Indiana Dunes Hiking

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AARP magazine

This is the REAL/PEOPLE Sage of the Dunes article in the AARP Magazine in the October / November 2022 issue. (This is the #1 magazine in actual readership and not just printed copies,) AARP.Org Magazine

Front cover October/November 2022 AARP.Org Magazine

FEATURED HIKES

Night at the Museum

***CANCELLED*** FRIDAY, 1/23/26*** Dangerous frigid cold

Friday 1/30/26

Thursday 2/5/26

FRIDAYS, 2/13/26 & 2/20/26 & 2/27/26

6:30 PM CST

Nature Center of the Indiana Dunes State Park

Text 1-219-370-9119 If you are coming. All are welcome.

We will meet at the Nature Center of the Indiana Dunes State Park.

There are two actual hikes. The second one is optional:

1) Take the Nature Center Trail to Trail 10. Then take Trail 10 east to Trail 2's Great Marsh boardwalk and perhaps see the moon and stars. Then take the same way back, Trail 10 west to the Nature Center Trail.

The hike is flat and in the woods.

There is no sand.

The mileage ABOUT 2.0 miles. If we go 2.0 MPH then it will be about 2 hours long so it will end around 8:30 PM.

YES dogs are welcome on a 6 foot leash.

2) This is a rugged hike. It will include some /BIG\ dune climbs, like the 3 Dune Challenge. It will start immediately after the first hike ends around 8:30 PM. It will end around 10:00 PM. The Indiana Dunes State Park closes at 11:00 PM.

YES dogs are welcome on a 6 foot leash.

Google Maps' Pin for the Nature Center: https://maps.app.goo.gl/72dueTaZBj1DcbXy7

RonSeman.Com

1.21.26

The Nature of Nature

is that it is a healer.

2026 - Scheduled

(There are also private hikes not shown.)

The WOLFE PACK series of hikes are every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday meeting at 6:30 AM at the Pavilion of the Indiana Dunes State Park

1/21/26, Wednesday, ***Private Hike***, Lemon Lake County Park

1/22/26, Thursday, 10:00 AM, Text 1-219-370-9119 and suggest a location.

***CANCELLED*** 1/23/26, Friday, 6:30 PM Indiana Dunes State Park / Nature Center / Night at the Museum

***CANCELLED*** 1/23/26, Friday, 8:00 PM Indiana Dunes State Park / Nature Center / Night at the Museum

1/24/26, Saturday, 8:00 AM CST, GROUNDED IN NATURE,

Text 1-219-370-9119 for location

1/25/26, Sunday, 10:00 AM CST, GROUNDED IN NATURE,

Text 1-219-370-9119 for location

1/26/26, Monday, Text 1-219-370-9119 to schedule a hike!

1/27/26, Tuesday, Text 1-219-370-9119 to schedule a hike!

1/28/26, Wednesday, Text 1-219-370-9119 to schedule a hike!

1/29/26, Thursday, Text 1-219-370-9119 to schedule a hike!

1/30/26, Friday, 6:30 PM Indiana Dunes State Park / Nature Center / Night at the Museum

1/30/26, Friday, 8:00 PM Indiana Dunes State Park / Nature Center / Night at the Museum

1/31/26, Saturday, 8:00 AM CST, GROUNDED IN NATURE,

Text 1-219-370-9119 for location

2/1/26, Sunday, 10:00 AM CST, GROUNDED IN NATURE,

Text 1-219-370-9119 for location

1.21.26

For information on Ron, the Sage of the Dunes, see: Ron.Seman.Com

For archived posts including photos and videos

from the past adventures visit:

Facebook.Com/IndianaDunesHiking

GREAT OVERVIEWS ON PARK INFORMATION!

1) Indiana Dunes National Park: (https://www.nps.gov/indu/index.htm.)

2) Indiana Dunes National & State Park, Singing Sands Park Guide: (https://www.nps.gov/indu/learn/news/upload/Singing-Sands-2025-26-Web-Final-508b.pdf)

3) Indiana Dunes State Park: (https://www.in.gov/dnr/state-parks/parks-lakes/indiana-dunes-state-park/.)

4) Here is the Indiana Dunes State Park Trail map: https://www.in.gov/dnr/state-parks/files/dunes_trail.pdf

Indiana Dunes History on wall at the Pavilion at the Indiana Dunes State Park 8.13.25 · Tuesday, Jul 22 📸Shared album · Tap to view!

Click on the picture to open the photo album

59 seconds of nature

(aka 111011)

7.17.23

I used a 15,000 Lumen flashlight and I threw sand and took a night mode 1-3 second photo with an Apple iPhone 14 Max Pro.

5.5.23

Boaters Beach at north end of Cowles Bog.

Sunrise on the Dune Ridge Trail

3.1.23

A photo from a recent POP UP HIKE - Polar Moon Adventure on 2.3.23

Here is a Google Photos link of some more photos from that hike:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/h2pgrP649jWKoZr8A

7.17.25

Giving the illusion that light bends...

