Have an Outdoor Adventure!
Sunset at Mount Baldy
Spend the weekend in nature at the Indiana Dunes Outdoor Adventure Festival. The festival starts on Friday, September 9th and continues through Sunday, September 11th. More than 50 events will take place over the weekend at parks and preserves throughout Northwest Indiana. The events include hiking, paddling, biking, geo-caching, photography, birding, and many more events for visitors of all ages and activity levels. For the list of programs, times, and locations, visit the Schedule page and note the time and starting location of each event. There is no charge for the festival and no pre-registration is required. The national park will not charge an entrance fee on Saturday and Sunday, September 10th and 11th. The state park will charge a daily per car entrance fee of $7 in-state / $12 out-of-state.
On Saturday September 10th and Sunday September 11th from 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm, visit the heart of the Outdoor Adventure Festival at the national park’s Chellberg Farm, for our Chellberg Farm Fun celebration. This family-friendly event features seasonal fall activities and demonstrations including cooking apples down to make applesauce and apple butter, making apple cider, and even fermenting them into apple vinegar. The historic farmhouse will be open to explore and to learn about how farmers lived in the early 1900s. Visit the farm’s resident cows, chickens, and turkeys while admiring the garden. You can even help feed the animals each day at 4:30 pm. There will also be food venders, musical groups, and live entertainment. Wagon rides will be available for a suggested donation to the Friends of Indiana Dunes to help support the farm.
Other weekend festivities include Leon’s Obstacle Course Race from 9:30 am to 2:00 pm on Sunday, September 11th. There will be a 5K and 10K race over obstacles placed throughout the trails at West Beach in the Indiana Dunes National Park. The Leon’s American Race Series helps support U.S. military, veterans, injured veterans, first responders and law enforcement. Register for the race at www.leonstriathlon.com.
Come out and see why Northwest Indiana is such an amazing outdoor place!
On Saturday September 10th and Sunday September 11th from 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm, visit the heart of the Outdoor Adventure Festival at the national park’s Chellberg Farm, for our Chellberg Farm Fun celebration. This family-friendly event features seasonal fall activities and demonstrations including cooking apples down to make applesauce and apple butter, making apple cider, and even fermenting them into apple vinegar. The historic farmhouse will be open to explore and to learn about how farmers lived in the early 1900s. Visit the farm’s resident cows, chickens, and turkeys while admiring the garden. You can even help feed the animals each day at 4:30 pm. There will also be food venders, musical groups, and live entertainment. Wagon rides will be available for a suggested donation to the Friends of Indiana Dunes to help support the farm.
Other weekend festivities include Leon’s Obstacle Course Race from 9:30 am to 2:00 pm on Sunday, September 11th. There will be a 5K and 10K race over obstacles placed throughout the trails at West Beach in the Indiana Dunes National Park. The Leon’s American Race Series helps support U.S. military, veterans, injured veterans, first responders and law enforcement. Register for the race at www.leonstriathlon.com.
Come out and see why Northwest Indiana is such an amazing outdoor place!
Festival headquarters at Chellberg Farm on Mineral Springs Road in Porter.
Our Awesome Partners
Friends of Indiana Dunes - Financial Sponsor
Indiana Dunes State Park
Indiana Dunes Tourism
Columbia College
Dunes Learning Center
Dunes-Calumet Audubon Society
Indiana Nature LLC
Izaak Walton League, Miller Chapter
Lake County Parks & Recreation
Northwest Indiana Geocachers
Northwest Indiana Paddlers Association
Orbis Environmental Consulting
Save the Dunes
Shirley Heinze Land Trust
Indiana Dunes State Park
Indiana Dunes Tourism
Columbia College
Dunes Learning Center
Dunes-Calumet Audubon Society
Indiana Nature LLC
Izaak Walton League, Miller Chapter
Lake County Parks & Recreation
Northwest Indiana Geocachers
Northwest Indiana Paddlers Association
Orbis Environmental Consulting
Save the Dunes
Shirley Heinze Land Trust