Indiana Dunes State Park

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Indiana Dunes State Park is an Indiana State Park located in Porter County, Indiana, United States, 47 miles east of Chicago. The park is bounded by Lake Michigan to the northwest and is surrounded by as well as within the authorized boundaries of Indiana Dunes National Park, a unit of the National Park Service; the NPS owns the water from the ordinary high water mark to 300 feet offshore. The 1,530-acre Dunes Nature Preserve makes up the bulk of eastern part of the park, and includes most of the park's hiking trails and dune landscape. This was one of the first places Richard Lieber considered when establishing the Indiana State Park system. Like all Indiana state parks, there is a fee for entrance. Indiana Dunes State Park was established in 1925 and designated a National Natural Landmark in 1974. ()

Alternative names: Created: 1925Elevation: 594 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 41°39'36"N, 87°2'24"W

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Indiana Dunes State Park – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Seven Peaks Water Park Duneland, Joseph Bailly Homestead, Florida Tropical House, Century of Progress Architectural District.

2.2 miSW
Water park, Amusement park
Seven Peaks Water Park Duneland, Porter
57 min walk • Enchanted Forest was a small amusement park operated in Porter, Indiana. The park operated from 1957 to 1991. Many rides were moved to Little Amerricka amusement park in Wisconsin after the park closed on August 2, 1991. The park became Splash Down Dunes Water Park in 1994.
3.8 miSW
Natural attraction, Nature, Sand dune
Joseph Bailly Homestead, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
97 min walk • The Joseph Bailly Homestead, also known as Joseph Bailly Homestead and Cemetery, in Porter, Indiana, is a U.S. National Historic Landmark. The Bailly Homestead is preserved by the National Park Service in Indiana Dunes National Park in Porter, Indiana.
2.6 miNE
Natural attraction, Nature, Sand dune
Florida Tropical House, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
67 min walk • The Florida Tropical House is a beach house located on Lake Michigan's shoreline in Beverly Shores, Indiana. It was built in 1933 as part of the Homes of Tomorrow Exhibition at the 1933 World's Fair in nearby Chicago.
2.6 miNE
Neighbourhood, Modernist architecture
Century of Progress Architectural District, Beverly Shores
66 min walk • The Century of Progress Architectural District is a historic district in Beverly Shores, Indiana. The district is on Lake Shore Drive within the Indiana Dunes National Park.
2.6 miNE
Natural attraction, Nature, Sand dune
Wieboldt-Rostone House, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
66 min walk • The Wieboldt-Rostone House is a historic building in the Century of Progress Architectural District in Beverly Shores, Indiana. The home was built in 1933, framed in steel, and clad with an artificial stone called Rostone. Billed as never needing repairs, it only lasted without renovations until the 1950s.
2.6 miNE
Natural attraction, Nature, Sand dune
Armco-Ferro House, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
66 min walk • The Armco-Ferro House, in the Century of Progress Architectural District in Beverly Shores, Indiana, was originally constructed for the 1933 Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago. "The...
2.5 miSW
Cycling, Bike path
Calumet Trail, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
64 min walk • The Calumet Trail is an east-west bicycle and multiuse recreational trail in the Calumet region of northwestern Indiana, United States. It runs roughly parallel to U.S. Route 12 and the right-of-way of the South Shore line, along the NIPSCO easement.
3.1 miSW
Protected area
Cowles Bog, Porter
80 min walk • Cowles Bog is a 4,000-year-old wetland complex in Indiana Dunes National Park, near Chesterton, Indiana. It is named for Henry Chandler Cowles who did his pioneering work in ecology and ecological succession here.
3.3 miSW
Cemetery
Bailly Cemetery, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
83 min walk • Bailly Cemetery is a cemetery located at Indiana Dunes National Park in Porter, Indiana, USA. The cemetery is three-quarters of a mile north of the Joseph Bailly Homestead on the edge of a sand ridge. The first recorded burial was Robert, the son of Joseph Bailly, in about 1827.
3.6 miW
Natural attraction, Nature, Sand dune
Mammals of the Indiana Dunes, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
92 min walk • Thirty-seven species of mammals have been identified at Indiana Dunes National Park. Four other species are thought to inhabit the park, but have not been documented: the northern long-eared myotis, the Indiana bat, the hoary bat, and the southern bog...
2.6 miNE
Natural attraction, Nature, Sand dune
House of Tomorrow, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
66 min walk • The House of Tomorrow is a historic building in the Century of Progress Architectural District in Beverly Shores, Indiana. The house was originally part of Chicago's 1933-34 Century of Progress Exposition.