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INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL PARK: Join fellow equestrians on Tuesday, September 12, at Indiana Dunes National Park’s West Beach, for an extremely rare chance to ride on a beach of Lake Michigan. BYOH (Bring your own horse).
This event is part of the Outdoor Adventure Festival and will feature three rides. These will take place from 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm, 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm and a sunset ride from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm. No horse rentals are available. You must bring your own horse.
There is a fee of $25 per horse and reservations are required. Space is limited for each ride. Please call the Indiana Dunes Visitor Center at 219-395-1882 or come into the Visitor Center for more information, to make reservations and pay the fee. Reservations will be available starting on Monday, August 21 at 9:00 am Central Time. Note in addition to the program fee, you must also pay an entrance fee or possess a national park pass. Owners are expected to clean up the area around their trailer and take home any waste.
West Beach is located at 376 North County Line Road in Portage. For more information on this and other programs at Indiana Dunes National Park, call 219-395-1882, visit our website, download the official National Park Service app, or view our Facebook page.
Indiana Dunes National Park has an entrance fee of $25 per car for a 1–7-day pass. A $45 annual pass for the national park is also available. Please purchase passes or pay the entrance fee at the Indiana Dunes Visitor Center, Paul H. Douglas Center, West Beach Entrance Station (after April 1st) or at www.recreation.gov/sitepass/indu. Veterans/Military/Gold Star Family, Access, and 4th Grade passes are available for free. For more information on national park passes go to www.nps.gov/indu.
The Indiana Dunes National Park is one of more than 400 units of the National Park System ranging from Yellowstone to the Statue of Liberty. Located in Northwest Indiana, the park includes 15 miles of Lake Michigan shoreline and 15,000 acres of biodiverse beaches, woods, prairies, and marshes. Up to 3 million visitors come to the Indiana Dunes each year.
Last updated: August 15, 2023