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Please note: This is a work in progress, so feel free to submit any trails we may have missed!
Looking for a place to hike, but not sure where? Please peruse our list of trails that cover the entire dunes area from Berrien County in Michigan to Lake County in Indiana.
LaPorte County:
Ambler Flatwoods Nature Preserve—4 miles of trails
Barker Woods Nature Preserve—under one mile of trails
Bismarck Hill—1 mile of trails
Bluhm County Park—Lincoln Memorial Trail
Creek Ridge County Park: Michigan City, IN—1.3 miles of trails
Friendship Botanic Gardens: Michigan City, IN—3 miles of trails
Luhr County Park/Upland Trail—1.7 miles
Pinhook Bog/Upland Trail—1.7 miles
Red Mill County Park—3.5 miles of trails
Krueger Memorial Park
Wintergreen Woods
Hildebrand Lake Nature Preserve*
Berrien County (Michigan):
Chickaming Township Nature Preserve, Three Oaks, 3.5 miles of trails
Galien River County Park: New Buffalo, MI - 1 mile of trails
Hoadley Trail at Watkins Memorial Park - 1.5 mile of trails
Love Creek in Berrien Center - 6 miles
Madeline Bertrand Green Trail - 5 miles
Robinson Woods - 1.25 mile trail
Warren Dunes State Park in Bridgman~ 6 miles trails
Warren Woods Natural Area in Three Oaks~ 2 miles
St. Joseph County:
Bendix Woods - Over 6 miles, multi-use trails
Ferettie/Baugo Creek - 2 miles
Potato Creek State Park in North Liberty -
Rum Village Park - 3 miles hiking, 6 miles mountain biking
St. Patrick's County Park - 4 miles
Spicer Lake Nature Preserve in New Carlisle ~ 4 miles trails
Porter County:
Coffee Creek, Chesterton ~ 3 miles
Calumet Trail ~ 9.1 mile trail
Dune Ridge Trail , Beverly Shores~ .7 mile
Bailly/Chellburg/Little Calumet River Trails: Porter, IN - 4 miles of trails
Brincka Cross Gardens: Michigan City - 1.5 miles of trails
Cowles Bog, Dune Acres - over 4 miles of trails
Dunes Succession Trail, West Beach - 1 mile
Glenwood Dunes Trail - 6.8 miles
Great Marsh Trail System: Beverly Shores, IN - 1.26 miles of trails
Gabis Arboretum at Purdue Northwest (formerly Taltree) - over 5 miles of trails
Heron Rookery Trail: Chesterton to Michigan City, IN - 3 miles of trails
Indiana Dunes State Park, Trail 8 (Three Dune Challenge) - 1.5 miles (rugged)
Indiana Dunes State Park, Trail 9 - 3.75 miles of trails
Long Lake Loop: Miller, IN - 1.9 miles of trails
Moraine Nature Preserve - 2.3 miles
Portage Lakefront and Riverwalk: 100 Riverwalk Road, Portage IN - 1.5 miles
Prairie Duneland Trail - 10.3 miles
Tolleston Dunes: Portage, IN - 3 miles of trails
Sunset Hill Farm County Park - up to 5 miles of trails
Zona Wildlife Sanctuary - 2.1 miles of trails
Father Basil Moreau Nature Preserve*
John Merle Coulter Nature Preserve*
Meadowbrook Conservation Center and Preserve*
Outback Trail, Imagination Glen, Portage
Wykes-Plampin Nature Preserve*
Lake County:
Deep River County Park - 4.8 miles
The Erie Lackawanna - 17.7 mile bike trail
Hobart Woodland Trail - 2.2 miles
Oak Savannah Trail (paved biking) - 8.9 miles
Prairie Duneland Trail - 10.3 miles
Bur Oak Woods Nature Preserve*
Cressmoor Prairie Nature Preserve*
Gordon & Faith Greiner Nature Preserve*
Green Heron Pond Nature Preserve*
Hidden Prairie & Ivory Wetlands*
Ivanhoe South Nature Preserve*
Seidner Dune & Swale Nature Preserve*
There is also an awesome website that features all the area trails that was put together by Rafi Wilkinson for REI, it’s called the TRAIL RUN project
*Owned by Shirley Heinze Land Trust. See a full list of their preserves, as well as an interactive map, right here.