Indiana Dunes consists of 2,182 acres of primitive, beautiful, historic and unique Hoosier landscape. Includes more than three miles of beautiful beach along Lake Michigan’s southern shore.
The beaches were formed by winds coming off Lake Michigan, which drop sand when the wind hits plants, dunes, and hills. As the lake level of Lake Michigan dropped at the end of the Ice Age, the shoreline receded, and new dunes were formed along the lakeshore. Vegetation took over the previous dunes, and eventually forests grew on top of them. There are "blowouts" along the dunes, where dead stumps were revealed after the wind blew away the sand from on top of them; the most notable such blowout is Big Blowout.
Native Americans used the area for years, primarily the Potawatomi and Miami people. The Dunes were along trade routes used by Native Americans. In the early 19th century, the state park area was home to the settlements of Petit Fort and City West.
In the early 1900s scientists, recreationists and nature enthusiasts, recognizing the value and potential of the Indiana dunes area, fought to have the region preserved. As a result, in 1925, the state park was established.
A beautiful place to visit, have fun, relax, and geocache. The container you seek is not large but there is enough room for small trade items and TB's. I hope you enjoy finding it as much as I have placing it. My thanks to the park for allowing it and the NWI Geocachers for including me in this series.