Chesterton Park

Chesterton Park is a park in Porter, Indiana which is located on West Porter Avenue. Chesterton Park is situated nearby to the neighborhood Morgan Park, as well as near Tamarack.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Indiana Dunes Visitor Center and Joseph Bailly Homestead.

Indiana Dunes Visitor Center

Tourism office

Photo: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Indiana Dunes Visitor Center is a tourism office, which is situated 2 miles north of Chesterton Park.

Joseph Bailly Homestead

Historic site

Photo: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Joseph Bailly Homestead, also known as Joseph Bailly Homestead and Cemetery, in Porter, Indiana, is a U.S. National Historic Landmark. The Bailly Homestead is preserved by the National Park Service in Indiana Dunes National Park in Porter, Indiana. Joseph Bailly Homestead is situated 2 miles northwest of Chesterton Park.

Bailly Cemetery

Cemetery

Photo: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Bailly Cemetery is a cemetery located at Indiana Dunes National Park in Porter, Indiana, US. The cemetery is three-quarters of a mile north of the Joseph Bailly Homestead on the edge of a sand ridge. Bailly Cemetery is situated 2½ miles northwest of Chesterton Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chesterton and Porter.

Chesterton

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Chesterton is a small town in Northwestern Indiana, home to the headquarters of the South Shore Railroad.

Porter

Porter is an old railroad town just south of the Indiana Dunes National Park in Northwestern Indiana.

Dune Acres is a town in Westchester Township, Porter County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 234 as of the 2020 census. Dune Acres is located in the duneland of the south shore of Lake Michigan. Dune Acres is situated 3 miles northwest of Chesterton Park.

Chesterton Park

Type: Park
Address: 515 West Porter Avenue, Chesterton, IN 46304
Category: recreation area
Location: Porter, Indiana, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.60802° or 41° 36′ 29″ north

Longitude

-87.05834° or 87° 3′ 30″ west

Elevation

643 feet (196 metres)

Open location code

86HJJW5R+6M

OpenStreetMap ID

way 571118353

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

GeoNames ID

4918954

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