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North Beach (Lake Charles)
4.2★ · 100 Google ratings · Lake Charles, Louisiana
✓ Short walk✓ Good for kids✓ Restrooms
At a glance
Parking
Reported adequate
Walk
240 ft · under a minute
Restrooms
Yes
Water
90°F
Tide
1 ft range today
Children
Reported good for young kids
Length
800 yd of shoreline
Sand
125 yd from the water to the back
Water quality
Poor · 35% of 31 over the limit · 2025
Map of North Beach (Lake Charles)
Guide
Good to know
Reported good with little kids
Visitors often mention shallow or calm water. This is what reviewers report, not a safety assessment.Mentioned by 5 visitors · 2017–2026
Visit on weekends in summer
Visitors report the beach is cleanest and least crowded on Saturday mornings in September, with clear water and no trash.
Bring water shoes or sandals
Reviewers mention broken glass scattered throughout the sand and painful spurweed in the grass and shallow areas.
Expect highway noise
The beach sits close to the road, and visitors describe the sound as distracting or comparable to a war zone.
Check water conditions before swimming
Reviewers describe the water color as murky, yellowish, or dark brown, with reports of dead fish and one.
Conditions
How it is right now
Air
82°F · clear
Water
90°F
Wind
4 mph from the SSW
UV index
8 peak today
| Time | Tide | Height |
|---|---|---|
| 05:14 | High tide | ↑ |
| 22:00 | Low tide | ↓ |
Last updated Aug 20, 5:48 AM.
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Questions
Common questions
How far is the walk to the water at North Beach?
240 ft in a straight line from the listing to the mapped shoreline, under a minute. Soft sand and dune make the real walk longer than the straight line.
Does North Beach have restrooms?
No restrooms are mapped within 600 m on OpenStreetMap. That means nobody has mapped any, which is not the same as there being none.
Measured from OpenStreetMap, public aerial imagery and live conditions data, and counted from visitor reviews. Every source, in full.
