Indiana Dunes State Park is actually located inside the boundary of Indiana Dunes National Park. The park consists of more ...

When you think of sand dunes, you might think of the ocean, but on the southern shore of Lake Michigan, there are plenty of dunes — and more! — at Indiana Dunes National Park.Spanning 15 miles of the ...

Indiana Dunes became the country's 61st national park on Feb. 15, 2019. The 15,000-acre park has more than 50 miles of trails to explore along 15 miles of Lake Michigan shoreline. Here are some ...

The Indiana sand dunes national park offers hiking, ... week's pick for "One-tank Trips" is Indiana Dunes National Park. ... are more than 50 miles of trails you can hike throughout the park.

When the Park Service was created in 1916, its first director, Chicago businessman Stephen Mather , proposed creating Indiana Sand Dunes National Park that same year, points out Paul Labovitz, who ...

And so at the dunes, it's really, really important to stay on marked trails. >> The Indiana Dunes State Park and National Parks have a combined 70 miles of trails crossing more than 17,000 acres ...

GARY, Ind. (AP) — Trails have reopened following a wildfire at Indiana Dunes National Park earlier in the month. Fire crews and park staff have ensured all trails in visitor areas impacted by ...

With 15 miles of Lake Michigan coast and 15,000 acres of landscape, the distinctive setting of Indiana Dunes National Park takes visitors from sand dunes to woodlands, marshes to remnants of once-vast ...

One of King’s favorite solo hikes to “get the world behind me” is about 90 minutes away from Chicago near Gary, Indiana, in the little-used western part of Indiana Dunes National Park.