NW Indiana Summer Fun: Coffee Creek Watershed Preserve

Conveniently located just off of State Road 49 in Chesterton, Coffee Creek Watershed Preserve is both an amazingly peaceful spot for a picnic or a nature walk and a nature photographers paradise.

Carefully planted with native foliage and wildflowers, it is also sprinkled with genius landscaping, rockscaping and engineered structures that include bridges, waterfalls, ponds and walking paths.

The main structural showpiece is an outdoor ampitheater that offers incorporated leveled seating  and sits above the largest and most breathtaking waterfall in the preserve.

My girls and I were recently invited to picnic here with my family.  At first, I was hesitant to go, as my girls aren't really the picnicing type - especially in such a peaceful spot. To my amazement, the girls embraced to the peacefulness of the spot and enthusiastically took it all in.  They were even very patient with me as I indulged my obsession with the macro setting on my camera.

I truly believe that words cannot describe such a beautiful place.  I will simply show you in the photos I was able to shoot that day.

As the foliage is destined to change with the season, I'm looking forward to going back and seeing the changes as they take place...and getting more photos.