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Indiana Dunes State Park

Waverly Beach via Calumet Trail

4.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 36 min

Waverly Beach via Calumet Trail is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Indiana Dunes State Park near Dune Acres Station, IN. The route reaches Waverly Beach at the turnaround, 2.2 miles in. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi587 – 617 ft5.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Calumet Trail 41.63706, -87.08666
Nearest town Dune Acres Station, IN
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Waverly Beach via Calumet Trail

4.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 36 min

Elevation 588–618 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

  1. Start on Calumet Trail, heading NE.
  2. 1.5 miBear right onto Dunes Kankakee Trail, heading N.
  3. 0.7 miPass Waverly Beach.
  4. 400 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  5. 50 ftBear left onto Wilson Road, heading NE.
  6. 50 ftBear right onto Dunes Kankakee Trail, heading NE.
  7. 50 ftContinue straight onto North 25 East, heading NE.
  8. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  9. 50 ftContinue straight onto Dunes Kankakee Trail, heading NE.
  10. 50 ftContinue straight onto North 25 East, heading E.
  11. 50 ftContinue straight onto Dunes Kankakee Trail, heading NE.
  12. 300 ftSharp left, heading N.
  13. 150 ftReach Waverly Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 150 ftSharp right, heading N.
  15. 350 ftContinue straight onto North 25 East, heading N.
  16. 50 ftContinue straight onto Dunes Kankakee Trail, heading N.
  17. 100 ftBear right onto North 25 East, heading N.
  18. 50 ftContinue straight onto Dunes Kankakee Trail, heading N.
  19. 50 ftBear left onto Wilson Road, heading N.
  20. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  21. 50 ftTurn right onto Dunes Kankakee Trail, heading N.
  22. 0.8 miBear left onto Calumet Trail, heading S.
  23. 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.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/waverly-beach-waverly-beach-out-back-8-km

Trail surface

93% paved4% gravel3% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 6:49 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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