Apps

These are just some of the ESSENTIAL apps I use on my Apple iPhone. See below

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SAFETY

Phone App - Dial 911

Emergency SOS via satellite call on iPhone 14 or newer

Text App  (When you can't talk for any reason)

PG CPR


https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pg-cpr/id1481986949


https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pgcprapp.pgcpr.com.pg_cpr

Wunderground - (The weather app I use the most)

Compass

NAVIGATION

Commander Compass

Compass (Built-in)

Hiking Project

what3words

Gaia GPS

Google Earth

Google Maps

Timer+ - multiple timers (Plot out where you should be at this time)


Airplanes above: Flight Live

Ships on lake or ocean: Marine Traffic

Train: South Shore 

INFORMATION

NPS App on ALL National Park Properties of all types

Click here for available parking spots at Indiana Dunes National Park beach lots website


Animals (Land or Water)

iNaturalist


Birds

Audubon

Bird Call

eBird

iNaturalist

Merlin Bird ID

Song Sleuth


Insects

iNaturalist

The Tick App


Magnification

Magnifier (built into the iPhone)

Mag.Glass

Camera (Some have macro OR try zoom in)

DM WiFi (For a digital microscope for classrooms or on trail)


Mushrooms

iNaturalist

Mushroom Id


Notes 

Notes (Keep notes on what you see in person or online)



Photography/Videography/Cinematography

Camera

Google Photos (Backup photos from phone/tablet/computer, make movies, books,...)

iMovie (Make movies on iPhone, iPad, iMac, Macbook)

Photos



Research

Google Scholar website <- Click here



Sky

Good To Stargaze

Skyview Lite

Sky Live

Sundial

Sunrise Times

The Moon


Social Media (for information)

Facebook (Facebook.com/IndianaDunesNPS) other Pages, Groups)

Instagram (Instagram.com/indianadunesnps/)

Nextdoor (Neighborhood nature events)

Twitter

YouTube ( YouTube.com/@IndianaDunesNationalPark , YouTube.com/@IndianaDunes )


Sound tools

Sonic Tools


Trees

iNaturalist


Weather

QuakeFeed

The Weather

Water temperature website <- Click here

Weather

Wunderground


Wildflowers

iNaturalist


Complete alphabetical list

BLUE is the utmost essential


Email: IndianaDunesHiking@Gmail.Com

Subject: Favorite App __________

with apps you have discovered. 

There are nearly 2,000,000 apps on Apple App store and 2,700,00 apps on Google Play.


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