Dunewood Campground

Sam Pelerin Velchoff

Horrific. Won't be back. 2 reasons. 1) Campground has been decimated by IN Governor Braun selling off most of it's lands to suburban home developers, which literally ends at the steps of the campground. Construction noises constantly. Access to beach dunes is now cut off. No longer allowed to hike through to beach access, bc it's all neighborhoods now. Must get in car and drive to be allowed to use a tiny area of the beach where's there's parking. 90% of national lands are GONE. Almost all homes now. 2) Charlene is horrific, calls police on legit campers, after she harasses us, interrogates us, and seems like she has early onset of something neurological. I booked online via recreation.gov website, as per the usual, late at night 8pmish. I took one day....ONE DAY....off from the city and my 4 jobs....just to get some peace and quiet for a cheap $25 spot, with zero privacy, sewer or electric, slept in my car, rained all night (so peaceful), and made roaster coffee the next morning in the rain. At 11am, went to shower and restrooms where guys were cleaning. I finish my shower at 1130am and sat in my car flossing, qtips in ears, and brushing my hair.....and here comes Charlene on the golf cart, made a beeline after coming out of showers, blocked my car into the parking space, peppered me with psych-tic cr-zy questions that had nothing to do with me, demanded my lot # and why I was here. I briefly answered her questions, pulled back down to my spot 36, AND SHE FOLLOWED ME, sat in front of me again, writing down notes and my LP. Both convos caught on my car dashcams! I tell her to go away and leave me alone and she's just writing. 3 mins later, here comes the cops!!! Black police SUV pulls up to my spot 36. She encounters them and then waves them on. I drove to the office to see if there was somebody else to help me. Nope. But lots of psych-tic, written, confusing signs all over the office window. I did nothing wrong, got harassed and cops called. One day to rest :(

Tamara W

Campsites are close together, but with enough foliage in between to feel relatively isolated. Each space on Mather had a space to park, a place for setting up a tent, a picnic table, and a fire pit. The ADA spaces are especially considerate, with enough space to exit a vehicle, paved path to the bathroom, and a raised firepit. Bathrooms are generally pretty clean, and there are also showers, an outdoor sink, and a bottle filling station. Firewood is $10 and can be purchased on the way in, ice, ice cream, and other conveniences can be found at the gas station across the street from the entrance.

Jill Bode

A lovely campground situated close to the dunes. Large campsites spaced apart. Since there is no electricity at the sites, it was dark and quiet--very peaceful. It is between two sets of train tracks, so you will hear those plus some road noise from the interstate. Mostly tent and small trailers. Felt very safe. Need a National Park pass to camp there.

Cassie Predmore

No electric hook ups, so if your camper needs a hook up to run the AC, bring a generator(that you can only run till 10) or prepare to go without. Also the tracks are near by, you can hear the train horn, not the closest I have ever camp to railroad tracks, but for others it might be too hard to sleep. All the spots are very shaded. The shower house has private shower rooms with a lot of hot water, you might have to share a shower with a spider or Daddy Long Legs. Over all a good campground, if it had electric hookups I would even call it great.

D. Rose

We have been driving or pulling some sort of camping set up for over 25 years. We've stayed in private, state and federal campgrounds all over the country and in most states.. Recently, we had the pleasure of staying at Dunewood Campground. This campground was peaceful and never felt crowded, even though a walk around showed it was nearly full. The bathrooms were clean, had hot water, and even a filtered water dispenser. The location is excellent. It's just a short drive to the national park, restaurants, a liquor store, and a gas station. Our campsite had plenty of space and offered good privacy—our neighbors weren’t right on top of us. While we occasionally heard a distant train horn, the sounds of nature usually masked it. One of the highlights of our stay was being visited by several wild turkeys at our site. All in all, it was a very enjoyable stay, and we’d definitely come back.