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12.17.2022

TABLE OF CONTENTS


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QUICK PARK LINKS:


Indiana Dunes National Park Trails

Indiana Dunes State Park Trails

Shirley Heinze Land Trust Nature Preserves Trails


COUNTY PARKS:

Lake County, Indiana Parks and Recreation

LaPorte County, Indiana Parks and Recreation

Porter County, Indiana Parks and Recreation


Parks in Towns and Cities:

Chesterton

Coffee Creek Watershed Preserve

Westchester Migratory Bird Sanctuary


Indiana Dunes Locations

VISITOR CENTERS

Indiana Dunes Visitor Center

Paul H. Douglas Center for Environmental Education


PARK LOCATIONS AND TRAIL HUBS (West to EAST)

Paul H. Douglas Center for Environmental Education

West Beach

Tolleston Dunes

Portage Lakefront and Riverwalk

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

Cowles Bog

Mount Tuthill, Mt. Tuthill, TALLEST dune in Indiana


Indiana Dunes State Park:

Indiana Dunes State Park Trail Map pdf

Trail 3

Trail 4

Trail 7

Trail 8

Trail 9

Trail 10

ALL Dune Challenge (website)

ALL Dune Challenge (Facebook )

Bird Observation Platform

Devil's Slide

Six Dune Challenge (Facebook)

No Dune Challenge

Three Dune Challenge (website)

Three Dune Challenge (Facebook)

Wetland Observation Platform

Continuing Indiana Dunes National Park:

No Dune Challenge

Glenwood Dunes, Calumet Dunes

Dune Ridge

Great Marsh

Mt. Baldy Beach Trail

Mt. Baldy Summit

Heron Rookery

Pinhook Bog

Hobart Prairie Grove


Bicycle Trails of Indiana Dunes National Park:


Bicycle information from the National Park

Porter Brickyard Bike Trail

Calumet Bike Trail

Marquette Bike Trail

Oak Savannah Bike Trail


Prairie Duneland Bike Trail



Horse Trail of Indiana Dunes National Park:


Glenwood Dunes Equestrian Trail





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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z



A A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z



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Airplanes

Airports

Gary/Chicago International Airport

Porter County Regional Airport


Alice Mabel Gray (Diana of the Dunes)

ALL Dune Challenge


Attendance, Indiana Dunes National Park


B A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z


Bailly Beach (@Cowles Bog, a.k.a. Boaters Beach)


Bailly Cemetery

Indiana Dunes National Park Link:

NPS.gov/INDU/PlanYourVisit/bc16.htm


Bailly Homestead

Indiana Dunes National Park Link:

NPS.gov/INDU/PlanYourVisit/bc16.htm


Beach House Blowout

Beaches


Beach parking over view

Beach parking available space


Birds

Bicycle trails

Bicycling

Boats

Blowout




C A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z




Calumet Bike Trail

Calumet Dunes

Canoe

Cattails

Central Blag Slough (@Cowles Bog)

Chanute Trail (In Marquette Park near the Lake Street entrance.)

Chellberg Farm

Compass


Congestion Monitor for beach parking


Cowles, Henry Chandler in Library of Congress, Chronicling America Newspapers

Cowles, Henry Chandler in University of Chicago Library

Cowles, Henry Chandler in Wikipedia

Cowles Bog

Cowles Bog in Wikipedia


Crescent Beach (@Mt. Baldy)



D A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z




Devil's Slide


Diana of the Dunes


Diana of the Dunes Dare


Dune


Dune, TALLEST in Indiana


Dune Acres Beach


Dune Ridge




E A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z




Eastern Wetland (@Cowles Bog)

Ecosystem (See Water)

Ecosystem (Wiki)

Edibles





G A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z




Geology of the Indiana Dunes National Park (USGS - U.S. Geological Survey)

Glenwood Dunes

Glenwood Dunes Equestrian Trail


Glyphosate


Great Lakes overview wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Lakes


Great Marsh



H A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z





Heenan (Social Trail @Dune Acres/Cowles Bog)


