National Park Guide

Indiana Dunes Field Guide

A complete planning guide to Indiana Dunes National Park. Covers the park's scattered units along Lake Michigan from West Beach to Mount Baldy, the dune and wetland ecosystem behind its outsized plant biodiversity, top trails including the strenuous Three Dune Challenge and the historic Cowles Bog Trail, birding along the Mississippi Flyway, the Bailly Homestead and Chellberg Farm historic area, and logistics for visiting by car or by the South Shore Line train from Chicago.

What's inside

• ✓How to navigate the park's separate units from West Beach to Mount Baldy
• ✓The strenuous Three Dune Challenge and other top trails
• ✓Prime birding along the Mississippi Flyway, plus dune and wetland wildlife
• ✓Bailly Homestead, Chellberg Farm, and getting there via the South Shore Line