# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Trash Trekkers 
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 10 Apr, 2026 at 09:30 am – Fri, 10 Apr, 2026 at 03:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Volunteer DAILY by meeting at the visitor center to help care for your local national park, and at the Douglas Center (Wednesday-Sundays).

Lend a hand in our drop-in litter cleanup program. Simply check in at the Visitor Center or Douglas Center to receive trash bags, then choose from one of our many beach areas or hiking trails to collect trash. Visitors are awarded with a free, reusable water bottle for filling up their bags. Please leave trash at a trash can on the site you hiked.

There will be temporary passes available for those volunteering during this event. For more information, visit https://www.nps.gov/indu/planyourvisit/fees.htm.

The Paul H. Douglas Center for Environmental Education is located at 100 North Lake Street, Gary, IN 46304. GPS Coordinates: 41.606286, -87.267483 (Decimal Degrees).

For more information about volunteering for the park, call 219-221-7098, email parkconnection@gmail.com or visit https://www.nps.gov/indu/getinvolved/volunteer.htm.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/chesterton/trash-trekkers/200029922169337
- **Event Categories**: trips-adventures, volunteering, meetups, trekking
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 8

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Chesterton
- **state**: IN
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Indiana Dunes
- **lat**: 41.633748593009
- **long**: -87.054430218415
- **full address**: Indiana Dunes, 1215 IN-49, Chesterton, IN 46304-1369, United States

## Event gallery

- **Alt text**: Trash Trekkers
  - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events8/banners/a1e4fbe9d910d877638d25c303d166c65440841d3299afef2331de459947ffed-rimg-w955-h439-dcf0eadc-gmir?v=1775834617

## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Trash Trekkers  being held?
  - **A:** Trash Trekkers  takes place on Fri, 10 Apr, 2026 at 09:30 am to Fri, 10 Apr, 2026 at 03:00 pm at Indiana Dunes, 1215 IN-49, Chesterton, IN 46304-1369, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Trash Trekkers ?
  - **A:** Trash Trekkers  is organized by Indiana Dunes National Park.

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