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Indiana Dunes National Park

Indiana Dunes

Family Friendly Indiana

Overview

Indiana Dunes National Park is located in Indiana and welcomes millions of visitors each year.

Central Avenue Walk-in Campsites Map

Central Avenue Walk-in Sites

Sites available

Restrooms
$25 Reserve
Picnic tables are placed in the middle of the group camp site

Dunbar Group Site

Sites available

Restrooms
$100 Reserve
Dunewood Campground Site Map

Dunewood Campground

Sites available

RestroomsShowersWater
$25 Reserve
1966 Hiking Challenge Banner
Hiking

1966 Hiking Challenge

The 1966 Hiking Challenge is comprised of 19 hikes that cover 66 miles of trail in the park, celebra...

1-5 HoursSpring, Summer
A visitor about to start the Diana's Dare
Hiking

Diana Dunes Dare

What is the Diana Dunes Dare? It is a hiking challenge! It is a ghost story re-told! We are daring y...

40-100 MinutesWinter, Spring
Paddling at Indiana Dunes
Paddling

Paddling Lake Michigan and Waterways at Indiana Dunes

Kayaking is increasingly popular on Lake Michigan since the inception of the Lake Michigan Water Tra...

Winter, SpringReservation Required
Person surfing the waves around sunset at Portage Lakefront and Riverwalk.
Freshwater Swimming

Swimming at Indiana Dunes West Beach

Fifteen miles of sandy beach along the southern shore of Lake Michigan offer a wide variety of recre...

1-3 HoursSummer
Horseback Riding at Glenwood Dunes Trail
Horseback Riding

Horseback Riding at Indiana Dunes

Enjoy an equestrian ride through ancient dune formations on the Glenwood Dunes Trails system. These ...

Spring, SummerReservation Required
Ranger talks to child while holding a Junior Ranger booklet
Self-Guided Tours - Walking

Become an Indiana Dunes Junior Ranger

Indiana Dunes National Park has a lot to explore, both in the park and online. Check out this page f...

30 MinutesWinter, Spring
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Tall walls of concrete blocks with a decorative top stand in a woodland beneath a blue sky

Bailly Cemetery

Bailly Cemetery

With the earliest burial in 1827, the Joseph Bailly Cemetery is the oldest Euro-American cemetery in Porter County, Indi...

Building made of wood painted white and pink, stone, and red brick in a manicured field.

Bailly Homestead

Indiana Dunes

Explore the Homestead of the independent fur-trader Joseph Bailly. View an unusual combination of vernacular architectur...

Golden leaves cling to the trees and reflect in the sun. A blanket of fallen leaves cover the trail.

Bailly Homestead, Chellberg Farm, Little Calumet River, Mnoké Prairie Trails

Hiking

The Little Calumet River, Mnoké Prairie, Bailly Homestead, Chellberg Farm and Bailly Cemetery trail system reveals the r...

A tall oak tree reaches for the clear blue sky. Green leaves provide shade to plants below.

Calumet Dunes Trail

Hiking

Built as a Church in 1959, the last service in the building was held on August 30, 1970 and the National Park Service pu...

Waves crash against the shoreline. Green blades of marram grass grow in a large cluster feet away.

Central Avenue Beach

Beach

Central Avenue Beach features towering sand dunes backed up against the shoreline. Parking is located just a couple bloc...

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