Indiana Dunes National Park
$25–$50Swim, hike and climb sand dunes along 15 miles of Lake Michigan shoreline, with trails through forest and wetland.

Four Winds New Buffalo is a place to stay in New Buffalo, MI, part of the Chicago guide. Cost: free.
· New Buffalo, MI
Four Winds New Buffalo is the flagship property of the Four Winds Casinos chain, owned by the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, in southwest Michigan near the Indiana border. The resort combines casino gaming with a hotel, multiple restaurants, and the Silver Creek Event Center, and is reachable from Chicago by car, motorcoach, or Amtrak.
The closest stops to Four Winds New Buffalo, ordered by straight-line distance. A few more like it, plus some different kinds of fun so you can build a full day.
Swim, hike and climb sand dunes along 15 miles of Lake Michigan shoreline, with trails through forest and wetland.
21 mi awaySwitch it up: Sport & Outdoor
Descend into a coal mine, board a captured WWII U-boat, and geek out in the largest science museum in the Western Hemisphere.
45 mi awaySwitch it up: Museums
Tour Frank Lloyd Wright's Prairie style house in Hyde Park, with its cantilevered roofs and art glass.
46 mi awaySwitch it up: Sightseeing
An all-suite Streeterville hotel with a 16-story atrium, cooked-to-order breakfast and an indoor pool near Navy Pier.
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A historic Michigan Avenue hotel built for the 1893 World's Fair, with lakeview rooms facing Grant Park and Lake Michigan.
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A large hotel of two towers beside the Chicago River, with river views and BIG Bar, a long free-standing bar on the mezzanine.
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