Michigan City, population of 35,000, is located approximately 60 miles East of Chicago, Illinois along Lake Michigan.
Michigan City offers outlet shopping at Lighthouse Place Premium Outlets and views of Lake Michigan from its downtown pier. In Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, hiking, biking and horseback riding trails throughout the park connect beaches, dunes, bogs, fens, savannas, prairies, marshes and forests. Picnicking, swimming, sunbathing, bird watching and hang gliding are popular activities.