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Chicago visible across Lake Michigan from West Beach, Indiana Dunes National Park. West Beach, located adjacent to U.S. Route 12 and County Line Road, lies on the border of Gary and Portage, Indiana. It is a geographically separated section of the park that is preserved as a piece of public beach access and an example of the same theme of plant ...
Indiana Dunes' West Beach area lies immediately to the east of Miller Beach. The entire shoreline of Miller is public beachfront. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Miller's large lakefront park, Marquette Park , is a national landmark containing architecturally significant and historic structures, two bronze sculptures and the location of early experiments in ...
Indiana Dunes State Park is an Indiana State Park located in Porter County, Indiana, United States, 47 miles (75.6 km) east of Chicago.The park is bounded by Lake Michigan to the northwest and is surrounded by as well as within the authorized boundaries of Indiana Dunes National Park, a unit of the National Park Service; the NPS owns the water from the ordinary high water mark to 300 feet (91 ...
After the community of Miller Beach, the highway enters Indiana Dunes National Park. The road passes through woodland and parallel to the South Shore tracks, before leaving the national park west of Ogden Dunes. In Ogden Dunes, the highway becomes a four-lane divided highway, passing through woodland with some houses.
The Indiana Dunes, including the Tremont area, played a role in the creation of The Nature Conservancy [6] [7] and inspired conservation efforts. [8] [9] [10] [11]Part of the former village of Tremont remains built upon, as the South Shore Line's current NICTD headquarters building and station is located adjacent to the former village center.
The Long Stairs up the dune at West Beach on the Succession Trail . The Lake Michigan shore is a major attraction. Indiana Dunes National Park, which stretches from Gary to Michigan City, is a well-preserved stretch of sand dunes, beaches, grasslands, and forests, as well as several historical homes and buildings.
Map of the public trails at Miller Woods. Miller Woods is a western unit of Indiana Dunes National Park in the lakefront community of Miller Beach, Indiana.Miller Woods is home to the federally endangered Karner Blue butterfly and the federally threatened Pitcher's thistle. [1]
Ogden Dunes is a semi-gated community with one major access road off of U.S. Highway 12, and the station is located adjacent to where this road accesses the community. The station also serves a Marina Shores subdivision in Portage. [2] Portage/Ogden Dunes station is close to the Inland Marsh and West Beach units of the Indiana Dunes National Park.