Cowles Bog Greenbelt Trailhead

Cowles Bog Greenbelt Trailhead is a trailhead in Westchester Township, Porter, Indiana. Cowles Bog Greenbelt Trailhead is situated nearby to NPS Wildland Fire Station, as well as near the government office NPS Maintenance.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bailly Cemetery and Cowles Bog.

Cemetery

Bailly Cemetery is a cemetery located at Indiana Dunes National Park in Porter, Indiana, US. The cemetery is three-quarters of a mile north of the Joseph Bailly Homestead on the edge of a sand ridge. Bailly Cemetery is situated 1,900 feet southwest of Cowles Bog Greenbelt Trailhead.

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Cowles Bog is a 4,000-year-old wetland complex in Indiana Dunes National Park, near Chesterton, Indiana. It is named for Henry Chandler Cowles who did his pioneering work in ecology and ecological succession here.

Historic site

The Joseph Bailly Homestead, also known as Joseph Bailly Homestead and Cemetery, in Porter, Indiana, is a U.S. National Historic Landmark. The Bailly Homestead is preserved by the National Park Service in Indiana Dunes National Park in Porter, Indiana. Joseph Bailly Homestead is situated 1 mile south of Cowles Bog Greenbelt Trailhead.

Nearby places include Dune Acres and Porter.

Village

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Dune Acres is a town in Westchester Township, Porter County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 234 as of the 2020 census. Dune Acres is located in the duneland of the south shore of Lake Michigan.