Cowles Bog Trail

Cowles Bog Trail is in Westchester Township, Porter, Indiana. Cowles Bog Trail is situated near the ranger station Gate House, as well as near the village Dune Acres.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Indiana Dunes National Park and Cowles Bog.

Indiana Dunes National Park, in the northwestern part of the state, is the only national park in Indiana. It's popular for its big sand dunes and plentiful beaches on Lake Michigan, and for its easily accessible location near Chicago.

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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.

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 mile southwest of Cowles Bog Trail.

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.