The Department of the Interior announced Friday that most National Park Service sites would be “closed completely to public access” if a shutdown occurs, and areas that can’t be closed off “will face significantly reduced visitor services.”
“Accordingly, the public will be encouraged not to visit sites during the period of lapse in appropriations out of consideration for protection of natural and cultural resources as well as visitor safety,” the department’s announcement said.
That would seem to apply to most Indiana Dunes National Park beaches and trails, which aren’t closed off by gates. The Indiana Dunes Visitor Center, on Indiana 49 in the town of Porter, will remain open, Indiana Dunes Tourism Executive Director Lorelei Weimer said, because the building is owned by Porter County and shared by the county and the national park.
“If you want to visit the dunes, you absolutely can,” she said, hoping visitors from outside the region get that message.
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