Tiscornia Park
St. Joseph, MI
Tiscornia Park is St. Joseph's city beach on the north side of the river mouth, and it's where you walk out onto the north pier to the town's two lighthouses. The sand is wide, the dunes behind it are low, and sunsets over the pier are the main event. It feels calmer than Silver Beach across the channel.
Lighthouse sunsets and wide sand, but the pier gets dangerous when waves come over it.
How we score beachesWalk the pier out to the outer light around sunset, but stay off it when waves are washing over the concrete.
The city charges a daily fee per vehicle for nonresidents without a season pass; the lot is at 80 Ridgeway Street.
A short walk from the lot to wide sand; the pier itself is flat concrete.
Calm July evenings are the time to walk the pier. In winter, ice sheets build on the lighthouses and the pier is off limits in practice.
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