Beach · Lake Michigan · Illinois
Illinois Beach State Park Sailing Beach
A public beach on Lake Michigan in Lake County, Illinois, 0.14 miles of shore. It is on the federal list of BEACH Act beaches but was not on the state’s sampling schedule in the latest report.
The beach
On the record
- Water
- Lake Michigan
- Location
- Lake County, Illinois
- Length
- 0.14 miles
- Owner
- Public
- Access
- Public Access
- Water sampling
- Not monitored in 2025
- Swim season
- 98 days, as reported
- Monitoring tier
- Tier 1 — the state’s highest monitoring priority
- Water quality standard
- E. coli, single sample: 235 CFU per 100 mL
- EPA beach ID
- IL144069
- Coordinates
- 42.4680° N, 87.7981° W to 42.4642° N, 87.7990° W
As the state reported it to EPA for the 2025 season. Sampling schedules change year to year. How beach monitoring works →
Down the shore
Nearest Michigan beaches
- Illinois Beach State Park Camp Logan Beach0.3 mi · IL
- Illinois Beach State Park North Beach0.8 mi · sampled · IL
- Zion Hosah Park Beach1.0 mi · IL
- North Point Marina Beach1.7 mi · sampled · IL
- Illinois Beach State Park South Beach1.8 mi · sampled · IL
- Prairie Harbor Yacht Club1.9 mi · WI
Straight-line distance.
By boat
Launches nearby
- Simmon's Island Boat Harbor8.8 mi · trailer ramp
On the horizon
Lighthouses nearby
- Waukegan Harbor Light7.5 mi
- Kenosha North Pier Light8.4 mi
- Kenosha Light8.4 mi · deactivated
Ashore
State parks nearby
On shore nearby
Worth the stop
- Illinois Beach State Park3.4 mi · beach
Off the beach
What to fish on Lake Michigan
Source
Facts on this page are from the EPA BEACON profile for beach IL144069, the record Illinois files under the federal BEACH Act, retrieved 2026-10-10. The county is placed from the beach’s own coordinates. A blank field means the record is silent. Parking, fees, lifeguards and dog rules are set by whoever runs the beach; check with them before you go.
Chart shoreline generalized from Natural Earth (public domain). Not for navigation. Something wrong or missing? Write to contact@greatamericanlakes.com.