Indiana Dunes National Park offers hikes, history and beaches
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- Опубліковано 4 лип 2024
- Indiana Dunes National Park -- which was a national lakeshore until 2019 -- offers plenty of hiking, history and beaches. We visited on a cold November weekend but still enjoyed hiking the dunes, seeing the area's unique ecology, visiting the Lake Michigan beaches, and taking a walk through some historic property.
00:00 -- Intro
00:43 -- Location and creation
01:50 -- Ecology and history
06:34 -- Cowles Bog Trail
08:11 -- West Beach
09:13 -- Visitors Center
09:58 -- Century of Progress homes
12:45 -- Mt. Baldy dune
14:34 -- Historical hikes
21:58 -- Wrap-up and closing
In this video, we mention the visit we made during this same weekend to the Indiana Dunes State Park, which is intertwined with the national park. You can find that video here: • Sand Dune Hikes | Indi...
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Can't thank you enough for making such a informative video/story about Indiana Dunes N.P. I live only a few miles from many of the areas you visited, and you made all these areas come alive for those that don't visit or have the time to visit. I personally like Portage so much, but erosion has seriously damaged the area, and yet the National Park Service has done a remarkable job making improvements almost daily.
Mount Baldy has changed so much recently, but that to is being improved by the NPS. Thanks again...I always love your videos because they teach as well as inform one on the great outdoor areas we are blessed with in both Michigan and Indiana.
Thank you for the kind words. We're glad you enjoyed the video. It's always great to hear from people who know an area well and can share additional information for our viewers, such as your experience with Mt. Baldy. We really appreciate you watching and commenting! -Ari
Thank you for reviewing our National Park in Indiana, your reviews are informative and up to date. The beach acreage is down due to the lake levels, when the levels are down - the beach is huge. Camping is favorite activity of mine with the hiking aspect as well. Keep on Trekking!!
We have seen a significant drop in beach acreage in Michigan, too, due high lake levels, so we suspected the beaches we saw in Indiana were much smaller than usual. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Your enthusiasm for the history of the parks really comes through! The history of the cemetery sounded like something right out of a Stephen King novel...
Thank you -- and yes, that cemetery was a very odd place. It was somewhat surreal standing there. -Ari
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Being a history buff I really enjoyed all the research you did into the park’s history and sharing it with us. Thanks!
That's great to hear. Thank you for watching and commenting!
I have a degree in ecology and I enjoy all of your vlogs and and all the of the information you share. You both would make great outdoor education teachers!!!
Aww, thank you, Karen. We appreciate your support of our channel and are glad you enjoy the videos so much. 😀
I highly recommend "Dunes Boy", the 1943 Pulitzer Prize book by the noted naturalist Edwin Way Teal. He spent his summers with his grandparents in the early 20th century at their small farm "Lone Oak". He writes about his discovery of what he wanted to do as an adult. The farm is now part of the National Park, having reverted back to native growth. BTW almost 50 years ago I found an overgrown gravesite during a winter walk. The forage had died off. It lies somewhere east of Hadenfeldt Rd, north of US 20.
Thank you for the tip, we're always interested in learning more about an area we have visited. And thanks for watching!
Cool stuff. I’m looking forward to visiting myself.
Have fun when you go. And thanks for watching and commenting!
Thank you for the accurate explanation of this area I have seen yet. The Chelbergs also harvested maple sugar and sold to the candy companies in Chicago. There used to be headstones on top of the graveyard can remember as a child I hated walking on the grass not sure what happened to them. Mount Baldy was closed for several years as a child was playing and the sand gave away where a tree was buried by the moving sand he was buried under the sand for hours till they could dig him out. Again Thank You for the wonderful video it was a pleasure to watch..
Thanks for watching and leaving such a great comment. We're glad you appreciated the video. We always strive to share as much accurate information as we can -- and worry that we're going to get something messed up! Jessi said to let you know that she reminded me about her talking about the Chicago candy companies, and the kid falling into Mt. Baldy but that I left those clips on the cutting room floor! 😄 -Ari
Thanks for the video! In all fairness, good luck finding the visitor center was which is about 497 miles off of the lakefront! There are no real good and reliable maps or directions but if there were, it would only be about 3 miles from the lake shore!
We noticed the Visitors Center seemed somewhat separated from the park, as well. We wondered if it was based on available land dictating where they could build something that large.
Fantastic video. Thanks for making it. Question- Is is possible to camp at Indiana Dunes SP and enter NP by bike or walking? We’re camping at SP in August and just wondering will we need to move our camper to visit the NP.
Depending on where you want to go within the national park, you'll need to drive because the sights to see are spread out quite a bit. Make sure you stop at the visitors center for ideas on what to do. There are a lot of trails, dunes, and Lake Michigan activities that you can walk and bike to that are part of the state park, though, too. Here's the video we did about that in case you haven't seen it: ua-cam.com/video/pgRgVLnHIdw/v-deo.html
We're glad you liked this video. Thanks for watching and commenting!
@@Trekers Coincidentally, I watched your Dunes SP video after I asked my question. It looks like the Calumet bike trail might get us to the section with the Bailly homestead. Thanks again and keep making more great video. Maybe you can check out some Minnesota state parks someday.