Nature Hike at Pinhook Bog

When:

Saturday, Jul 26, 2008
8:50 a.m. at the Dorothy Buell Memorial Visitor Center. About two hours.

Details:

Join a ranger for a 1.5-hour walk along a floating mat of sphagnum moss and discover evergreens that lose their needles, and plants that eat insects. Fourteen thousand years in the making, and a remnant of the last Ice Age, Pinhook Bog is a rare and beautiful environment. Participants will meet at the visitor center and caravan to the bog. From nps.gov website

Family friendly and easy hike, please join us!

Directions:

NEAR: Chesterton, IN
The Dorothy Buell Memorial Visitor Center is located in the southeast corner of the Route 49 and Route 20 intersection; enter from Route 49. For reservations, or more information about this or other activities at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, contact the information desk at 219-926-7561, extension 225.

Contact Information:

Duneland Group Sierra Club
Dave Ellis 219.730.7913
david.ellis@hoosier.sierraclub.org