Wilson Shelter

Wilson Shelter is a shelter in Westchester Township, Porter, Indiana. Wilson Shelter is situated nearby to the tourism office Dunes Nature Center, as well as near 91.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Indiana Dunes State Park and Dune Park station.

Indiana Dunes State Park

Park

Indiana Dunes State Park is an Indiana State Park located in Porter County, Indiana, United States, 47 miles 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 offshore.

Dune Park station

Railway station

Photo: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Dune Park is a station in Westchester Township, Porter County, Indiana, located north of the municipalities of Chesterton and Porter. It is used by South Shore Line trains, and serves as the headquarters of the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District, the umbrella agency that operates the South Shore Line. Dune Park station is situated 1 mile southwest of Wilson Shelter.

Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District

The South Shore Line is a commuter rail system operated by the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District between Millennium Station in downtown Chicago, Illinois, and Northwest Indiana, United States. Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District is situated 1 mile southwest of Wilson Shelter.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dune Acres and Porter.

Dune Acres

Village

Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.

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. Dune Acres is situated 2 miles west of Wilson Shelter.