Adeline Jay Geo-Karis Illinois Beach State Park
Lake County, Illinois, United States
- Free parking
Tomorrow at a glance
Best: 10 am to 3 pm, sunset 5:56 pm5.3
5 km/h3 mph wind, Fair
5.7
7 km/h4 mph wind, Good
7.0
13 km/h8 mph wind, Great
7.9
13 km/h8 mph wind, Great
7.9
13 km/h8 mph wind, Great
7.8
15 km/h9 mph wind, Great
7.6
16 km/h10 mph wind, Great
6.5
17 km/h10 mph wind, Good
7.2
17 km/h11 mph wind, Great
7.3
17 km/h10 mph wind, Great
This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.
Best time to swim
Best: 10 am to 3 pm. Beach score for daylight hours, with wind in km/hmph underneath.
- Air
- 14°C57°F
- Water
- —
- Wind
- 96 km/hmph ENE
- Gusts
- 106 km/hmph
- Waves
- <0.1 m<1 ft
- UV
- 0 low
- Tide
- —
- Rain
- 0%
- Sunset
- 5:56 pm
Tide data is not available for this beach. Rip current and water quality data are not available either.
Beach info
Lifeguards, parking and facilities before you head down.
About Adeline Jay Geo-Karis Illinois Beach State Park
Adeline Jay Geo-Karis Illinois Beach State Park is a state park on Lake Michigan in Lake County, Illinois. OpenStreetMap lists North Point Marina Beach as a nearby beach located 4.2 miles away. OpenStreetMap also lists a free parking area within 500 feet of the park.
The Illinois Beach State Park (officially the Adeline Jay Geo-Karis Illinois Beach State Park) is a state park of Illinois, located along Lake Michigan in northern Lake County in northeast Illinois. Together with lands to the north, including Chiwaukee Prairie, it forms most of the Chiwaukee Prairie Illinois Beach Lake Plain, an internationally recognized wet-land of importance under the Ramsar Convention. The park is broken into two units that encompass an area of 4,160 acres (1,683 ha) and contains over six miles of Lake Michigan shoreline. In 2010, it was renamed for former state senator Adeline Geo-Karis.
Source: Illinois Beach State Park on Wikipedia (authors). Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0; text may have been shortened. Retrieved Oct 18, 2026. Data sources
Facilities
- Restrooms110 m370 ft away
- Showers240 m800 ft away
- Drinking water110 m350 ft away
- Parking7 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 150 m500 ft. Listed as free
- Picnic tables170 m550 ft away
- Playground280 m920 ft away
- SurfaceSand
Getting there
- Nearest town
- 3.2 km2 miZion (town)
- Nearest airport
- 5 km3 miWaukegan National Airport (UGN)
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- North Point Marina Beach6.8 km4.2 mi north away7.6 Great tomorrow
- Waukegan Beach7.1 km4.4 mi south away7.9 Great tomorrow
- Waukegan Municipal Beach7.6 km4.7 mi south away7.9 Great tomorrow
- Eichelman Beach17 km10 mi north away7.6 Great tomorrow
- Sunrise Beach17 km11 mi south away7.7 Great tomorrow
Where to stay near the beach
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The days ahead
Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.
- Fri7.9 GreatBest 10 am to 3 pmWind up to 17 km/h11 mph, rain 0%
- Sat5.0 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 28 km/h17 mph, rain 2%
- Sun6.2 GoodBest 10 am to 6 pmWind up to 14 km/h8 mph, rain 0%
- Mon6.2 GoodBest 5 pm to 6 pmWind up to 25 km/h15 mph, rain 0%
- Tue5.2 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 20 km/h12 mph, rain 4%
- Wed8.4 GreatBest 12 pm to 6 pmWind up to 16 km/h10 mph, rain 2%