点评:This is AllTrails #1 hike in the state of Indiana and our favorite hike and activity in Indiana Dunes NP. This the hike that really shows off the plant diversity of this park with marshes, bog, forest, thickets and shorelines. While the park is known for its botany, there is much wildlife to see as well. We saw two snakes, one crossing the trail just after starting. In addition, one of the bog marches have beaver damns that are east to see from the trail.
This is a great hike but there are some things you will not expect from a National Park. It is rate to hike in the shadow of power generation chimneys and with the constant hum of a operation steel plant. In addition you can see the skyline of Chicago just across Lake Michigan.
For hikers, the numbers won't impress you at 4.3 miles and 216 vertical feet. However, nearly all of this hike, expect for the boardwalk, is sand. This makes the hike so much more challenging when crossing the dune ridge closest to the lake. This ridge is about 100 vertical feet cross to the lake and leaving and both places will take the wind out of you. Again the pictures will not seem to show that much elevation; however, the track in sand will take it out of you. We hiked clockwise as the west ridge is much steeper that allow us to walk down to the beach. Finally the sand is not all bad, the hike down is much less painful with sand.
Again this is the best hike in Indiana Dunes NP and Indiana for that matter. If you enjoy plants and diversity this is your place, ferns, flowers, grasses, trees sedge and vines. The pictures will not do it justice. You need to make this hike. AND dump your shoes before you get back in your car.
翻译:这是印第安纳州的 AllTrails #1 徒步旅行,也是我们在印第安纳沙丘 NP 最喜欢的徒步旅行和活动。这次远足真正展示了这个公园的植物多样性,包括沼泽、沼泽、森林、灌木丛和海岸线。虽然公园以其植物学而闻名,但也有许多野生动物值得一看。我们看到两条蛇,一条刚开始就穿过小路。此外,其中一条沼泽地有海狸巢穴,从小径的东边可以看到。
这是一次很棒的徒步旅行,但有些事情是您无法从国家公园中得到的。这是在发电烟囱的阴影下和在运转的钢厂不断发出的嗡嗡声中加息的速度。此外,您还可以看到密歇根湖对面的芝加哥天际线。
对于徒步旅行者来说,4.3 英里和 216 英尺的垂直高度不会给您留下深刻印象。然而,除了木板路,几乎所有的徒步旅行都是沙子。这使得徒步穿越离湖最近的沙丘山脊时更具挑战性。这条山脊大约有 100 英尺的垂直距离,横穿湖面并离开,这两个地方都会带走你的风。同样,这些图片似乎不会显示出那么高的高度;然而,沙子中的轨道会让你失去它。我们顺时针方向徒步,因为西山脊更陡峭,可以让我们步行到海滩。最后,沙子还不错,沙子下山的痛苦要小得多。
同样,就此而言,这是印第安纳沙丘 NP 和印第安纳州最好的徒步旅行。如果您喜欢植物和多样性,这里就是您的地方,蕨类植物、花卉、草、莎草和藤蔓植物。图片不会做到公正。你需要进行这次徒步旅行。在你回到你的车里之前把你的鞋子扔掉。