63rd Street Beach
Chicago, IL
63rd Street Beach sits in Jackson Park on the South Side, anchored by the 63rd Street Beach House, a Classical Revival pavilion built in 1919 and now Chicago's oldest beach house. It's a designated Chicago Landmark. The beach is wide and sandy, with the Jackson Park lagoons and the Obama Presidential Center nearby.
A landmark beach house and a wide beach in a historic park, though the building needs care.
How we score beachesTake a walk around the historic beach house, then head into Jackson Park to see the Japanese garden on Wooded Island.
Parking lots near the beach house.
Paved paths lead from the lots to the sand.
Lifeguards are on duty 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. from Memorial Day to Labor Day. The beach house hosts events in summer.
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