How Can You Enjoy A Winter National Park Visit? Let Us Count The Ways
How can you enjoy a winter national park visit? Let us count the ways.
- By Kurt Repanshek - November 5th, 2015 1:09pm
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
Watch The Super Moon At Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
If you live near Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore in Indiana, hope for clear skies Sunday night and head to the lakeshore to watch the super moon rise over the lakeshore.
- By NPT Staff - September 25th, 2015 3:00am
Fall: The Perfect Time To Escape To A National Lakeshore
Taiga is a word of just two syllables, and yet it connotes remoteness. Its synonym – boreal – is slightly more familiar, though it too conjures the distant, the mysterious. But if you travel to the Great Lakes, to the national lakeshores that line the southern shores of those inland oceans known as Superior and Michigan, you can find yourself deep in the coniferous forests, the taiga or boreal forests, more familiar to the Canadian landscapes to the north.
- By Kurt Repanshek - September 8th, 2015 11:04am
Beach At Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Closed Due To Erosion
Wave action at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore in Indiana has forced the National Park Service to close the Central Avenue Beach for the foreseeable future due to erosion.
- By NPT Staff - July 12th, 2015 2:30am
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Rangers To Offer Tours Of Mount Baldy This Summer
The National Park Service will offer ranger-guided hikes on Mount Baldy this summer at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. The hikes will use a trail on the western edge of the dune that has been determined to be safe from holes.
- By NPT Staff - June 3rd, 2015 6:19pm
Man Convicted Of Hunting In Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
If you're going to poach wildlife in a unit of the National Park System, don't leave a tree stand in place where someone might spot it.
- By NPT Staff - May 30th, 2015 10:19am
Fencing Being Used At Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore To Preserve Waning Beachfront
With no available money to truck in 74,000 cubic yards of sand to replenish one of their beaches, officials at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore are hoping fencing and vegetation will help them preserve a beachfront that storms last fall took a big chunk out of.
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- By NPT Staff - May 29th, 2015 12:40am
Birding In The National Parks: New Festivals For Birders In National Park Settings
Looking for a birding festival in the National Park System? You can add the woods and shorelines of Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, which is hosting its very first birding festival this May.
- By Kirby Adams - March 24th, 2015 3:10am
Lots Going On At Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore This Winter
Winter isn't a slow season at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore on the shores of Lake Michighan. The park has a long list of activities planned for the winter months.
- By NPT Staff - January 2nd, 2015 3:00am
Birding In The National Parks: Birding By The Season Through The National Park System
National park travelers are keenly aware of the changing seasons. The Blue Ridge Parkway is a completely different experience in August than in October. The hoodoos of Bryce Canyon need to be seen both in the blistering July sun and the January snow to be fully appreciated. And, of course, there’s Yellowstone – a bustling city on a summer weekend and a tranquil white wilderness on a bright February morning.
- By Kirby Adams - August 12th, 2014 4:20am
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