Dune Acres, Indiana

About Dune Acres

Dune Acres is a tiny community in northwestern Indiana counting 231 people who proudly call it home.

Officially, Dune Acres is an incorporated town — local government on a neighborly scale. The community covers 2.13 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 108 residents per square mile.

📰 Dune Acres News Today

• A midcentury Indiana home basks in its dunetop setting and recent restoration Crain's Chicago Business · Mar 26
• Dune Acres Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 24
• Towns That Sit Entirely Inside a National Park WorldAtlas · Jul 5
• Dune Acres, Indiana Population 2026 World Population Review · Aug 19
• Father and son drown in Lake Michigan near Dune Acres in Northwest Indiana WNDU · Jul 7

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Dune Acres Unique

• The only place in America named Dune Acres — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• Positioned in northwestern Indiana, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of Indiana — one of 976 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Housing dollars stretch further here than in the nearest metro.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 4 miles.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Dune Acres

• Cowles Bog National Natural Landmark · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Dunes Nature Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Dunes Prairie Nature Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Indiana Dunes State Park reviews ★
• J.D. Marshall Underwater Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Dune Acres

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