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Indiana Dunes State Park

Waverly Beach & Dunes Kankakee Trail

4 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 1 hr 22 min

Waverly Beach & Dunes Kankakee Trail is a 4-mile out-and-back in Indiana Dunes State Park near Tremont, IN. The route reaches Waverly Beach. It is mostly level, with 81 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi587 – 692 ft4.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Dunes Kankakee Trail 41.66229, -87.06295
Nearest town Tremont, IN
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Waverly Beach & Dunes Kankakee Trail

4 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 1 hr 22 min

Elevation 587–691 ft

Out & Back · Indiana Dunes State Park

Trailhead: Dunes Kankakee Trail · 41.66229, -87.06295

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 S.
  2. 50 ftTurn right onto Dunes Kankakee Trail, heading S.
  3. 50 ftPass Waverly Beach.
  4. 0.1 miContinue straight onto North 25 East, heading S.
  5. 50 ftContinue straight onto Dunes Kankakee Trail, heading S.
  6. 50 ftBear right onto North 25 East, heading S.
  7. 50 ftContinue straight onto Dunes Kankakee Trail, heading S.
  8. 50 ftBear left onto Wilson Road, heading S.
  9. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  10. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  11. 50 ftTurn left onto Dunes Kankakee Trail, heading S.
  12. 1.9 miTurn left, heading SE.
  13. 50 ftReach Waverly Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 1.9 miTurn right, heading N.
  15. 50 ftTurn 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 N.
  22. 50 ftContinue straight onto Dunes Kankakee Trail, heading N.
  23. 500 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  24. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/waverly-beach-waverly-beach-out-back-3-beaches-6-km

Trail surface

97% paved3% 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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