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Dune Acres Indiana Map

Explore Dune Acres, Indiana, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Dune Acres, Indiana

How to Use This Dune Acres, Indiana Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Dune Acres, Indiana. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Indiana or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Dune Acres.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Dune Acres
State	Indiana (IN)
County	Porter County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	41.649482
Longitude	-87.085867
Population	234
Density	42.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	46304
Area Code	260
County Seat	Valparaiso
School District	Duneland School Corporation

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About Dune Acres, Indiana

Dune Acres is a locality in Porter County, Indiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 234. The population density is 42.5 people per km². Dune Acres is located at 41.6495°N, 87.0859°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Dune Acres is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 46304.

Dune Acres exists as a quiet confluence of shifting sands and temperate forest, defined by the persistent, rhythmic arrival of waves from Lake Michigan. It lies 2.9 miles north-northwest of Chesterton, IN (from Chesterton, IN: bearing 337°T), and is situated 6.9 miles northeast of Portage. Dunes Creek carves a narrow, winding path through the landscape, its dark water cutting through the sediment toward the shore as if seeking the horizon. High, wind-swept ridges rise abruptly from the water’s edge, holding the light of the late afternoon in a way that turns the sand to a pale, translucent gold. The air here carries a distinct, sharp humidity, a reminder that the vast, restless body of Lake Michigan governs the local climate, tempering the heat of summer and holding the winter chill in long, gray suspension. Far to the south, the distant, hazy silhouette of Stony Island Ridge remains a mere suggestion against the sky, a static anchor for a region otherwise defined by the fluid, relentless movement of the dunes.

Dune Acres occupies a unique position within the sprawling expanse of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, a protected domain that preserves the wild character of the shoreline against the encroachment of industry. The history of the locality is inextricably linked to the tension between preservation and the heavy, metallic pulse of the regional economy, where the shadow of steel production often contrasts with the fragility of the native grasses. Residents live in a deliberate, measured proximity to the water, where the pace is dictated by the turning of the seasons rather than the frantic output of the nearby shipping channels that feed into the East Harbor Arm. Life in Dune Acres feels suspended in a singular, private quietude, an intentional island of woodlot and dune that persists despite the industrial clamor echoing from the horizon.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore (Marine Protected Area) — 0.0 mi, 180° S
Indiana Dunes National Park (National Park) — 0.2 mi, 090° E · 11k acres
Indiana Dunes State Park (Dunes Nature Preserve) (Marine Protected Area) — 1.0 mi, 083° E
Dunes Prairie Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 1.0 mi, 082° E
Indiana Dunes State Park (State Park) — 1.1 mi, 059° NE
Bird Observation Platform (Viewpoint) — 1.2 mi, 054° NE
Charles and Lorraine Sandor (Monument) — 1.5 mi, 058° NE
Splash Down Dunes Waterpark (Attraction) — 1.5 mi, 135° SE
Dunes Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 1.7 mi, 060° NE
Bill and Fran Meyer (Monument) — 2.0 mi, 063° NE
Hawthorne Park (Local Park) — 2.2 mi, 157° SE
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 2.3 mi, 157° SE
Brassie Golf Club (Park) — 3.4 mi, 185° S
Verteran's Memorial (Monument) — 3.8 mi, 144° SE
Sand Creek Country Club (Park) — 4.0 mi, 138° SE
Portage Lakefront And Riverwalk (Local Conservation Area) — 4.9 mi, 255° W
Beverly Shores Depot Museum and Art Gallery (Museum) — 5.4 mi, 072° E
49'er Drive-in Theater (Cinema) — 8.5 mi, 162° S
Tuskegee Airmen (Public Artwork) — 9.1 mi, 257° W
Paul H. Douglas Center for Environmental Education (Museum) — 9.9 mi, 253° W
Breakwater Light (Attraction) — 10.5 mi, 058° NE
SFC Gallery (Gallery) — 10.6 mi, 064° NE
Blue Chip Hotel (Attraction) — 11.1 mi, 065° NE
Chicago Street Theater (Theatre) — 12.5 mi, 174° S
Porter County Jail (Museum) — 12.7 mi, 174° S
Martin Luther King Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 13.0 mi, 173° S
Founders Rock (Attraction) — 13.1 mi, 173° S
Zao Island (Theme Park) — 13.2 mi, 176° S
Gabis Arboretum at Purdue Northwest (Nature Reserve) — 14.5 mi, 193° S
Warren Dunes State Park (State Park) — 30.0 mi, 055° NE

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