What are the best beaches in Chicago?

I need a large piece of driftwood to use for a project. I know you can find driftwood on city beaches because I have before, but I have a limited amount of time to do this and I'd appreciate any tips. Thanks!

thinking of taking the family about 400 miles to Illinois to catch the Cubs,Navy Pier an a good beach.What is a good beach in the chicago Il area for kids/family ??Thanks

hey guys i am from chicago illinois i was born there but not we live in houston me and my sis started talking about chicago and there beaches she said you cant go in the water we are going back to our hometown this summer (chicago) and wanna know if...

so last year i went to florida and got SUPER tan on the beach from laying out. this year, i didn't have time to go to florida, and because school is starting up soon, i want to get tan like last year because i'm quite pale right now, but the closest...

Isn't the reason most people go to the beach is because of the heat? and the temps weren't even in the 100s! How would Hawaii tourism or Florida tourism be if they closed beaches due to the 80-90 degree weather? Because gangs are now using Twitter, much...

I'm from out of town, but I was going to visit a friend who lives near Chicago. I was looking at info for Chicago beaches and got confused. Am I allowed to use the beaches during the "off-season"? And if so, what all is allowed during this...

What public beaches are open around Chicago right now? Or even smaller beaches that we could go to w/o getting in trouble/breaking laws right now. I have to take photo's for a project, and need a beach that's pretty and open. Not Oak Street or North...

I heard there were two nice beaches @ downtown Chicago. North Avenue beach and Oak st beach I wanted to know how long it would take from Union Station, and if I needed to get a taxi. Also how much a taxi would cost to get there. Sorry one more thing...