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Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Plan Your Visit
8:00am - 4:30pm, Monday through Friday
Summer hours 8:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Winter hours 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
9 a.m. - dusk from Memorial Day weekend till Labor Day
Open for Scheduled groups
The surrounding communities are serviced by the Gary Regional Airport, South Bend Airport, and Chicago's Midway and O'Hare Airports.
Visitors can access the national lakeshore via Interstate Highway I-94; the Indiana Toll Road, I-80/90; U.S. 20, or Indiana State Hwy 12 and various state roads. The Visitor Center is located 3 miles east of Hwy 49 at the intersection of Hwy 12 and Kemil Road, Beverly Shores, Indiana
The Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad stops at 4 stations throughout the park. The following park facilities are within 2 mile of stations listed.
The building is located near the southeast corner of U.S. Highways 49 and 20. Shared with the Porter County Convention, Recreation and Visitor Commission and Indiana Dunes State Park visitors receive information about the Indiana dunes and surrounding area.
Dunewood Campground: Beverly Shores Station, Walk south on Broadway 1/2 mile
Inland Marsh Trail: Ogden Dunes Station, walk west 1/2 mile along Hwy 12.
Indiana Dunes State Park: Dune Park Station, walk north 1/2 mile on trail to park enterance (beach 2 miles from station)
Paul H. Douglas Center for Environmental Education and Miller Woods: Miller Station, walk 2 miles north (left at Stop light) on Lake Street(beach 3 miles from station)
Maine ocean islands provide the only nesting sites for Atlantic puffins in the United States. Eastern Egg Rock in the midcoast region, Seal Island and Matinicus Rock at the mouth of Penobscot Bay, and Machias Seal Island and Petit Manan Island off the downeast coast provide habitat for more than 4,000 puffins each summer.