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Visit Miller Beach

Sign for Paul H. Douglas Center for Environmental Education at Indiana Dunes National Park with trees and a blue sky in the background. This sign is on Lake Street just one block north of downtown Miller Beach.

Miller Beach is the western gateway to the Indiana Dunes

Our tactics to raise awareness of our Gary gateway are key to building confidence in our business corridor. Visit Miler Beach is the only comprehensive portal to the ecotourism destinations that excite and inspire visitors to come and experience our beauty.

Being surrounded by the national park is essential component of our marketing message. Up to 2024, Miller Beach visitation has only been at 3 percent of the overall Indiana Dunes attendance numbers, Now that repairs are done, new highway and local signage is in place, new collateral and more content buildout on our website was all done in 4Q 2024. Our efforts are only the beginning of our movement to bring a larger share of over 3.5 million visitors to the Indiana Dunes visitors annually.

2025 advertising will build on the momentum that we have been creating.

Woman wearing a white shirt and green pants, sitting in a wicker chair, reading a brochure about trails at Miller Beach, Indiana, featuring images and text about hiking, biking, and paddling locations.

Become a business member

Link your listing directly to your business and take advantage of the growing traffic to our Visit Miller Beach website. Website traffic from 2023 to 2024 increased by 75% and continues to grow at a high rate.

Be included in future marketing collateral such as brochures in NPS and SSCVA Visitor Centers, tear sheets, and online directories.

Easily cohost your events to both the Visit Miller Beach facebook and website in one easy step when you list your event on Facebook.

Building great content and partnerships is driving awareness to Miller Beach as a destination, and to your business as a part of our growing business corridor.

Vibration Juice Bar includes a massage and wellness center with signs for yoga and Reiki. The building is painted blue and white with a small parking lot in front. Directly on the Lake Street Indiana Dunes History Trail.

Become a “Friends of Lake Street” member

Online advertising efforts are underway to promote 5 ecotourism places in our neighborhood as well as our downtown Lake Street businesses. Our 2025 efforts include digital ad buys using Knight Foundation funding. Partnering with the City of Gary, South Shore CVA, and Legacy Foundation’s NWI Thrive project continue to boost our reach and drive interest in our Miller Beach businesses.

Our relationships with Northern Indiana Regional Planning Commission (NIRPC), National Park Service (NPS), and the Gary Public Transportation Corp (GPTC) are essential to further building our efforts.

Help be a part of the decisions we make and contribute to the effort by becoming a member.