Beach · Lake Michigan · Illinois
North Shore Avenue Beach
A public beach on Lake Michigan in Cook County, Illinois, 0.15 miles of shore. The state samples the water for bacteria 5 times a week through a 105-day swim season.
The beach
On the record
- Water
- Lake Michigan
- Location
- Cook County, Illinois
- Length
- 0.15 miles
- Owner
- Public
- Access
- Public Access
- Water sampling
- Yes — 5 times a week in the swim season
- Swim season
- 105 days, as reported
- Monitoring tier
- Tier 1 — the state’s highest monitoring priority
- EPA beach ID
- IL274491
- Coordinates
- 42.0050° N, 87.6570° W to 42.0030° N, 87.6570° 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
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- Leone Beach0.6 mi · sampled · IL
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- Howard Street Park Beach1.0 mi · IL
Straight-line distance.
On the horizon
Lighthouses nearby
- Grosse Point Light4.2 mi · deactivated
- Wilson Avenue Crib Light4.3 mi
- William E. Dever Crib Light6.0 mi
On shore nearby
Worth the stop
- Chicago Lakefront Trail8.2 mi · drive
Off the beach
What to fish on Lake Michigan
Source
Facts on this page are from the EPA BEACON profile for beach IL274491, 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.