Indiana living is my kind of heaven.. (Muncie, Anderson: city hall, residential)

[midwest1]

I have a place in the Indiana Dunes National Park area (Miller Beach in Gary). The Dunes have truly some of the most spectacular natural scenery/beauty on planet Earth.

The plant biodiversity is the highest Mile for Mile just about anywhere...(the Dunes have more flowering plants than the entire UK). Like a dozen unique ecosystems (there are even cacti). It is basically the belly button of North America..the Southern tip of the Great Lakes, a global energy vortex.

The sunset on the Dunes beaches with the Chicago skyline 30 miles west over the Lake to is about the most spectacular sunset in the nation...somewhat manmade due to Chicago's pollution.

BTW, I have been to like 40 US National Parks and at least 40 National Parks in maybe 20 countries. The Indiana Dunes is, in my opinion, the most beautiful...seriously.

[GraniteStater]

I live in one of the few scenic areas of Indiana, southern Indiana (Western Floyd County) in the Indiana Uplands region. It doesn't remotely compare to other far more scenic regions of the US. Apples to oranges comparison.

[timberline742]

Originally Posted by indy_317

Parts of Indiana can be scenic, but most of it is a very low tier. The state's topography is a main reason, possibly the main reason, why the state is one of the lowest tourist destinations in th, country. We are not only fly over country, we are also drive through country as well.

Having lived in Ft Wayne and Evansville, that's the only way to do Indiana, drive over or right through.

Originally Posted by midwest1

I have a place in the Indiana Dunes National Park area (Miller Beach in Gary). The Dunes have truly some of the most spectacular natural scenery/beauty on planet Earth.

I'd put in the bottom three of the ones I've visited. In fact, Indiana Dunes State Park is more biologically interesting.

[midwest1]

The Indiana Dunes State Park is surrounded by the National Park...they are more or less one and the same. And unless you have seen the Indiana Dunes in every season ..you have no idea how insanely gorgeous the place is ..

Ilsitting at the Southern tip of the Lakes, it is also one of the greatest bird-watching areas in the nation

[timberline742]

I have seen it every season. Worked in it for a bit too (biological surveys (herps)). Its on my list of "probably shouldn't be a National Park". And the core, the State Park, is more interesting biologically. I'll stand by that. The National Park expanded on the State Park with lesser quality areas, subtraction by addition.

[midwest1]

The State Park predates the National Park. Again, they are contiguous. I can hardly see how anyone would compare the two biologically. They are the same biologically.

Anyhow, it is a national park, deservedly so by my neighbor in the area, a British ornithologist who moved to the area decades ago. Curious if you know the role the Dunes played in the history of ecology and preservation. For that alone it is worthy of National Park Status.

[midwest1]

Oh, and your bio clearly shows your dislike for Indiana...must have been hurt by a Hoosier.

[Ivory Lee Spurlock]

Originally Posted by timberline742

I have seen it every season. Worked in it for a bit too (biological surveys (herps)). Its on my list of "probably shouldn't be a National Park". And the core, the State Park, is more interesting biologically. I'll stand by that. The National Park expanded on the State Park with lesser quality areas, subtraction by addition.

What happened that you have such a problem with Indiana?

[Gerania]

I've never been there, so what about this?

https://www.google.com/search?q=indi...DtRmfexOPy-6yM

[Seguinite]

Originally Posted by GraniteStater

I live in one of the few scenic areas of Indiana, southern Indiana (Western Floyd County) in the Indiana Uplands region. It doesn't remotely compare to other far more scenic regions of the US. Apples to oranges comparison.

I grew up in Clark county, and drove into Louisville on I-64 through Georgetown just a bit before Thanksgiving... first time I've seen that part of the state. I expect that area is nothing less than stunning in full color.