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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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    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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    Dunes is a town in Portage Township, Porter County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. It is located on the shore of Lake Michigan, within Indiana Dunes National...
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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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  • 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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    South Bend. Michigan City is noted for both its proximity to Indiana Dunes National Park and for bordering Lake Michigan. It receives a fair amount of...
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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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  • 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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    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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    a sand dune located in Indiana Dunes National Park. It is on the southern shore of Lake Michigan and is 126 feet tall. It is a wandering dune that moves...
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    extended to that point. The Joseph Bailly Homestead is located in Indiana Dunes National Park on Howe Road, just north of U.S. 20. It is the residence of three...
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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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    Cowles Bog (category Indiana Dunes National Park)
    Cowles Bog is a 4,000-year-old wetland complex in Indiana Dunes National Park, near Chesterton, Indiana. It is named for Henry Chandler Cowles who did his...
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    of downtown Chicago. The city is the western gateway to the Indiana Dunes National Park, and is within the Chicago metropolitan area. Gary was named...
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    hot and dry year, the Karner blue was also extirpated in the Indiana Dunes National Park. The male and female of this small (wingspan of about one inch)...
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    Tractor moved to the town. Just north of the town is Indiana Dunes State Park and Indiana Dunes National Park. Most of the town is flat. However, going south...
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    aviator Octave Chanute. Authorization of the Indiana Dunes National Park, which borders Ports of Indiana-Burns Harbor on three sides, was part of a political...
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  • Woods, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Research Program, Report 90-01; National Park Service, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore; Porter Indiana; 1990 Environmental...
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    Royale National Park in Lake Superior and Indiana Dunes National Park bordering Lake Michigan. Cuyahoga Valley also differs from the other national parks in...
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    Century of Progress Architectural District (category National Register of Historic Places in Indiana Dunes National Park)
    historic district in Beverly Shores, Indiana. The district is on Lake Shore Drive within the Indiana Dunes National Park. The district comprises five buildings...
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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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    Portage and Porter), while US 12 passes through Indiana Dunes National Park and retains the name "Dunes Highway". After splitting from US 20, US 12 becomes...
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    National Archives. "Indiana Dunes National Park". National Park Service. Retrieved February 16, 2019. "Isle Royale National Park". National Park Service. Retrieved...
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    Cultural Sites of Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore; National Park Service, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore; Porter, Indiana House of Tomorrow, Beverly Shores-Century...
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    Indiana Dunes National Park, which is part of the United States National Park system, and includes both the Miller Woods and Long Lake areas. Indiana...
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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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    Protected areas include Indiana Dunes National Park and Indiana's most visited state park of the same name. Northern Indiana is home to about 25 public...
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    seas. Dunes occur in different shapes and sizes, but most kinds of dunes are longer on the stoss (upflow) side, where the sand is pushed up the dune, and...
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    are various sand ridges and dunes, some reaching nearly 200 feet in height; most of them are at Indiana Dunes National Park. These are along the Lake Michigan...
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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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