A secluded piece of serenity near us
Some of you may have heard about a little pier out on Loyola Beach in Riviera, while others have never seen nor have heard of this hidden gem. Loyola Beach is just a few miles southeast of Kingsville and could frankly be considered the most peaceful place around town.
From campus, it’s about a 30-minute drive, but the serenity you experience when you get there makes every minute of the drive worth it.
When you turn into Loyola, there’s a big parking lot and the majority of the time, that parking lot is near empty.
That’s one of the best things about this tiny pier. It’s secluded. You never have to make the drive and worry about the place being too packed for your liking.
Once you park, you have limited options on what you can do, BUT they’re all pretty good options.
You have the choice of fishing, walking by the water, spending time around the playground, watching the sunset, or having a mini photoshoot out by the rocks.
If you get hungry or want something to eat after, Kings Inn and Baffin Bay Seafood are nearby.
The pier itself is small, but since there’s really never anyone there, you have first pick on where you want to set yourself up to fish. However, if you are going to Loyola to fish, I would recommend going early in the morning because rumor has it that’s when the fish bite.
The playground area is probably where you won’t have to worry about running into anyone because most people don’t go to Loyola to go play on swings.
As a college student, it’s always a fun idea to go to a playground late at night with your friends and be nostalgic without having to feel judged by a bunch of moms and their children in public. Loyola is the perfect place to do just that.
At this beach area, there is a line up of rocks that go out into the water and it is the perfect place to take pictures for the Gram.
If you go around six in the evening the sunlight will hit the water just right for the ultimate captured moment. Summer is the ideal time to go to Loyola because the place just looks and feels brighter.
You can even catch the sunset if you go at the right time. When people think of going fishing or hanging by the water, people associate that with summer, so why not associate that with Loyola?
My favorite time to go however is at night when you can see all the stars in the sky above the water.
You can walk on the little shells on the ground by the water and hear the waves hit the rocks and for just a moment in time, for a second in this chaotic world, you feel at peace.