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State guide
When to catch Indianathrough the year
We follow 3 places in Indiana for fall foliage, wildflowers and wildlife by season: fall at Hoosier National Forest and Indiana Dunes, spring at Indiana Dunes and summer at Patoka River Refuge. Each timing below is the place's own source, in its words; none is a forecast.
When are you going?
Winter in Indiana
Good in winter
- Patoka River RefugeHeadquarters open weekdays for maps, year-round
Open places and seasons from each place's sources; no peak claimed.
Summer in Indiana
Good in summer
- Hoosier National ForestMost campgrounds open
- Hoosier National ForestTipsaw Lake beach open
- Indiana DunesDunewood Campground open
- Patoka River RefugeHalloween pennant dragonflies at the oxbows and wetlands (mid-June to early October)
- Patoka River RefugeHeadquarters open weekdays for maps, year-round
- Patoka River RefugeLeast terns: mid-May to late August (they nest on special islands at Cane Ridge; stay out of the nesting areas)
Open places and seasons from each place's sources; no peak claimed.
Places in Indiana
Pin color: each place's season now or next
- Summer
- Fall
Places on this map, as a list
Planning a Indiana trip
Park guides
Towns to stay in
Sources: USA National Phenology Network · National Park Service · U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service · checked Sep 30 · How we know