It is located in Chicago's Burnham Park.The Point was constructed from landfill and by the late 1930s was protected by a seawall or revetment.
The entire route was resigned as Lake Shore Drive in 1946, and its scenic views of the waterfront, beaches, parks, towers and high-rises have become symbolic of Chicago. On June 25, 2021, the Chicago City Council approved a compromise ordinance renaming the outer portion of Lake Shore Drive for the city's first non-indigenous settler, Jean ...