Tag: Porter

Dunewood Trace Trail

.Reading time 7 minutes.

Trail #15 of the Indiana Dunes National Park 1966 Hiking Challenge is the Dunewood Trace Trail in Chesterton, Indiana. This trail is part of the larger Calumet Dunes and Glenwood Dunes Trail systems in a rich landscape of woods and wetlands that are over 12,000 years old. Hiking the Dunewood Trace felt like a place […]

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Dunes-Kankakee Trail

.Reading time 9 minutes.

Trail #10 marks the halfway point for us with the Indiana Dunes National Park 1966 Hiking Challenge on the Dunes-Kankakee Trail! We were excited to be able to join the group hike for this one since we were late bloomers to the challenge that has been ongoing weekly since May. The Dunes-Kankakee Trail is a […]

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Tolleston Dunes Trail

.Reading time 8 minutes.

Trail #7 of the Indiana Dunes National Park 1966 Hiking Challenge is the Tolleston Dunes Trail in Ogden Dunes, Indiana. Before this location was created a park, it was the site of former sand mining. The Tolleston Dunes are known for the rare black oak savanna and plants such as the prickly pear cactus, butterfly weed, […]

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Glenwood Dunes Extension Trail

.Reading time 11 minutes.

Trail #6 of the Indiana Dunes National Park 1966 Hiking Challenge is the Glenwood Dunes Extension Trail in Porter, Indiana. This trail is part of the larger Glenwood Dunes trail system but was added as a ranger-led tour for the challenge starting at the Indiana Dunes Visitor Center parking lot. We went inside the center […]

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