By Beth RudnickFeature photo: Creek Ridge County Park

Even though summer is officially over and the days are growing shorter, there are still plenty of ways to enjoy our beautiful area. LaPorte County Parks provide lovely and serene prospects for enjoying the beauty of fall with it changing colors.  

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Now that we have a National Park, we need to get out there and explore it, right?

Not so fast! This National Park is a little different than a lot of the other National Parks. There’s not just one gate that gets you access into the whole park. (that’s…

Submitted by Sarah Smenyak

The Calumet trail, stretches from Mineral Springs Road, in Porter, into Michigan City, along the National park, the State Park and the Dunes Park Train Station. On the west end of the Calumet Trail at Mineral Springs Road, it connects to the Prairie Duneland Trail which…