Mount Baldy is accessible from U.S. Route 12 (also known as Dunes Highway) between the town of Pines and the western border of Michigan City, Indiana.

North of Mount Baldy is a swimmable beach which is also part of Indiana Dunes National Park.

Accordingly, the National Park Service has rerouted trails and planted grass in hopes of slowing the dune.

The geological process that is producing the never before studied anomalies appears to be related to the burial and decomposition of fungus-ridden black oak trees.

"[2] The majority of the dune remains closed to visitors except on ranger-led tours;[3] however, the beach reopened in the summer of 2017.