the beaches of your city

[Steely Dan]

Originally Posted by Handro

I 100% agree Rosewood Beach/Park is gorgeous.

rosewood is nice, as are other north shore beaches like lake forest, gilson, etc., but if you really want to see some spectacular beaches a short drive from chicago, you gotta go south, not north.

nothing in chicago/northern burbs holds a candle to indiana dunes national park in the natural beauty department.



all of this is a 1-hour train ride from downtown chicago on the south shore line:


source: https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/...6195e2c55.html




source: https://matadornetwork.com/read/indi...al-park-visit/




Indiana Dunes by Paul J Everett, on Flickr



source: https://statesymbolsusa.org/place/in...onal-lakeshore