Nice little beach with a beautiful view of the bay.It was a bit trashed when we visited, which was a bummer, but our dogs had a blast!The water is so beautiful and calm, Im sure it would be great to swim there during the summer.

Its a great park. However, many that visit the park at the current time do not wear masks or properly social distance: keep this in mind before planning a visit.

Nice little park..okay amount of parking spaces...m & f restrooms/changing rooms are pretty clean...water levels in bay are up so boat and jet ski launches much easier. In the morning sun come up in your face so in the evening its behind and with tree coverage you arent getting too much sun late. Not a lot of picnic tables but lots of grass for your own small grill and seating. Closest store is a mini Mart & gas place about 3/4 mile from the beach

Nice view, clean, maintained. Good size beach. Good beach to take younger kids to.

So cool for a spit of public sand !!! Water is always nice in July, beautiful weather as of July 2020. Medium rocks patched thru the beach and in lake, buoys to outline limits. Average depth past shore is 2-3 tops. Its perfect guys. Clear, clean. Freshwater rules above all waters. I shot fireworks, had some beer, pop and snacks with the kids. Beautiful houses surrounding public area. Dream big, yall! $600k minimum!!!

East Bay park has a pretty fantastic little beach; Maybe 2000 square feet left. Water is clean, lots of parking, clean restrooms, and a playground. Perfect for kids as its shallow and has a very small sandbar type area. And not too crowded.

Conveniently located. Has picnic/grilling areas. Playground available for children and on-site enclosed bathroom. The beach used to be bigger, but there is still plenty of room to spread out during this social distancing time.

Nice place to live.. the people are very pleasant here

Such a nice beach! The water is shallow for quite a ways out. Good for small children!

I really liked this park I walked there from my hotel room and enjoyed every minute of it!

Quiet little park, great beach to swim and to find rocks :)

This was my favorite place to swim in traverse, but I went today and it smelled sooooooo bad that I couldnt swim or stay. I checked online for any info, but nothing. The bathrooms, which are a regular flush toilet, smelled like kitty litter and whatever fluid they fill porta pottys with, it was overwhelming. There was septic pumping equipment on-site just sitting around the bathrooms... But even near the water it just smelled like the bathrooms did. So nasty.Given the high water and that its August, maybe they just need to pump real bad. I dunno. Id give it 5 stars under normal circumstances cause I enjoy how shallow it is and how far you can walk out in the crystal blue/green water.But man today was gross!!

Perfect small beach for the children. Excellent to catch the crack of dawn.

Its clean and shallow water. Great for the little ones. And there is a jungle gym too.

Family friendly neighborhood park on East Grand Traverse Bay. Swings, playset, picnic tables, grills & indoor restrooms all on a shallow, sandy beach. Water levels are quite high (2019) so the beach is reduced. Paved parking lot, too.

A nice little park with a great view of the bay and picnic tables.

This is a great little park with a beautiful view of the bay, and a nice playground for kids. Only seconds away from NMC, it is a great place to take food to eat, or study, or just relax on the beach. I regularly find Petoskey stones here, as well as neat little creatures. Dog-friendly, kid-friendly, college kid-friendly. 10/10.Also I pet a swan on the head here.

Great little park with a nice view

Very nice. Nice bathrooms.

Clean, safe and helpful

Quiet, not crowded, will go back!

I love this little park. So many wonderful memories of my children playing there.

I liked it but I dont think the pool is heated it was very cold kinda sad

Cool spot. Yeah

Actually was at the park for a kayak trial run by Backcountry North, so first time in the park. The water being incredibly high, there was still a little bit of beach, so thats a plus. No crowds on a Saturday morning. Nice restroom facilities.

Too many people, and kids kept messing with the poor ducks

Good. It was good. Even the restroom smelled fine. The bench was uncomfortable, but, other than that it was cool.

Love taking my puppies here. Colors in the bay were gorgeous.

Nice place for traverse city residents

Was very nice and clean

Its a nice park that used to have a decent boat launch it has turned into someone of a swimming area and a good kids play ground

Nice beach and playground

Beautiful!! Clean park.

Nice quiet stop

Beautiful gorgeous place for summer pokimane & Christopher?

My favorite little beach to frequent. I love the shade. The water is nice and it isnt overran with tourists. Great place for a morning coffee ir a family picnic.

Beautiful.park w. Playground and shallow water for the smaller ones;)

Nice park. Clean and quiet. Close to the city but the tourists dont come here

Love this place grate place to take the kids has a play ground and bathroom not far from each other and the water is not so high for the little ones.

Beatiful place.Small but beatiful

It can be hard to rate a park but lets give it a shot. Yes, there are nice restrooms (closed in winter, obviously). Yes there is a playset for younger kids. Yes there are grills. Yes there is a nice beach... and the extra good thing about this particular beach is that it is relatively shallow for a longer distance out into the water in comparison to other parks on East and West Grand Traverse Bay. Despite the relative shallowness Ill tell parents what they already know: please never take your eyes off your kids when near water. This beach faces east so an adventure here on a clear, early morning will net you a gorgeous sunrise.

