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Continent:	North America
Country:	Illinois (USA)
Next Big City:	Waukegan
Next Town:	Zion

Type:	Lake
Rider Ability:	Beginner, Intermediate, Expert
Features:	Rooms, Rescue, Toilet, Food

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Water

Type:	Flat, Chop, Small Wave (< 1m)
Hazards:	No Info
Quality:	No Info
Best Tide:	Tide Independent

Flat to choppy water. Small waves with stronger winds.

Beach

Type:	Grass, Sand
Size:	Big
Hazards:	Rocks
Beach Users:	No Info

Good big beach. Several miles long. Sharp grass after 100 ft. Stop kiting and walk upwind once you see the hotel since the beach gets real narrow up there and rocky.

Wind

Best Months:	March, April, May, September, October, November
Wind Type:	Thermal Winds
Best Direction:	N
Main Direction:	No Info

Almost all the time the wind blows every day in the spring and fall about 10-25 knots gusty but ok to ride. The place to be on a North wind if you want the cleanest wind other than Montrose.

How to get there

Transport:	Car
Access:	No Info

It is beach park in the middle of Waukegan and Zion. Lots of access roads. Choose an excess with less people around, specially during summer.

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No restriction as long as you don't drop a kite on a person.

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