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Indiana Dunes State Park

Waverly Beach & Calumet Trail

10.8 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 3 hr 37 min

Waverly Beach & Calumet Trail is a 10.8-mile out-and-back in Indiana Dunes State Park near Tremont, IN. The route reaches Waverly Beach. It is mostly level, with 27 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi587 – 617 ft11.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.66135, -87.06342
Nearest town Tremont, IN
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Waverly Beach & Calumet Trail

10.8 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 3 hr 37 min

Elevation 588–617 ft

Out & Back · Indiana Dunes State Park

Trailhead: 41.66135, -87.06342

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 6:49 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 50 ftPass Waverly Beach.
  3. 150 ftSharp right, heading S.
  4. 200 ftContinue straight onto Dunes Kankakee Trail, heading S.
  5. 150 ftContinue straight onto North 25 East, heading S.
  6. 50 ftContinue straight onto Dunes Kankakee Trail, heading S.
  7. 100 ftBear right onto North 25 East, heading S.
  8. 50 ftContinue straight onto Dunes Kankakee Trail, heading S.
  9. 50 ftBear left onto Wilson Road, heading S.
  10. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  11. 50 ftTurn right onto Dunes Kankakee Trail, heading S.
  12. 0.8 miBear left onto Calumet Trail, heading S.
  13. 4.5 miReach Waverly Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 4.5 miBear right onto Dunes Kankakee Trail, heading SW.
  15. 0.8 miTurn left, heading N.
  16. 50 ftBear left onto Wilson Road, heading N.
  17. 50 ftBear right onto Dunes Kankakee Trail, heading N.
  18. 50 ftContinue straight onto North 25 East, heading N.
  19. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  20. 50 ftContinue straight onto Dunes Kankakee Trail, heading N.
  21. 50 ftContinue straight onto North 25 East, heading NW.
  22. 50 ftContinue straight onto Dunes Kankakee Trail, heading NW.
  23. 300 ftSharp left, heading NW.
  24. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/waverly-beach-waverly-beach-out-back-3-beaches-17-km

Trail surface

82% gravel17% paved1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 6:49 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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