Dunes Nature Preserve
Dunes Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in Porter, Indiana. Dunes Nature Preserve is situated nearby to the hamlet Furnessville, as well as near the village Dune Acres.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Indiana Dunes National Park and Indiana Dunes State Park.
Indiana Dunes National Park
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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.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chesterton and Porter.
Chesterton
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Chesterton is a small town in Northwestern Indiana, home to the headquarters of the South Shore Railroad.
Porter
Porter is an old railroad town just south of the Indiana Dunes National Park in Northwestern Indiana.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.
Dunes Nature Preserve
- Type: Nature reserve
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Porter, Indiana, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.6668° or 41° 40′ 0″ northLongitude
-87.0344° or 87° 2′ 4″ westOpen location code
86HJMX88+P7OpenStreetMap ID
way 437351391OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserve
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Furnessville and Graham Woods.
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