Our Hoosier Hospitality Promise The Indiana Dunes Visitor Center has taken the Hoosier Hospitality Promise. Because we want to keep our visitors, staff, and park rangers safe, we promise to do the following: Have all staff pass a health check prior to each shift. Ensure staff wear face masks if…
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Located in Valparaiso, the 49er Drive-In Theatre is Northwest Indiana's only drive-in theater and one of only around 300 in the entire country. This beloved Indiana Dunes area attraction has been showing movies for over 60 years. It retains its original look and classic design but is updated with a…
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Ever wanted to go back in time? As Porter County's only drive-in restaurant, The Port Drive-In is a blast from the past and is one of the Indiana Dunes area's must-sees & dos. Chili dogs made using the original 1950s recipe are a local favorite, as well as the half-pound hot dog! A variety of…
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Sedges Are a Buffet for Bison in the Indiana Dunes By Alyssa Nyberg This July we will be busy with harvesting hundreds of pounds of sedge seeds to include in this year’s prairie planting at Kankakee Sands. We will be harvesting twelve different sedges, each one so unique, and really quite lovely…
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