News Release

Commercial Opportunities at Indiana Dunes National Park

Date: December 13, 2023

PORTER, IN - Indiana Dunes National Park is open for business. The National Park Service is accepting applications for businesses offering approved services at Indiana Dunes National Park through the Commercial Use Authorization (CUA) program. Approved services include guided hikes, overnight group camping, photography lessons, fitness classes, guided kayaking or canoeing through the Little Calumet River, equipment rentals, or even food trucks at many of the park’s locations.   

Have a fresh idea that’ll improve our visitor’s experience? Please contact us. The park will review and consider your proposal.   

As part of a larger effort to streamline and modernize the CUA program, we have developed an online system designed to process CUA applications. Indiana Dunes National Park will begin accepting online CUA applications beginning on December 18, 2023.  The online system includes a standard non-refundable CUA application fee of $350 per CUA application.  

For more information about the CUA program at Indiana Dunes National Park, check out: https://www.nps.gov/indu/getinvolved/commercial_use_authorization.htm  

 
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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.