The beach is VERY VERY tiny. Therefore, if its around noon, it's difficult to even find a spot to lay down a towel. The water is murky and there are insects all along the beach. There is a beautiful view of the lake, but that is the only pro of this place. My advice: skip it and go to another beach!
This was a very popular place for all the weekend warriors to hand out with their friends and families. Was a very nice and clean park. easy to get around but very crowded.
So, you pull into a fenced-in park, go down the street to park, drag all your stuff to a very small, crowded on weekends "State Park" area overlooking a creek, the main street and the only free "beach" on Geneva Lake. The "beach" is pathetic. The width is about 6' by about 75 yards. Good luck.
Very nice beach that runs along the Lake Shore path. Comes in very handy, esp. having to use the restroom facilities!
My boyfriend and I stayed at Big Foot Beach State Park in July 2014 and were extremely disappointed. At the time they were building a new shower house so they had a trailer with showers instead- which is fine; however, the showers were very dirty and I felt I needed a shower AFTER taking one! I was expecting clean conditions since the outside of the trailer said "5 star cleanliness". They also had one outhouse for roughly 40 camping sites- that's 1 toilet. I have nothing against outhouses and am not easily grossed out, but this one made me gag.The beach is not really a beach. It is a sand strip that is about 5 feet deep (from the road to water) and maybe 50 yards long. There are weeds washed up on it as well. The swimming area also does not go deeper than about 3 feet.We booked this trip with the intention of staying at the campground all weekend and enjoying the beach & activities, but there were none.
We hit this state park on a road trip to see the state parks surrounding the Chicago area. This park was a let down. The campsite was not flat, the beach was a thin strip of sand for which you had to cross a busy road, and the hiking trails were just blazed through brush. Would give it a miss next time around. I don't think there is much in Lake Geneva for those who don't have the money to throw at luxurious accomodations or a private boat.
Maybe the smallest beach I have ever seen as we drove right by it and almost hit folks on the beach, crazy setup they have at this road-side beach off the lake...
lots of campers - not well policed or taken care of. situated at east end of Lake Geneva with a very small beach access to the Lake.
The location is great but the only issue is it is very small in size. One of the smallest state park I have ever visited. So it is obvious that in weekends it will be very crowdy and the privacy will be less. Park attendants were helpful and the park also has access to lake Geneva though very small beach. But still we liked it and will probably camp again but definitely on weekdays ;)
We decided to camp at the park for a Friday and Saturday night. We got to the park and went to our campsite. Our site was pretty decent sized, but most of them were quite small. The shower house was being built so there was a trailer showers in it. The side of the trailer said it was clean / air conditioned, etc. Completely the opposite, they were disgusting. The outhouses were disgusting. Yes, it is a vault toilet, but still! Disgusting! The beach is tiny, so get there early to mark your claim. There is no alcohol allowed in the park. So plan some accordingly.