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    Indiana Dunes State Park is an Indiana State Park located in Porter County, Indiana, United States, 47 miles (75.6 km) east of Chicago. The park is bounded...
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    Indiana Dunes National Park is a United States national park located in northwestern Indiana managed by the National Park Service. It was authorized by...
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  • by Indiana Dunes State Park. Richard Lieber was instrumental in the foundation of the Indiana State Park system. The first state park in Indiana was...
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    Porter County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 5,210 as of the 2020 census. Porter is in the Indiana Dunes ecosystem, which played a role...
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  • friends Patricia Blough, 19, and Renee Bruhl, 19, vanished from Indiana Dunes State Park on July 2, 1966, a little more than a year after the murder of...
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    trails connect Chesterton with Porter and Indiana Dunes National Park (which is connected to Indiana Dunes State Park). Coffee Creek flows through an area...
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    Indiana Dunes National Park (part) Indiana Dunes National Park Heron Rookery Indiana Dunes State Park Moraine Nature Preserve Interstate 80 Indiana Toll...
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  • The Indiana Dunes are natural sand dunes occurring at the southern end of Lake Michigan in the American State of Indiana. They are known for their ecological...
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    the area as a nature preserve that became the Indiana Dunes State Park and later Indiana Dunes National Park. Alice Mabel Gray was born in Chicago on March...
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    is also the home of the Indiana Dunes, parts of which have been preserved through conservation efforts. The town of Ogden Dunes houses the Hour Glass,...
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    similar enclaves within Indiana Dunes National Park: Miller Beach to the west, Beverly Shores and Dune Acres to the east. Like Ogden Dunes, a considerable portion...
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    Lake Michigan. Many residents of Dune Acres and surrounding communities helped preserve parts of the Indiana Dunes. Dune Acres was platted in 1923 as a...
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    included in the Lake Michigan Circle Tour and passes through Indiana Dunes National Park. Historical landmarks along the highway include the Miller Town...
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    Marquette Park in Gary, Indiana (1920), Indiana Dunes State Park (1926) and Indiana Dunes National Park, (1966, designated as a national park in 2019)...
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    Marquette Park, originally called Lake Front Park, is a municipal park completely surrounded by Indiana Dunes National Park. Its primary features include...
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    Route 12 (Dunes Highway) in Porter near the entrance to Indiana Dunes State Park. The southern terminus is a rural intersection with State Road 14 in...
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    Archived February 7, 2010, at the Wayback Machine Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Indiana Dunes State Park Dunes Nature Preserve 41°38′53″N 87°06′29″W / 41...
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    The Indiana Dunes is an area of land beside Lake Michigan, in the State of Indiana, United States. It includes Indiana Dunes National Park and Indiana Dunes...
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    mouth of Fort Creek, now known as Dunes Creek, which empties into Lake Michigan near the Indiana Dunes State Park swimming beach. It was located near...
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    of mammals have been identified at Indiana Dunes National Park. Four other species are thought to inhabit the park, but have not been documented: the...
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    and Indiana Dunes National Park in Porter County, Indiana, United States. Dunes Creek passes through the coastal sand dunes to empty into Lake Michigan...
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    the north via Indiana 49. Dune Park was also the name of a former section of the Indiana Dunes, between Ogden Dunes, Indiana and Dune Acres, that was...
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    first purchase of the Indiana Dunes State Park, 1925. Supreme Court Justice James Emmert and Mayor gar Stahl gather around the state flag presented at a...
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    list of birds of the Indiana Dunes. The Indiana Dunes (state park and national park) protect over 15,000 acres (61 km2) of dunes and shoreline. From the...
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  • Frank V. Dudley (category Artists from Indiana)
    located in what is now the Indiana Dunes State Park. Not only did he frequently paint the dunes, he was a significant figure in dunes conservation, helping...
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    -86.985672, along the Lake Michigan shoreline. It is bordered by Indiana Dunes State Park on the west, Lake Michigan on the north, the village of Pines on...
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    Indiana one can find many parks between the industrial areas. The Indiana Dunes National Park and the Indiana Dunes State Park are two natural landmarks...
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  • amusement park is at the intersection of U.S. Route 20 and Indiana State Road 49, north of Chesterton near the border of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore...
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  • 28 miles (251.51 km) east–west across northern Indiana from the Illinois state line to the Ohio state line. It has been advertised as the "Main Street...
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  • Dorothy Richardson Buell (category Indiana Dunes National Park)
    preserving a portion of the local dunes through the establishment of Indiana Dunes State Park in the 1920s, but the dunes preservation movement had been...
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