Porter, Indiana Travel Information

Dunes and the Big Lake: Indiana's Lake Michigan Shoreline The 25-mile drive covers the lakeshore from Gary to Michigan City. Special attractions: Steel industrial complexes, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Paul H. Douglas Center for Environmental Education... Miller, IN

Michigan City, Indiana The first settlers to arrive in Michigan City in 1833 were undeterred by the low, swampy town site and the huge sand dunes that dominated the lakefront. They envisioned Michigan City would become a gr... Michigan City, IN

Michigan City: Doin' Dunes Country As you travel through northwest Indiana, it’s hard to believe that beyond the grime of the steel mills lies as unspoiled and untamed a landscape as you’ll find anywhere in the Midwest. The Indiana Dun... Michigan City, IN

Northern Indiana Beaches in Indiana? Yes! Northern Indiana has a lengthy coastline on Lake Michigan. And this area that abounds in tall sand dunes is only thirty-five minutes from Chicago’s Loop. This is just one of t... Valparaiso, IN

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Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore: Bailly/Chellberg Hike (Distance: 0.9 mi) Get a glimpse of early settlement life in northwestern Indiana by touring the homesteads of two frontier families. You’ll also see wooded ravines, rich bottomland forest that grows beside the Little C...

Crocker, IN - Hiking - length:3.3 mi

Chellberg Farm and Bailly Homestead Trail (Distance: 1.0 mi) If you’re looking for a creepy hike, you’ve come to the right place. This atmospheric stroll through history features not one, but two supposedly haunted houses from the nineteenth century, along with...

Crocker, IN - Hiking - length:2.1 mi

Prairie - Duneland Trail (Distance: 1.0 mi) As its name implies, a trip on the beautiful Prairie- Duneland Trail offers snapshots of the flora and fauna—from hardwood forest to remnant prairie grasslands—that once dominated this region. In spit...

Gary, IN - Rail-Trails - length:10.3 mi

Calumet Trail (Distance: 1.3 mi) The demise of the paved Calumet Trail was a sad day for road cyclists. Mountain bikers, however, rejoiced in having the trail fall into their Lycra-clad laps. The trail is wide, flat, and perfect fo...

Michigan City, IN - Mountain Biking - length:9.9 mi

Cowles Bog (Distance: 1.3 mi) A loop hike around a bog, through wooded dunes, past marshes, and along the Lake Michigan shoreline.

Gary, IN - Hiking - length:5 mi

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Brassie The Brassie Golf Club Public, 18 holes 7008 yards, par 72 2.3 miles from center of Porter, Indiana

Creek Course Sand Creek Country Club Private Non-Equity, 9 holes 3321 yards, par 36 2.6 miles from center of Porter, Indiana

Lake Course Sand Creek Country Club Private Non-Equity, 18 holes 3456 yards, par 36 2.6 miles from center of Porter, Indiana

Marsh Course Sand Creek Country Club Private Non-Equity, 18 holes 3546 yards, par 36 2.6 miles from center of Porter, Indiana

Robbinhurst Robbinhurst Golf Club & Driving Range Public, 18 holes 5629 yards, par 68 5.7 miles from center of Porter, Indiana

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