INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL PARK: This summer, join a park ranger at Indiana Dunes National Park every Sunday from 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm for a hike to the historic Bailly Homestead and Chellberg Farm. Enjoy a beautiful wooded trail while you learn about early settlers and farmers who came to this region in the 1800s. Meet at the Bailly/Chellberg Farm parking lot. Afterwards, bring the kids to the Chellberg Farm at 4:00 pm to help a ranger feed the animals.
The Bailly Homestead / Chellberg Farm parking lot is located on Mineral Springs Road between U.S. Highway 20 and U.S. Highway 12 in Porter, Indiana. For more information on this or other programs at Indiana Dunes National Park, call 219-395-1882 or visit our website at www.nps.gov/indu and our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/IndianaDunesNPS.
The Indiana Dunes National Park is one of 423 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 3 million visitors come to the Indiana Dunes each year.
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Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
