Naperville, Illinois is a historic suburb of Chicago with a homey downtown area and landmark attractions that are wheelchair accessible.
Have a great beach day at Centennial Beach, a public beach just blocks away from downtown with wheelchair access and an ADA lift. Naper Settlement makes wheelchair access available for its collection of historic homes, participating in the museum experience is easy for everyone. The Millennium Carillon is a bell tower featuring 72 bells, towering 160 feet above downtown Naperville. The tower features a wheelchair accessible observation deck.
Naperville has also made ADA accessibility a focus in its rapid growth and has handicapped parking spaces across the downtown area and makes wheelchair access available throughout the Naperville Park District park network.
Centennial Beach
Centennial Beach has handicap access throughout the space and features an ADA lift to allow for wheelchair access into the pool. Please reach out to the Park district about accommodations for anyone who wishes to swim. The beach has adult swim hours, and special needs swim nights. Please find more information at centennialbeach.org.
Construction began during the Great Depression to help local misplaced workers and was unveiled to public in 1934. In 2008, the beach explored the possibility of making significant enhancements to the facility. The city of Naperville assessed ADA accessibility and asked for feedback from residents in a two year renovation process to bring disability access to the beach. After renovations, the beach now has a ADA lift and wheelchair accesible bathrooms. Centennial Beach is classified as a beach by the Illinois Department of Health and not as a swimming pool because of the large body of water that holds over 6.2 million gallons of water.
In 2019, the beach is open between May 25th to September 2nd. Check the beach for holiday, weekday, and weekend hours.
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