Parking is no longer as of spring 2021. Is now $$$ metered!

A good place to experience a sunrise with the silhouette of a light tower. Easy to bike to along the lakefront.

Good birding area. You will come upon other birders. Be careful to stay in the fenced area so as to not destroy the delicate restored and tended dune area.

Great place to photograph sunrises and crashing lake waves at the north end of Foster beach. Along the lakefront bike trail. Nice view of the light tower at the end of a short pier off the south end of Foster beach, another favorite place to shoot and experience sunrises.

Truly a "magic" birding" and restorative area for the soul while escaping the high-density area just west across Lake Shore Drive. Wonderful area for birding where you will come across other birders and photographers with long telephoto lenses. Also, good location to shoot photos of the far-off distinctive Chicago Skyline.

North entrance to the Caldwell Lily Pond, created by renowned landscape architect Alfred Caldwell. Truly a jewel in the city, just north of the zoo where there is a south entrance. Do not climb all over the place. Stay on the path. Has a peaceful wooden shelter.

A good place to shoot photos of the sunrise at the right time of the year, placing the sun between the two light towers at the end of two short piers. My special secret place along the east side of a golf course with a path running down to a spot at the entrance to Belmont harbor which is nice to view boats coming and going with the skyline.

146, 151 bus stop, goes down Michigan Ave to downtown to loop.

Sout entrance to the Caldwell Lily Pond, created by renowned landscape architect Alfred Caldwell. Truly a jewel in the city, just north of the zoo where there is a north entrance as well on Fullerton Avenue. Do not climb all over the place. Stay on the path. Has a peaceful wooden shelter.