Jim Wellington and a few pals have resurrected a mountain bike trail that heâd etched about 17 years ago in a Goshen woods as it follows the snaking Elkhart River.
He can paddle to the trail across the river from his house, reaching a spot where heâs driven an orange stake to monitor fluctuations in the water level. After all, water affects access. If itâs too high, you canât take the only path riding into the trail: under a bridge. In that case, you can hoof it â though with extreme caution â across busy Plymouth Avenue.
But once youâre there, the two miles of flat trail weave as a quiet reprieve from the busier (and also flat) dirt trails across the river in the cityâs 34.5-acre Dr. Larry Beachy Classified Forest.
Published April 5, 2021 •
Updated on April 5, 2021 at 6:50 pm
Fire crews Monday said a wildfire had been contained to 425 acres of Indiana Dunes National Park in northwest Indiana.
The fire started Friday afternoon and had burned about 300 acres of Miller Woods at the Indiana Dunes by about 6 p.m. that day, national park spokesman Micah Bell said. Get the answer to your most-asked COVID vaccine questions on our mobile NBC 5 Chicago app. Download it here for iOS or Android.
By Monday, the fire had spread to 425 acres of the woods but was declared “controlled,” meaning it was “fully contained and has no opportunity for growth in size,” Bell said.
GARY â The Miller 3 wildfire in the Miller Woods section of the Indiana Dunes National Park was declared controlled on Monday, and trails in the area are expected to reopen this week, a National Parks spokesman said.
Fire Information Officer Micah Bell said the Miller 3 wildfire, which started on Friday and covered about 425 acres, was considered to be controlled by 10 a.m. Monday. That means no open flames were visible.
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Bell said parks workers will continue to check the area in the next few days to make sure the fire doesn t restart. He said trails in the area, including the Paul Douglas Trail to Lake Michigan, likely will reopen this week.
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