This family-owned "boardwalk park" is located on a pier in the middle
of the 1,400-acre Lake Shafer. That lake was created in the 1922 when two dams were built on the Tippecanoe River. These days, there
are even public docks available if you want to use your boat to get to the amusement park!
The park opened as Ideal Beach way back in 1926. The park was first owned by Earl Spackman, and the Spackman
family continued to own the property until selling it Morgan RV in 2008. Apex Parks Group purchased Indiana Beach in 2015, but Apex
encountered difficulties, declared bankruptcy, and announced the park would close in February 2020. With financial assistance from White County,
Chicago businessman Gene Staples purchased the park and reopened it in the middle of 2020.
Three coasters have left the park:
