Mount Holden–Dunes Nature Preserve Beach, 4 beaches
6 mi · ▲ 152 ft · 2 hr 5 min
Mount Holden–Dunes Nature Preserve Beach, 4 beaches is a 6-mile out-and-back in Indiana Dunes State Park near Dune Acres Station, IN. The route passes Waverly Beach and Dunes Nature Preserve Beach before reaching Mount Holden at the turnaround, 3 miles in. It is mostly level, with 152 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 14/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Mount Holden–Dunes Nature Preserve Beach, 4 beaches
6 mi · ▲ 152 ft · 2 hr 5 min
Elevation 586–749 ft
Out & Back · Indiana Dunes State Park
Trailhead: Calumet Trail · 41.63706, -87.08666
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 6:49 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Calumet Trail, heading NE.
- 1.5 miBear right onto Dunes Kankakee Trail, heading N.
- 0.7 miPass Waverly Beach.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Wilson Road, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Dunes Kankakee Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto North 25 East, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Dunes Kankakee Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto North 25 East, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Dunes Kankakee Trail, heading NE.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp right onto 10, heading N.
- 0.4 miPass Dunes Nature Preserve Beach.
- 250 ftTurn right onto 4 & 7, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miReach Mount Holden, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto 10, heading E.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Dunes Kankakee Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto North 25 East, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Dunes Kankakee Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right onto North 25 East, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Dunes Kankakee Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Wilson Road, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Dunes Kankakee Trail, heading SW.
- 0.8 miBear left onto Calumet Trail, heading S.
- 1.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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