Heron Rookery Trail

National Park website



Hiking Polls (aka trekking polls)



HikerVETS (Organization for veterans especially but also family, friends, and ALL Lovers of Freedom!):

HikerVETS.Com

HikerVETS.Org

HikerVETS.US




Hill


Hobart Prairie Grove

National Park website


Hoosier Slide, Michigan City, IN



I A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z




Indiana


Indiana Dunes


Indiana Dunes Hiking on Facebook


Indiana Dunes National Park


Indiana Dunes State Park


Indiana Master Naturalist


Insects




J A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z




Jacket





K A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z




Kayak

Killer hike



L A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z




Lake Michigan

Lake Michigan (Wiki)


Lake Street Beach, Miller, IN


Light measurement and impact


Lion's Mane mushroom


Little Calumet River


Little Calumet River Trail


Little Lake


Long Lake




M A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z




Marquette Bike Trail


Marquette Park

ADA Canoe / Kayak Launch

Chanute Aquatorium

Chanute Trail (In Marquette Park near the Lake Street entrance.)

Disc Golf Course

Park Pavilion

Patterson Island

Playground

Picnic Pavilion

Southernmost Point of Lake Michigan

Statue Garden


Marsh Madness hike


Michigan City Beach Communities (Sheridan, Long Beach, Duneland, Michiana Shores)

Michigan City Lighthouse Museum


Mnoke Prairie Trail


Monarch butterfly

Monarch butterfly rescue story: Sites.Google.com/view/MonarchButterflyRescue


Organizations:

JourneyNorth.org

SaveOurMonarchs.org


Moon phases


Mount Baldy


Mount Bentley (@Cowles Bog)


Mount Tim (@Dune Acres @Cowles Bog)



Mount Tuthill, Mt. Tuthill, TALLEST dune in Indiana


Mushrooms


Mushrooms - Lion's Mane






N A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z




New moon




O A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z




Oak Savannah Bike Trail


Osprey backpacks Osprey.com


Owl Prowl hike




P A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z




Paul H. Douglas Center for Environmental

Education NPS.gov/INDU/planyourvisit/deec.htm


Petingill Dune (@Dune Acres)


Pinhook Bog


Portage Lakefront and Riverwalk Beach


Porter Brickyard Trail




Q A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z




Quality of water (maybe or have it WATER Quality)




R A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z




Ridge Beach


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T A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z




Tallest Dune in Indiana

Tolleston Dunes

Trails

Trekking Polls (aka hiking polls)






U A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z




Undertow





W A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z




Water (Most of the MAJOR types):

Found in the Indiana Dunes? Yes / No


Aquifer (Wiki)

Bay (Wiki)

Bog (Wiki) Yes

Brook (Wiki) Yes

Costal Ecosystems (Definition) Yes

Creek (Stream - Wiki) Yes

Distributary (Wiki)

Estuary (Wiki)

Headwater /River Source (Wiki)

Fen (Wiki) Yes

Geology of the Indiana Dunes National Park (USGS - U.S. Geological Survey)

Lake (Wiki) Yes

Lake Ecosystem / Lentic Ecosystem (Wiki) Yes

Lake Michigan (Wiki) Yes

Marsh (Wiki) Yes

Ocean (Wiki) No

Pond (Wiki) Yes

Rip Current (Wiki) Yes

River (Wiki) Yes

River Ecosystem / Lotic Ecosystem (Wiki) Yes

River Source (Wiki) Yes

Runnel (Swale - Wiki) Yes

Spring (Wiki) Yes

Stream (Wiki) Yes

Swale (Wiki) Yes

Swamp (Wiki) Yes

Tributary (Wiki)

Undertow (Wiki) Yes

Waterfall (Wiki)

Watershed (Wiki) Yes

Wetland / Wetland Ecosystem (Wiki) Yes


West Beach

West Beach Trails


World's Largest field trip attempt by Chesterton High School

Photo Album

Facebook post




X A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z






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