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INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL PARK: Join staff and volunteers during an open house at Indiana Dunes National Park’s historic Chellberg Farm to celebrate a traditional Swedish Christmas on Saturday, December 17, from 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm. The farmhouse will be decorated for the season and there will be volunteers in traditional dress explaining Swedish holiday customs. The story of Santa Lucia will be told in the parlor and visitors can learn how the Santa Lucia legend is celebrated in many Swedish households.
Finish your tour in the kitchen where Swedish holiday foods and cookies will be on display while volunteer cooks demonstrate how to make these treats in a wood-burning stove. This event is sponsored by the non-profit group, Friends of Indiana Dunes. For more information on how to become a member and help support the park, visit dunefriends.org.
The Chellberg Farm parking lot is located on Mineral Springs Road between U.S. Highway 20 and U.S. Highway 12 in Porter, Indiana. For more information on this and other programs at Indiana Dunes National Park you can call 219-395-1882. Please visit our website at www.nps.gov/indu, download the official National Park Service app, or view our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/IndianaDunesNPS
The national park’s new entrance fee is $25 per car for a 1–7-day pass. A $45 annual pass for the Indiana Dunes National Park is also available. Holders of the following federal passes will not pay an entrance fee: Annual, Senior, Veterans/Military/Gold Star Family, 4th Grade, Access (disability), and the Volunteer Passes. For more information on other national park passes and details about the new fee, go to www.nps.gov/indu. Please purchase passes or pay entrance fees at the Indiana Dunes Visitor Center or at www.recreation.gov/sitepass/indu. When parking, display pass or receipt on the rearview mirror or dashboard.
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The Indiana Dunes National Park is one of more than 400 units of the National Park System ranging from Yellowstone to the Statue of Liberty. Located in Northwest Indiana, the park includes 15 miles of Lake Michigan shoreline and 15,000 acres of biodiverse beaches, woods, prairies, and marshes. Over 3 million visitors come to the Indiana Dunes each year.
Last updated: December 8, 2022