Pinhook Bog Open House at National Lakeshore

Pinhook Bog Open House at National Lakeshore

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service on June 2, 2017. It is reproduced in full below.

INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE: Take a self-guided hike into the amazing Pinhook Bog every Saturday afternoon in June, from 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. Rangers and volunteers stationed along the trail will help you understand this unique remnant of the last ice age that is filled with carnivorous plants, orchids, and many other interesting plants. Please allow about one hour to walk the trail and tour the quaking bog.

The Pinhook Bog parking lot is located at 920 North Wozniak Road in Michigan City, Indiana. The GPS coordinates are 41.621214, -86.850227 (Decimal Degrees). For more information on this or other programs at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, call 219-395-1882 or visit our website at www.nps.gov/indu and our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/IndianaDunesNL.

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The Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore is one of 417 units of the National Park System ranging from Yellowstone to the Statue of Liberty. Located in Northwest Indiana, the park includes 15 miles of Lake Michigan shoreline and 15,000 acres of biodiverse beaches, woods, prairies, and marshes. Up to 2 million visitors come to the Indiana Dunes each year. Check our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/IndianaDunesNL.

Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service

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