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Indiana Dunes National Park is a national park of the United States located in northwestern Indiana managed by the National Park Service. It was authorized by Congress in 1966 as the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore and was redesignated as the nation's 61st national park on February 15, 2019. [2] The park runs for about 20 miles (32 km) along ...
Looking northeast from the top of Mt. Baldy, Indiana Dunes National Park. The dominant feature of the Indiana Dunes is the dunes. The hills and ridges throughout the southern border of Lake Michigan are predominantly sand ridges, created by the movements of the winds and their deposition of the sands. The dunes cover a complex of plant ...
Hoosier Prairie State Nature Preserve. / 41.5226833°N 87.4575722°W / 41.5226833; -87.4575722. Hoosier Prairie is a unit of Indiana Dunes National Park in Lake County, Indiana. It began in the 1970s as wasteland that conservation organization found of a unique interest. From a core of 304 acres (123 ha), it has grown to 1,547 acres ...
Cowles Bog is considered a wetland complex, rather than a 'true' bog such as Pinhook Bog, also a part of the Indiana Dunes National Park. The main body of the bog is composed of muck created from marsh plants and the woody plants that have encroached into the area. Surrounding the bog proper is an area covered with a thin layer of leaf litter ...
Coordinates: 41.648056°N 87.108056°W. Cottontail. Thirty-seven species of mammals have been identified at Indiana Dunes National Park. Four other species are thought to inhabit the park, but have not been documented: the northern long-eared myotis ( Myotis septentrionalis ), the Indiana bat ( Myotis sodalis ), the hoary bat ( Lasiurus ...
Indiana Dunes National Park is a National Park Service unit on the shore of Lake Michigan in Indiana, United States. A BioBlitz took place there on May 15 and 16, 2009. [1] During that time, a list of organisms was compiled which included a preliminary list of the reptiles of the area. [2] Turtles (Testudinate) Lizards (Sauris) Snakes (Serpentes)
The Indiana Dunes are natural sand dunes occurring at the southern end of Lake Michigan in the American State of Indiana. They are known for their ecological significance. [ 1] Many conservationists have played a role in preserving parts of the Indiana Dunes. [ 1][ 2] The Hour Glass, a museum in Ogden Dunes, showcases some of the ecological ...
This is a list of birds of the Indiana Dunes. [1] The Indiana Dunes (state park and national park) protect over 15,000 acres (61 km 2) of dunes and shoreline. From the barren sand beaches to the inter-dunal ponds and the intervening forest, this area is inhabited by 271 identified species of birds. Because the area forms part of the Mississippi ...