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Lake Michigan dunes at Indiana Dunes National Park
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Lake Michigan dunes at Indiana Dunes National Park

Photo: National Park Service Digital Image Archives · Public domain

Landform

Lake Michigan dunes, including Mount Baldy, with bog and oak savanna behind the beach. A national park since 2019.

Field note

The National Park Service administers Indiana Dunes National Park, renamed from a national lakeshore in 2019. Mount Baldy is a moving dune. Beach, bog, and black-oak savanna share a thin strip of shore. Sleeping Bear Dunes is the Michigan plate across the lake. This one is Indiana.

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