Hva som skjer i Indiana Dunes National Park, United States gjennom året

Travelt — Winter / Christmas break i United States, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Fare

  Shelf ice on the shore

  1. jan – 5. mar · vanligvisIssesong

  Waves build a ridge of ice mounds along the beach that looks solid and is hollow underneath; people fall through it into the lake most winters. Photograph it from the sand and stay off it. Kilde ↗

Rolig — en av de dårligste månedene værmessig

Ingenting nytt starter i februar.

Fortsatt på gang: Shelf ice on the shore (1. jan – 5. mar (vanligvis))

Travelt — Spring break i United States

Ingenting nytt starter i mars.

Fortsatt på gang: Shelf ice on the shore (1. jan – 5. mar (vanligvis))

Skuldersesong — en helt vanlig måned

• Natur

  Spring bird migration

  15. apr – 31. mai · vanligvisFuglesesong

  Birds tracking north up the Lake Michigan shore pile into the last strip of woods and marsh before the water, which is why a park wedged between steel mills has one of the biggest species lists in the Midwest. Early May is the middle of it. Kilde ↗

Toppsesong — Beach season, Memorial Day weekend

• Åpning

  Beach season

  23. mai – 7. sep · vanligvisSommersesongen åpnerMye folk

  Lifeguards and the pavilion concessions run from Memorial Day to Labor Day, and West Beach fills to capacity and closes its car park by late morning on a hot Chicago weekend. Turn up before ten or take the South Shore train. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Memorial Day weekend

  23.–25. maiNasjonaldagMye folkBestill tidlig

  Memorial Day, the last Monday of May, opens the summer travel season: over the long weekend campsites and lodging book out, roads are slow, and parking at the most popular spots fills early in the day. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Spring bird migration (15. apr – 31. mai (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Beach season, Summer break i United States

• Fare

  Lake Michigan rip currents

  1. jun – 31. okt · vanligvisStormsesong

  North winds set up structural currents along the piers and breakwaters that drown people here most years, and outside the lifeguarded weeks nobody is watching. The flag on the beach is worth reading before the water. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Beach season (23. mai – 7. sep (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Beach season, Summer break i United States

Ingenting nytt starter i juli.

Fortsatt på gang: Beach season (23. mai – 7. sep (vanligvis)), Lake Michigan rip currents (1. jun – 31. okt (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Beach season, Summer break i United States

• Helligdag

  Labor Day weekend

  5.–7. sepNasjonaldagMye folkBestill tidlig

  Labor Day, the first Monday of September, is the last big getaway of summer: the long weekend books out campsites and lodging and fills parking early, and families thin out quickly once it has passed. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Beach season (23. mai – 7. sep (vanligvis)), Lake Michigan rip currents (1. jun – 31. okt (vanligvis))

Rolig — reisende beskriver det som rolig, Beach season

Ingenting nytt starter i september.

Fortsatt på gang: Beach season (23. mai – 7. sep (vanligvis)), Lake Michigan rip currents (1. jun – 31. okt (vanligvis)), Labor Day weekend (5.–7. sep)

Skuldersesong — en helt vanlig måned

• Natur

  Autumn colour

  5. okt – 1. nov · vanligvis

  Oak and maple behind the dunes turn through the middle of October and the beaches are empty by then, which is the best combination the park offers. The Three Dune Challenge is far less miserable at this temperature. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Lake Michigan rip currents (1. jun – 31. okt (vanligvis))

Travelt — Thanksgiving break i United States

Ingenting nytt starter i november.

Fortsatt på gang: Autumn colour (5. okt – 1. nov (vanligvis))

Travelt — Winter / Christmas break i United States, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i desember.