Michigan City East Pierhead Lighthouse Michigan City, IN 46360

"2-21-24 Definitely worth the stop. Plenty of photo ops of the lighthouse. Walking the pier is nice! You can walk right up to the lighthouse."

"I go out of my way to visit lighthouses but this one on Indiana's shore of Lake Michigan (I'll bet you didn't know that Indiana had a shoreline!) was well worth the trip. It's a pretty significant walk from the parking area (lightly enforced during offseason) and I went all the way out to the lighthouse and then climbed around to the other side of it. A little crazy, considering the ground isn't level and was slightly wet from spray. But yeah, I'm crazy. Worth it!"

"Visited at sunset. Arrived at 7 pm and surprised we were still charged $15 for entry for our car to go through the gates and park. It seems the only parking lot is Washington beach. We mostly just wanted to walk the concrete pier out to the lighthouse. You cannot climb it, or go inside- only walk around the outside. Walks around the sides of it are narrow, and include stairs. One side has no guard rails. You can scramble the large boulders below, all along the beach side of the pier. Fishing off the other side, where it steps down. You cannot walk on the catwalk (metal tracks above) but neat aesthetic backdrop for pics. Lights in the lighthouse still come on at night. Beautiful place to watch the sunset but gets a bit crowded."

"It is a good beach to visit, not very crowded given it is not very hot yet. It is clean, soft sand. The light house is so so, I prefer the one by Benton Harbor or Saukatuck MI better. The beach side bistro closes early though, so make sure you know the time of you didn't come with food and drinks. It costs $15 to get in which is kind of BS, it is a public beach, people pay taxes in this country! Definitely won't come back."

"What a fun and neat spot. I am from out of town and wanted to see Lake Michigan from Indiana. I didn’t stay long because it was chilly and windy out, but it’s a beautiful beach, nice pier and lighthouse. I would love to come back in the summer to explore more."