Hiking up the three tallest sand dunes isn’t easy, but it can still be fun for all ages. Go solo or grab your friends and family to hike the 1.5-mile trail at your own pace. Just be sure to…
If your idea of fun is running up the stairs of a skyscraper or doing a marathon, try climbing 552 vertical feet of sand and stairs. The 3 Dune Challenge is Indiana’s best test of physical…
Start Here
Your adventure begins at the Indiana Dune State Park Nature Center.
How to Complete the Dare
- Go to the Indiana Dunes State Park
Visit Indiana Dunes State Park, located at the end of State Rd. 49 at 1600 N. 25 East, Chesterton, IN 46304. - Hike the Trail
With 552 vertical feet, this is the toughest trail in the State Park. Take the challenge and conquer the dunes. - Share the Challenge
Take a selfie at the top of one of the dunes and post it using #3DuneChallenge. - Get Your Badge of Honor
Visit the Indiana Dunes Visitor Center for a free bumper sticker and to buy a commemorative T-shirt or hoodie.
Celebrate Your Accomplishment
Stop by the Indiana Dunes Visitor Center to get your free 3 Dune Challenge sticker.
You can also buy a T-shirt or hoodie—you’ve earned it!
Brauer Museum of Art - Permanent Collection
- Valparaiso University Brauer Museum of Art
- Recurring daily
The Brauer Museum boasts a collection of more than 5,000 works of art from the mid-19th century to the present. Also…
Celebrating Black Artists
- Valparaiso University Brauer Museum of Art
- Recurring daily
In celebration of Martin Luther King Day, the Brauer Museum of Art opens Celebrating Black Artists . The exhibition…
Connections at the Porter County Museum
- Recurring daily
Connections is currently on display in the Eunice Slagle Gallery of the PoCo Muse. Presenting our discoveries with a…
Lowenstine WWII Roll of Honor
- Porter County Museum (PoCo Muse)
- Recurring daily
In 1943, the American Legion had an idea to erect a Roll of Honor on the east lawn of the courthouse square to…
Open Ice Skating under the Urschel Pavilion
- Recurring daily
Grab your friends, bring the kids, snag your spouse and come out to skate at the William E. Urschel Pavilion. Open…
Opportunity Enterprises Student Exhibition @ The Art Barn School of Art
- Art Barn School of Art. Inc.
- Recurring daily
Art Barn is thrilled to partner with Opportunity Enterprises (OE), well established in the community for providing…
Prehistoric Pop-up
- Porter County Museum (PoCo Muse)
- Recurring daily
The Prehistoric Pop-Up is currently on display in the Montague/Urschel Gallery of the PoCo Muse. Their award-winning…
Elton Jeff & The Honky Cats at the Memorial Opera House
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Karaoke Night @ Quaker Steak and Lube
- Recurring weekly on Thursday
Get your friends and come out for Karaoke every Thursday night at 6:00 pm!!!!!
Meet the Animals - Sunset Hill Farm
- Sunset Hill Farm County Park
- Recurring weekly on Friday, Saturday
One of our most popular programs. Come meet our farm animals and their caregivers. Our animals include sheep, goats…
Rosemary with Ginger
- Chicago Street Theatre
- Recurring weekly on Sunday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Unique experience dinner theater. We are excited to offer our patrons yet another new experience in our studio…
Well Suited Theater At Anderson's
Well Suited Theater has partnered with Anderson’s Winery to bring you a wonderful night of Whose Line style improv…
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
- 4th Street Theater
- Recurring weekly on Sunday, Friday, Saturday
George, a professor at a small college, and his wife, Martha, have just returned home, drunk from a Saturday night…
Bailly/Chellberg History Hike
Join a ranger and explore the grounds of two historic homes and learn about the history of the area and the early…
Field Trip: Brauer Museum of Art
After a two-year hiatus, the Brauer Museum of Art at Valparaiso University reopened to the public in the fall of…
Diana of the Dunes Dare
In honor of the daring and free spirit of Alice Mabel Gray, also know as Diana, a nearby sand hill has been named “Diana’s Dune.” You can now hike in Alice’s footsteps and explore the natural wonders of her beloved Dunes terrain.