On the Dune Ridge Trail from Kemil Beach parking lot in Beverly Shores--- my favorite place for a sunrise without question.

3.1.23

On Central Beach heading east to Kintzele Ditch

2.25.23

Kintzele Ditch

2.2.23

Another moon hiking adventure

3.27.23

These were marine recruits I had the honor of being with, who were hiking at the Indiana Dunes State Park as a little training before taking off to boot camp in San Diego. After getting on top of the Devil’s Slide, the marine sergeants made them do PUSH UPS and jumping jacks all so that we can have FREEDOM!

7.17.25

Who hikes with Indiana Dunes Hiking? (Click down)

Doing events with (Fill out this form: https://forms.gle/TNowBt9tdo5GriMX8 to start planning your adventure.)

International

Facebook (There are many pages and below are just some):

Facebook:

Facebook.com/IndianaDuneshiking

Facebook.com/RonSeman

Go Take A Hike America

Forest Bathing is Shinrin-Yoku

Podcasts

TRAVELLERS

Brazilian /British / French / German / Japanese / Middle Eastern

Websites

IndianaDunesHiking.com

RonSeman.com

Coming soon GoTakeAHikeAmerica.Com

Coming soon GoTakeAHikeAmerica.Org

YouTube channel

National

Corporations, learn the true nature of nature, team building

Lakeshore PBS

Leon's Triathlon / America's Race / America's Hike

for the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marines, Navy, and Space Force.

Military Makeover TV show

National Public Radio

New Star Media (Photos & Videos)

NEWSBREAK

U.S. Department of Interior / National Park System / Indiana Dunes National Park

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

University & Colleges

Travellers (Fifty states)

State

Indiana Department of Natural Resources / Indiana Dunes State Park

County

Porter County Board of Parks and Recreation

Brinka Cross /Sunset Hill County Parks

Porter County Substance Abuse Council

Hub Coalition Porter County

Hub Coalition Starke County

Local/Regional

Artistic Recovery

Boys & Girls clubs/scouts

CBS 2 Chicago TV News

Church on the Trail

Duneland Photography Club

Fire departments

Hub Coalition Chesterton

Hub Coalition Portage

Hub Coalition Valparaiso

Lakeshore TV

Organizations

Police departments

Recovery organizations: Three20 Recovery

Schools

College/University organizations

Grade schools Michigan City Area Schools

High schools

Homeschoolers

Three20 Recovery

YOU!

11.25.22

Remember my goals:

1. GET people out of their toxic drywall boxes

2. TAKE them to see nature

3. TEACH them about nature

4. LOVE and nurture them so they experience and LOVE the nature of nature

5. Get them to want to PROTECT & PRESERVE nature.

See a virtual hike of some Indiana Dunes National Park trails, led by Park Rangers. Click blue button below:

Virtual Hikes

My first HUGE project in environmentalism:

AT THE TOP OF THE WEB PAGE THERE ARE TWO PHOTOS:

The top photo is from a hike I led with 48 Amish people. It was so much fun and they really appreciated the Indiana Dunes. The second photo that says, "sit LESS hike MORE," is a shadow photograph with me on the left, a person who has Alzheimer's and haven't been on a hike in ten years.

Ron

10/09/2020

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Who hikes with Indiana Dunes Hiking? (Click down)

See a virtual hike of some Indiana Dunes National Park trails, led by Park Rangers. Click blue button below:

AT THE TOP OF THE WEB PAGE THERE ARE TWO PHOTOS:

The top photo is from a hike I led with 48 Amish people. It was so much fun and they really appreciated the Indiana Dunes. The second photo that says, "sit LESS hike MORE," is a shadow photograph with me on the left, a person who has Alzheimer's and haven't been on a hike in ten years.

Ron

10/09/2020

1.7.26

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2026 history

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✅1) 1/1/26, Thursday, 10:00 AM Private Hike. Request yours: IndianaDunesHiking.com/request-a-hike

✅2) 1/2/26, Friday, 6:30 AM Indiana Dunes State Park / Pavilion on the beach. WOLFE PACK series.

✅3 & ✅4) 1/2/26, Friday, 6:30 PM Indiana Dunes State Park / Nature Center / Night at the Museum

✅5) 1/3/26, Saturday, 8:00 AM CST, GROUNDED IN NATURE,

TEXT 1-219-370-9119 for more information as the adventure may be public

. Some, because of the nature of the group can not be public.

✅6) 1/4/26, Sunday, 8:00 AM CST, GROUNDED IN NATURE, Church on the Trail, TEXT 1-219-370-9119 for more information as the adventure may be public. Some, because of the nature of the group can not be public.

✅7) 1/4/26, Sunday, 12:00 PM - 3:30 PM Private family birthday hike

✅8) 1/5/26, Monday, 6:30 AM Indiana Dunes State Park / Pavilion on the beach. WOLFE PACK series.

✅9) 1/5/26, Monday, 10:00 AM, Text 1-219-370-9119 to give an opinion on where to hike!

✅10) 1/6/26, Tuesday, 11:00 AM, Red Mill County Park

1.6.26

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