Wolf Lake
Wolf Lake is an 804-acre lake that straddles the Indiana and Illinois state line near Lake Michigan. It is smaller than it was prior to settlement by European colonizers because of infilling for development around the edges.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Indiana and Illinois, United States of America
- Also known as: “Wolf Lake (Indiana–Illinois)”
Places of Interest
Highlights include William W. Powers State Recreation Area and Serbian Saint Simeon Mirotociv Orthodox Church.
William W. Powers State Recreation Area
Park
William W. Powers State Recreation Area is an Illinois state park administered by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources on 580 acres in the Hegewisch community area of the City of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States.
Washington High School
School
George Washington High School is a public four-year high school located in the East Side neighborhood on the far southeast side of Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Robertsdale and Hegewisch.
Robertsdale
Hamlet
Robertsdale is a neighborhood in northernmost Hammond, Indiana, north of 129th Street and south of Lake Michigan. It is bounded to the south by Pulaski Park, to the west by the Chicago neighborhood of East Side, to the north by Lake Michigan, and to the east by the cities of Whiting and East Chicago.
Hegewisch
Suburb
Photo: Zol87, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hegewisch is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago, Illinois, located on the city's far south side. It is bordered by the neighborhoods of Riverdale and South Deering to the west, the East Side to the north, the village of Burnham to the south and the city of Hammond, Indiana to the east.
Whiting
Town
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
Whiting is a city located in the Chicago Metropolitan Area in Lake County, Indiana, which was founded in 1889. The city is located on the southern shore of Lake Michigan.
Wolf Lake
- Category: body of water
- Location: Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.6714° or 41° 40′ 17″ northLongitude
-87.53109° or 87° 31′ 52″ westElevation
584 feet (178 metres)Open location code
86HJMFC9+HHOpenStreetMap ID
way 34088847OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lakeGeoNames ID
4916961Wikidata ID
Q7334521
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Wolf Lake” goes by many names.
- French: “Wolf Lake”
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