INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL PARK: Improvements are coming to the popular Lake View picnic facility and beach access site at Indiana Dunes National Park. The existing Lake View site does not provide accessible public beach access or seating due to storm damage and past mechanical issues. An accessible concrete ramp and other improvements will be added during a construction project scheduled to begin in September. The construction will close the facility to the public immediately after Labor Day and will continue until Memorial Day weekend, 2024.
The current Lake View facility was constructed in 1989 and includes a paved plaza, vehicle parking, picnic tables, benches, restrooms, and stairway access to a former boardwalk level adjacent to the lake. This work will include the removal of existing raised planters, light poles, portions of concrete wall and concrete pavement, and the construction of a new accessible concrete ramp with concrete seating, handrails, a concrete pad seating area, concrete walks, sand fill, accessible beach access matting, benches, and at-grade plaza landscaping.
Since the Lake View restroom facility will be closed during the work, the nearby Dunbar Beach restrooms will remain open through the winter months.
For more information on this and other programs at Indiana Dunes National Park, call 219-395-1882, visit our website, download the official National Park Service app, or view our Facebook page.
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Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service