State park · Lake Michigan · Indiana
Indiana Dunes State Park
A state park on Lake Michigan in Porter County, Indiana, established 1925, 2,182 acres. It counted 1,367,194 visitors in 2018. In or beside it: 2 state-listed beaches.
The park
On the record
- Water
- Lake Michigan
- Location
- Porter County, Indiana
- Nearest town
- Chesterton
- Established
- 1925
- Area
- 2,182 acres (3.4 sq mi)
- Visitors
- 1,367,194 in 2018
- Run by
- Indiana Department of Natural Resources
- Coordinates
- 41.6600° N, 87.0400° W
Coordinates mark the park as Wikipedia pins it, not a gate or a lot. For big parks that can be miles from the beach.
On the sand
Beaches in and beside the park
- Indiana Dunes State Park East Beach1.2 mi · sampled
- Indiana Dunes State Park West Beach1.4 mi · sampled
EPA BEACH Act list. Distance from the park’s pin, straight line.
The story
History and visiting
Indiana Dunes National Park
Fifteen miles of Lake Michigan shoreline and dune country at the south end of the lake, between the Gary steel mills and Michigan City, Indiana.
Indiana Dunes State Park
How the park came to be, and what grows and nests there, with sources.
in.gov
Hours, fees, campground maps and reservations from the people who run it.
Along the shore
Nearest Michigan state parks
- Warren Dunes State Park28 mi · 1,500 ac · MI
- Grand Mere State Park35 mi · 1,100 ac · MI
- Van Buren State Park61 mi · 400 ac · MI
- Illinois Beach State Park66 mi · 4,160 ac · IL
- Saugatuck Dunes State Park84 mi · 1,000 ac · MI
- Holland State Park88 mi · 142 ac · MI
Straight-line distance.
On the water
What to fish on Lake Michigan
Source
Facts on this page are from the infobox of the Wikipedia article on Indiana Dunes State Park and its Wikidata record, retrieved 2026-10-11. Beaches are from EPA’s BEACH Act list and lighthouses from Wikidata. A blank field means the record is silent. Rules, hours and fees change; the park’s operator has the final word.
Chart shoreline generalized from Natural Earth (public domain). Not for navigation. Something wrong or missing? Write to contact@greatamericanlakes.com.