This is a public beach on the East Grand Traverse bay. Its never that busy, the rest rooms are newer. It has a great playground for kids. The water is shallow for about 300 yards out, so you can walk around quite a bit in the bay.

Great park for kids

Good place to relax and it has washroom, playground for kids and picnic

This is the perfect little park for a hot summer day. There is a nice playground, toilets, grills and picnic tables. There is a boat launch, but I recommend for lighter craft such as canoes and kayaks. The swimming area is clean and sandy. The water is quite shallow for some distance and typically very warm.

Nice family park on a nice piece of shore.

I love this park and visit often! Met a lovely grandmother today. She brought her young grandson. He and I did some stone skipping in the water. Friendly, clean, visitors welcome.

Came during low tide, but was still a pleasant place to enjoy my lunch.

Not much room to walk along the beach at all. Sticks and duck poop everywhere.

This used to be a wonderful beach now that the water is up seems very murky and mysterious... certainly not my 1st choice.

Great place to catch a sunrise!

I love this park. It has a good amount of shade.There is a sign that says no dogs allowed.So I dont bring my dog, and then I see other people have brought dogs.I wish dogs were allowed at this beach so that I may bring my own dog.The mens room has been super gross a few times. And I know its because people choose to be super gross, be aware there isnt really an attendant there 24/7.

Great place to hang. Very clean

Good park. Same problem as other TC parks, tho, too many people letting their dogs run loose.

Amazing view

Beautiful park for a sunrise!!

Nice beach. People bring dogs (please clean up after them). Not mucky. Has grills. Not too cold. Has a playground for kids. Clean.

Nice quiet out of the way spot. Small but nice. Dogs were permitted.

Not crowded nice beach Sandy shoreline

I love this place to see the sunrise

Nice little park.. A few picnic tables. A few grills. Nice little beach and doesnt get deep real fast so its nice for kids. Also has a nice playground and bathrooms and a drinking fountain.

Nice small park on the lake. Kids enjoyed playing in the sand and the play ground. Nice view on the lake.

A little windy, but there were several kite surfers which were entertaining to watch and a stand up paddle boarder braving the waves and chilly conditions. Wonderful little park with more parking than it appears to have from the road.

Nice little park and cute shoreline. But Google Maps showed it being much larger than it really is.

A great place for locals to still enjoy the water via a peaceful setting, in Traverse when tourist season is in full swing. The water is fabulous, there is plenty of shade, and seating. My family loves it here!

Crowded beaches wont be found at East bay park. The water is usually warmer on east bay too compared to west bay. Great sand all the way out in the water

Close parking, clean restrooms and good access to beach. Shallow enough so all kids can enjoy. LUV it. We go back every year.

Beautiful lake! Left me speechless

Fun little beach. Great playground for kids. You can walk out into the water for a few hundred yards and its still knee to waist deep. Its kinda cool.

Beautiful local bay connection

Ducks, seagulls swimming in very low water which is pathway to deeper East Bay. Concern for fecal matter.

Good view!

One of my favorite little family beaches in TC. Nice and Sandy and shallow for a long ways out which usually equates to warm water. Has a playground, charcoal grills, and a bathroom.

I really like this park. The times Ive been there it was pretty quiet. They playground is nice too.

Went to use the restrooms

Great little beach, gorgeous for sunrises

Nice little grassy area for kids to play but water is so receded that theres not much water play going on.

Fantastic spot for a family, small beach but warmer waters due to being shallow plus a sort of tiny human water pool area perfect for babies to splash around on the beach area protected from deeper waters (when water levels permit).

Very quiet and accessible. Great place for children. Also has an area with a playground.

Clean beach with nice recreation areas

Great beach, great base for a ride round old mission pennisula

Could be a cleaner beach but fun and dog friendly.

Groovy place

Ice skating there is best in the region...shallow so less worries if your nervous about ice breaking. And of course a beautiful beach in the summer!

Beautiful views

Nice playground. Clean bathrooms. Small actual beach area and the water stays shallow for a long time.

Beautiful little park right on the bay. My son loves it

Great place to stop with your pet

Lovely views. Quiet. Not a great swimming area though.

The water is really high...

Good beach to bring your kids!

Clean restrooms.Park with playground equipment, picnic tables, grills, sandy beach.

Love this little beach. Very peaceful

Water is high so the beach is smaller..

Clean. Long shallow shelf. Restrooms and garbage cans and picnic tables available.

Quiet and not crowded at all.

Beautiful other than the ducky water

Beautiful , safe place to take my kids to play

Don’t go here! I don’t want all the tourists to find it

Smaller beach with very close parking