In Trail Guides

Bailly Homestead to Chellberg Farm

📍 Indiana Dunes National Park, Indiana

Easy 📏 3.0 Loop

The trail connecting Bailly Homestead to Chellberg Farm weaves together natural beauty and layered cultural history in a…

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Canyon Inn Trail

📍 Spencer, IN

Moderate 📏 2.0 Loop

McCormick's Creek State Park holds a unique distinction as Indiana's first state park, established in 1916, and the Cany…

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Clifty Falls Loop

📍 Madison, IN

Strenuous 📏 3.5 Loop

The Clifty Falls Loop is one of the most spectacular canyon hikes in the Ohio River Valley, descending into a rugged gor…

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Cowles Bog Trail

📍 Cowles Bog Trailhead, Chesterton

Moderate 📏 4.5 Loop

Cowles Bog Trail explores one of the most ecologically significant landscapes in the national park system — a National N…

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Dunewood Campground Trail

📍 Indiana Dunes National Park, Indiana

Easy 📏 4.5 Loop

Dunewood Campground Trail loops through a mosaic of restored oak savanna, woodland, and dune terrain near the Dunewood C…

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Falls Trail

📍 Spencer, IN

Moderate 📏 1.0 Out-and-Back

The Falls Trail leads to McCormick's Creek Falls, the most-visited attraction at Indiana's oldest state park and one of …

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Heron Rookery Trail

📍 Indiana Dunes National Park, Porter County, Indiana

Easy 📏 1.4 Out-and-Back

The Heron Rookery Trail winds through one of the finest old-growth forest remnants in the Indiana Dunes, following the L…

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Hesitation Point Trail

📍 Nashville, IN

Moderate 📏 3.5 Out-and-Back

Hesitation Point Trail climbs to the highest elevation in Brown County State Park, a modest but commanding summit that o…

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Lieber Trail

📍 Marshall, IN

Moderate 📏 4.0 Loop

The Lieber Trail is named for Colonel Richard Lieber, the visionary founder of Indiana's state park system, who establis…

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Ly-co-ki-we Trail

📍 Indiana Dunes National Park, Porter County, Indiana

Moderate 📏 9.5 Loop

The Ly-co-ki-we Trail is the longest continuous trail in Indiana Dunes National Park, looping through the park's most ec…

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Miller Woods Interdunal Trail

📍 Miller Woods Trailhead, Gary

Easy 📏 3.5 Loop

Miller Woods Trail traverses a mosaic of black oak savanna, interdunal ponds, and coastal marsh in the westernmost secti…

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Ogle Lake Nature Preserve

📍 Nashville, IN

Easy 📏 2.0 Loop

The Ogle Lake Nature Preserve loop at Brown County State Park offers a quintessential Indiana fall foliage experience in…

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Pinhook Bog Ranger-Led Walk

📍 Pinhook Bog, La Porte

Easy 📏 1.0 Loop

Pinhook Bog is a National Natural Landmark within Indiana Dunes -- accessible only on ranger-led tours due to the extrem…

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Three Dune Challenge

📍 Indiana Dunes State Park Trailhead, Chesterton

Strenuous 📏 1.5 Out-and-Back

The Three Dune Challenge is an informal tradition at Indiana Dunes State Park — an adjacent state park that works in par…

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Tolleston Dunes Trail

📍 Indiana Dunes National Park, Porter County, Indiana

Easy 📏 3.8 Loop

The Tolleston Dunes Trail traverses a landscape shaped by Lake Michigan's ancient shorelines, crossing interdunal wetlan…

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Trail 3 Canyon Loop

📍 Marshall, IN

Strenuous 📏 3.0 Loop

Trail 3 at Turkey Run State Park is one of the most thrilling hiking experiences in the Midwest, a strenuous canyon loop…

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Trail 7 - Big Clifty

📍 Madison, IN

Moderate 📏 1.5 Out-and-Back

Trail 7 provides the most direct access to Big Clifty Falls, the main attraction and namesake of Clifty Falls State Park…

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Trail 9 Rocky Hollow

📍 Marshall, IN

Strenuous 📏 2.0 Loop

Trail 9 through Rocky Hollow is the most intimate and technically demanding of Turkey Run State Park's canyon routes, sq…

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Tulip Tree Trail

📍 Nashville, IN

Moderate 📏 5.5 Loop

The Tulip Tree Trail is the flagship long-distance hiking route at Brown County State Park, winding through the park's m…

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Tunnel Falls Trail

📍 Madison, IN

Moderate 📏 2.0 Out-and-Back

The Tunnel Falls Trail leads to Hoffman Falls, one of Clifty Falls State Park's most intimate waterfall experiences, whe…

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West Beach Succession Trail

📍 Indiana Dunes National Park, Indiana

Easy 📏 2.0 Loop

West Beach Succession Trail is a compact but ecologically rich loop at Indiana Dunes National Park that demonstrates the…

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West Beach Trail

📍 West Beach, Gary

Moderate 📏 2.7 Loop

West Beach Trail combines the best of Indiana Dunes National Park in a single loop: the mile-long Lake Michigan beach, a…

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Wolf Cave Trail

📍 Spencer, IN

Moderate 📏 4.0 Loop

The Wolf Cave Trail is the longest and most varied hiking route at McCormick's Creek State Park, combining three of the …

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Calumet Trail Cycling

📍 Beverly Shores Trailhead, Porter

Moderate 📏 20.0 Out-and-Back

Calumet Trail is the longest multi-use trail in Indiana Dunes National Park, running 10 miles along the edge of the dune…

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