Lake County Lakes – New Start Location

When:
November 26, 2016 @ 8:00 am
2016-11-26T08:00:00-06:00
2016-11-26T08:15:00-06:00
Where:
Waukegan Municipal Beach
201 E Sea Horse Dr
Waukegan
IL 60085
Cost:
Free
Contact:
Leader: Jeff Sanders
847-657-6431
Lake County Lakes - New Start Location @ Waukegan Municipal Beach | Mundelein | Illinois | United States

Fall waterfowl migration has (finally) begun and it looks like it will be more productive on the lakefront than at the inland lakes originally planned for this field trip, so we’ve changed our starting point to Waukegan Beach at 8 am  Saturday November 26. If we’re lucky, the Purple Sandpiper that showed up there last week will stick around long enough for us to see it.

Proposed stops include:

  • Waukegan Beach / Waukegan Harbor
  • Illinois Beach State Park South Unit / lakefront
  • North Point Marina and Stateline Park / Winthrop Harbor

Directions:

Stop 1

Waukegan Beach and Waukegan Harbor

Follow Route 120 EAST (Belvidere Rd.), drive to the lake, turn left on Market St/Pershing Rd. right on E Clayton, left on Sea Horse Drive, and bear right to beach parking lot

Stop 2

Illinois Beach State Park South Unit

  • Exit Waukegan Beach via Sea Horse Drive.
  • Turn Right on Clayton (stop sign)
  • Cross RR tracks & turn right on Pershing
  • Turn left at Mathon Drive (top of ramp)
  • Immediately turn right onto Amstutz Expway
  • Exit Amstutz at end & turn left onto Greenwood
  • Proceed to stoplight and turn right onto Sheridan Road
  • Turn right on Wadsworth Road (Entrance to IL Beach State Park)
  • Continue toward IL Beach Resort & Conference Center
  • Continue past Conference Center and turn right into first road on right (Administrative building) (200 yards) Don’t pass it.
  • Park

Stop 3

Winthrop Harbor (Yacht Club)

  • Exit Illinois Beach State Park
  • Turn right on Sheridan Road (137)
  • Continue to Main Street (signs for Winthrop Harbor)
  • Turn right to NorthPoint Drive (stop sign)
  • Turn Left to Winthrop Harbor Yacht Club (there will be a right turn into Yacht Club parking lot)
  • Park

Stop 4

Stateline Beach

Follow the group around the corner to Stateline beach