I have only been to the Indiana Dunes a few times but will soon have more time to explore it. High on my list is a visit to Cowles Bog, which a local recommended for its abundance of rarely seen wildlife. (“You’ll see thing you never saw before,” he told us.) We drove by the bog recently during a quick visit to see the “Century of Progress” homes nearby and learned that it offers a 4.7 mile hike “moderate to rugged with steep dune climbs in loose sand” and dogs are allowed. Its ponds, marsh, swamp, black oak woodland, and those dunes offer such a diversity of wildlife that it was named a National Natural Landmark in the 1960s.
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