• Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore

    Indiana Dunes

    National Lakeshore Indiana

  • Temporary Closure at Kemil parking lot

    Kemil parking lot is temporarily closed due to construction on East State Park Road and is expected to open on May 28, 2012.

Plan Your Visit

Enjoy the national lakeshore every season of the year. 
  • Walk along the beach.
  • Hike up Mount Baldy on marked trails. 
  • Explore the moraines left behind by the Wisconsin glacier.
  • Discover the wonders of Pinhook Bog with a ranger.
  • Learn about the Chellberg Family, an early 20th century immigrant family.
  • Stroll along the Little Calumet River.
  • See the Heron Rookery wildflowers.
  • Walk through the tall grasses of Mnoké Prairie.
 

Plan your visit with these three easy steps:

 

Did You Know?

water color painting of a wetland

Poet Carl Sandburg and Artist Frank Dudley were inspired by the dunes. Today, through the park's Artist-in-Residence program, artists come to the dunes to create and share their work.