Lake Michigan dominates the northern horizon of this Porter County landscape, where the shifting sands meet a network of early 21st-century residential developments and industrial sites. The unique topography of the Indiana dunes is marked by significant elevations like Mount Tom, Mount Holden, and Mount Jackson, which overlook the wooded residential streets of Dune Acres. To the south, the transit-oriented community of Dune Acres Station and the small settlements of Tremont and Furnessville illustrate the historical persistence of local nodes along the regional transportation corridors.
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1934 · Porter
USGS Topo · 1:48,000
1940 · Porter
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1953 · Garyton
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1953 · Westville
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1953 · Ogden Dunes
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1953 · Chesterton
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1953 · Dune Acres
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1953 · Michigan City West
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1953 · Chicago
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1957 · Chicago
USGS Topo · 1:250,000