Best trails in Indiana Dunes National Park

Valid for 7 days. Admits up to 2 private, non-commercial motorcycles with up to 4 total passengers.

7-Day Per Person Entrance Fee (Organized, non-commercial groups)

Visitors 16 years of age or older who enter on foot, bicycle, boat, or as part of an organized group not involved in a commercial tour.

7-Day Park Entrance Fee - Family-Size Vehicle

Per private family-sized vehicle (valid for 1-7 days from date of purchase).

Indiana Dunes National Park Annual Pass

This pass provides entry for the pass owner(s) and passengers in a family-sized vehicle. This pass only works at the Indiana Dunes National Park and is not accepted at the Indiana Dunes State Park.

Passes can be purchased from the Indiana Dunes Visitor Center, seasonally at the West Beach kiosk, or online at recreation.gov.

Join millions of people who enjoy our National Parks with the "America the Beautiful" National Park & Federal Recreational Lands Pass, otherwise known as the Interagency Annual Pass. The pass is valid for a year's worth of visits from the month of purchase at more than 2,000 federal recreation sites across the country.

No entrance pass required for US citizens and residents on these days:

February 16 — Presidents' Day
May 25 — Memorial Day
June 14 — Flag Day
July 3–5 — Independence Day weekend
August 25 — National Park Service's birthday
September 17 — Constitution Day
October 27 — Theodore Roosevelt's birthday
November 11 — Veterans Day

The Interagency Access Pass is accepted here.

The Indiana Dunes National Park Visitor Center and Paul H. Douglas Center for Environmental Education are accessible to visitors using mobility equipment or strollers and have wheelchair accessible restrooms. Orientation films include closed captioning.

Loaner wheelchairs (Freedom Trax wheelchair, Zoom Chair, GRIT Freedom Chair, and a youth Hippocampe Blue Blazer wheelchair), cycles (hand tricycle, dual tandem bike, and a two-seated tandem bicycle), and assistive listening devices are available. A beach wheelchair is available from the lifeguards at West Beach.

Many ranger-led programs are wheelchair accessible, and assistive listening devices and ASL interpreters are available by reservation. Please call (219)-395-1821 in advance to reserve equipment.

Additional information about accessibility at Indiana Dunes National Park can be found on their website: https://www.nps.gov/indu/planyourvisit/accessibility.htm.

The Indiana Dunes National Park Visitor Center and Paul H. Douglas Center for Environmental Education are accessible to visitors using mobility equipment or strollers and have wheelchair accessible restrooms. Orientation films include closed captioning.

The West Beach, Bailly Chellberg, Tremont, Glenwood Dunes, Lake View Beach, and Tolleston Dunes Overlook Picnic Areas are wheelchair accessible with packed, level paths and surfaces.

Dunewood Campground has individual wheelchair accessible camping sites (#15, 30, 41, and 55).

Service animals must be on-leash throughout the park.