Near La Porte in LaPorte County, Indiana — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Pinhook Bog

Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore

Photographed by Duane Hall, July 21, 2014

1. Pinhook Bog Marker

Inscription. The Pinhook Bog area features two very different habitats. The Upland Trail highlights a rich Beech and Maple forest growing on top of a glacial moraine formed about 15,000 years ago. The Bog Trail leads to a depression in the moraine created when a large piece of ice broke off the melting glacier.

Bogs like Pinhook are relics of our glacial past. Trapped in the pulverized clay and rock left behind by a melting glacier, Pinhook Bog began as a kettle lake. Cut off from ground water, Pinhook's water gradually became acidic.

Sphagnum moss, tolerant of acidic waters, formed floating mats that eventually supported plants like pitcher plants, sundew, and ferns. Over time, blueberry and holly shrubs colonized this unique acidic bog, eventually giving way to larger trees like tamarack and red maple.

Erected by National Park Service.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Natural Features.

Location. 41° 37.258′ N, 86° 51.031′ W. Marker is near La Porte, Indiana, in LaPorte County. It can be reached from North Wozniak Road 0.3 miles south of County Road W 125N, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 945 N Wozniak Rd, La Porte IN 46350, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Northern Indiana

and in Greater South Bend.

It is also in the American Midwest,

on the Great Lakes,

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers.

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At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Pinhook Methodist Church and Cemetery (approx. 4 miles away); Door Village School (approx. 5.3 miles away); Door Village Fort (approx. 5.6 miles away); P.F.C. Kenneth L. Scott Memorial (approx. 5.6 miles away); Indian Boundary Line (approx. 5.7 miles away); Saint Stanislaus Cemetery World War II Memorial (approx. 5.8 miles away); La Porte World War II Memorial (approx. 5.9 miles away); Memorial Forest Planting (approx. 5.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in La Porte.

More about this marker. The marker also includes a map and information on the two trails in the area.

Also see . . . Pinhook Bog - Wikipedia entry. (Submitted on July 23, 2014.)

Photographed by Duane Hall, July 21, 2014

2. Pinhook Bog Marker

Located at the trail head of the Pinhook Bog Trail.

Floating Boardwalk on Pinhook Bog image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane Hall, June 25, 2011

3. Floating Boardwalk on Pinhook Bog

Photographed by Duane Hall, June 25, 2011

4. Pinhook Bog

National Natural Landmark Plaque image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane Hall, July 21, 2014

5. National Natural Landmark Plaque

Pinhook Bog was designated a National Natural Landmark in 1965

Credits. This page was last revised on November 23, 2020. It was originally submitted on July 23, 2014, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas. This page has been viewed 793 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on July 23, 2014, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas.