INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL PARK: Join a local artist from the Art Barn and learn how to paint at Indiana Dunes National Park's "Art in the Park" program, sponsored by the Friends of Indiana Dunes. Learn how to create your own camping themed dunes-inspired painting on Saturday, June 11, from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm at the Park Connection Office located next to the Chellberg Farm parking lot. There is a $15 charge for supplies, and reservations are required in advance, at www.artbarnschool.org. The class is limited to 15 adults.
The Park Connection Office parking lot is located at 618 North 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. You can also visit our website at www.nps.gov/indu, download the official National Park Service app, or view our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/IndianaDunesNPS.
The national park’s new entrance fee went into effect staring on March 31, 2022. The fee is $25 per car for a 1-7-day pass. A $45 annual pass for the Indiana Dunes National Park is also available. Holders of the following federal passes will not pay an entrance fee: Annual, Senior, Veterans/Military/Gold Star Family, 4th Grade, Access (disability), and the Volunteer Passes. For more information on other national park passes and details about the new fee, go to www.nps.gov/indu. Please purchase passes or pay entrance fees at the Indiana Dunes Visitor Center or at www.recreation.gov/sitepass/indu. When parking, display pass or receipt on the rearview mirror or dashboard.
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Indiana Dunes National Park is one of more than 400 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. Over 3 million visitors come to the Indiana Dunes each year.
Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
