When we first planned our visit to Indiana Dunes National Park, we weren’t expecting much. No dramatic cliffs, no sprawling wilderness — just a patch of protected land along Lake Michigan. But what we ...

Within sight of Chicago, a beachy getaway is just a drive away. Best of all, this beach is a protected national park. Indiana Dunes National Park protects 15 miles of Lake Michigan and offers over ...

The Duneland Women’s Soccer Club found another way to get its kicks – building sand sculptures. The team competed Saturday to ...

Travelers may not think of dunes when they think of Indiana. “Cornfields they would believe,” joked Bruce Rowe, a ranger at Indiana Dunes National Park. But sure enough, there are dunes right along ...

A new National Park Service report shows Indiana Dunes National Park is the 36th most-visited NPS property, with more than ...

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Northwest Indiana's rebrand believes the Indiana Dunes can coexist with heavy industry. But sand and steel have a tortured ...

Mount Baldy Beach at Indiana Dunes National Park is closing for several months while the National Park Service moves sand and conducts shoreline stabilization work. The access site is closing this ...

Halfway through the 3 Dune Challenge at Indiana Dunes State Park on the Lake Michigan shore in northwest Indiana. (Susan Glaser, The Plain Dealer) PORTER, Indiana — From high atop Mount Baldy, I look ...

At the southernmost point of Lake Michigan, Indiana Dunes National Park — the country’s newest national park — is a world of contrasts. That was on full display as I stood on a beach north of the park ...