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Long Lake–West Beach, 6 sights is a 2-mile out-and-back near Ogden Dunes, IN. The route passes West Beach, Dune Succession Viewpoint and Long Lake Lagoon before reaching Long Lake at the turnaround, 0.8 miles in. It is mostly level, with 141 ft of elevation gain, and mostly sand. It scores 22/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi591 – 686 ft2.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Dune Succession Trail 41.62607, -87.20743
Nearest town Ogden Dunes, IN

Directions

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Long Lake–West Beach, 6 sights

2 mi · ▲ 141 ft · 44 min

Elevation 590–685 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Dune Succession Trail · 41.62607, -87.20743

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:50 PM

  1. Start on Dune Succession Trail, heading NE.
  2. 50 ftPass West Beach.
  3. 0.5 miPass Dune Succession Viewpoint.
  4. 150 ftSharp left onto West Beach Trail, heading SE.
  5. 0.3 miPass Long Lake Lagoon.
  6. 50 ftPass Long Lake.
  7. 0.2 miReach Long Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.5 miSharp right onto Dune Succession Trail, heading E.
  9. 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

73% sand27% boardwalk

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:50 PM