EVERY CHAPTER

The full guide

Everything in this guide, in one list. Start anywhere.

The three documents every machine needs, and the one people arrive without.

Season, hours by period, the sound limit, and the parking voucher system.

What 450 acres with no marked routes actually asks of you.

Air down, engage four-wheel drive, and run the S.A.N.D. check.

ATV, side-by-side, buggy, motorcycle, and full-size 4x4.

The state park campground, and why summer weekends go months ahead.

Wet sand, dry sand, wind, water levels, and vehicle prep.

Live wind and gusts at the scramble area, plus a seven-day forecast.

Blind crests, water edges, and Emergency SOS via satellite.

Local outfitters, and the tour that has run since 1930.

Nearly a century on the original idea, and no permit required.

Horseback in November, fat-tire biking from December 15.

The clear-cut, the park's assembly, and the dune that ate a cottage.

Lighthouse, sandboarding, winery, farm market, and downtown Hart.

Mears, Hart, and Shelby, and which one has what.

Roughly what a dune weekend burns, and where to fill up.

The whole park with verified coordinates for every point.

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