Loved this place!! Absolutely beautiful!! The sandstone and the canyons with trees mixed throughout were amazing!! Very breathtaking park even without the waterfalls running. Lack of rain had tried up the waterfalls when we visited but it was still stunning. Wildcat Canyon was probably my favorite stop on the trails but it was all so beautiful! It also has a large visitor center with vending machines, fudge, little gift shop, ice cream, and more. Very well taken care of park! Loved it!
It was just ok. The food was really bland and overpriced. I would not go back.
The hiking through Pike's Peak State Park was very pretty and not too difficult. The trees have vines hanging all through them making for some beautiful scenery. The outlooks by the parking lot over the Mississippi River are great and make for great pictures.
We took our 3 young kids here and hiked a good deal of it to see the mounds. The bear mounds were the most impressive. Pretty neat to see how they shaped mounds to look like bears. The hike up to these mounds directly off the visitor center is pretty steep and a lot of up hill climbing before you get to the top to see mounds and get a great view of the Mississippi River. It is very well maintained and has a lot of wildlife if you pay attention. The visitor center itself was very nice and actually had nice selection in the gift shop. The museum inside was small but the displays were very well done and worth the look.
Loved it!!! We only had time for the Original Trail so would love to go back for more trails. However the Original Trail up to the natural bridge was amazing!! It is a little steep and slick in spots but our three little kids did the whole hike to underneath the bridge. Myself and a couple adults went up top the bridge. Wow!! Soooo beautiful!! I could've stayed up there for hours!! It was amazing!!!
We enjoyed this stop. It was free for us as we did not do a tour. We walked along a trail to the back side of the memorial, walked in to see the cabin, and walked down the beautiful front steps of the memorial. It is a very nice, well taken care of stop.
Loved it!! Would definitely go back and do different tours if given the chance! We took our 2, 4, & 6 year olds on the Domes and Dripstones Tour. It has 500 stairs over the course of 2hrs. The 4 & 6 year olds did great and loved it!! It was a little rough for the 2 year old because she wanted to walk herself and there's a lot of drop offs so that wasn't happening. Regardless, we loved the cave and the tour. We didn't wear jackets and never felt cold. Make sure to wear shoes you don't care about getting wet. You have to walk through soapy disinfectant water at the end of the tour to protect the spread of White Nose Syndrome from happening.
There is construction right now so you can only get to the arch from one direction without walking forever. We had 3 young kids with us so waiting for an hour and a half wasn't very pleasant due to only one side working currently to get to the top. The kids loved the ride up and down in the pod though and the view from the top is pretty neat! So if you are wanting to go with young children, I would highly suggest waiting until both sides of the arch are up and running again! Also I found a coupon online for Buy 1 Adult ticket, get a Child ticket free!
Love this place! We brought our 3 young children here and had a blast playing in the water of Lake Michigan and running through the sand of the dunes. So beautiful and relaxing. If you come into Indiana Dunes State Park area, you need to pay $6 as a Indiana resident per car or $12 for out of state resident. This area has a huge parking lot though that is super close to the water. Well worth the stop!
So good!!! A little pricy and a smaller menu of unique items but so delicious! I had the blueberry chicken breast and sweet potato fries. So worth the stop!