The Great American Road Trip Challenge~4.5 years · 48 states · one loop
The Upper Midwest & Great Lakes

Stop 22 · Days 678–679

Indiana Dunes National Park

Indiana Dunes National Park, IN

Fifteen miles of Lake Michigan beach and towering dunes, with the Chicago skyline shimmering across the water.

Where to stay

  • A Chesterton or Michigan City hotel

    Near the beaches.

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You gotta eat this

  • A lakeside ice cream

    After the dune climb.

The days here

Each day opens its own hour-by-hour page

  1. 678Day 678 — Sand & ShoreFull day · 4h planned
  2. 679Day 679 — East to Grand RapidsDrive day · 2h 30m drive

What this stop is made of

  • National Parks & Forests