We continued our October 2019 trip to Indiana Dunes National Park with a late afternoon stop at the Portage Lakefront and Riverwalk. We didn't have time before dark to walk the one-mile Riverwalk, but we did have time to walk the western breakwater in front of the pavilion. Free paved parking for 97 vehicles, including eight accessible spots, is available in three lots. Both the dune trail and the beach west of the pavilion were closed due to erosion undercutting the dunes.
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| Pavilion |
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| Another view |
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| Burns-Portage Waterway (Little Calumet River) breakwaters |
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| Fall colors, the breakwater, and the Chicago skyline |
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| A closer view of Chicago |
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| Another view of the breakwaters |
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| Area closed due to storm damage |
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| Walkway across the top of the western breakwater |
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| Great Lakes shipping |
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| A small part of US Steel's Gary Works on the Little Calumet River |
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| Lakeside view of the pavilion |
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| Navigational aid at the end of the eastern breakwater |
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| Severe erosion between the pavilion and the Town of Ogden Dunes |
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| Town of Ogden Dunes |
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| Unstable dune and storm damage |
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| Picnic tables at the pavilion |
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| Sunset over Chicago |
Entry to Indiana Dunes National Park is free. However, an expanded amenity fee of $6 daily is collected at West Beach from the Friday of Memorial Day weekend through the Monday of Labor Day weekend from 8:00 am to as late as 7:00 pm Central Time. This fee is used to provide the bathhouse and lifeguard service.
The park website is https://www.nps.gov/indu/index.htm.
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