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2016 Map of Dune Acres

Name: 2016 Topographic Map of Dune Acres
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2016
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2016

About this map

The Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore dominates the northern shoreline of this survey, where the massive dunes of Mt Tom, Mt Holden, and Mt Jackson rise sharply from the southern coast of Lake Michigan. This 2016 data records a landscape defined by the preservation of these unique geological formations alongside the residential expansion of Dune Acres and Beverly Shores.

South of the dunes, the map documents a transition into the more established municipal footprints of Chesterton and Porter. Local history is preserved through several small burial grounds including Bailly Cem and Burstrom Cem, while the industrial and transport character of the region is evident at Burns Harbor and the Bodin Airport. The network of drainage features like Weiland Ditch and Dunes Creek illustrates the ongoing management of the low-lying wetlands surrounding the lakefront.