Jefferson Park
Jefferson Park is a park in Lake County, Northwestern Indiana, Indiana. Jefferson Park is situated nearby to the neighborhood Woodmar, as well as near Forsyth Highlands.Places of Interest
Highlights include East Chicago station and South Hammond station.
East Chicago station
Railway station
Photo: liz bustamante, CC BY 2.0.
East Chicago is a train station at 5615 Indianapolis Boulevard in East Chicago, Indiana. It serves the South Shore Line commuter rail line from Chicago, Illinois to South Bend, Indiana. East Chicago station is situated 1½ miles north of Jefferson Park.
South Hammond station
Railway station
Photo: AlphaBeta135, CC BY 4.0.
South Hammond station is a South Shore Line rail station in Hammond, Indiana. Constructed as part of the Monon Corridor project, it opened to revenue service on March 31, 2026. It features a 1,000-space park and ride lot and is adjacent to the Monon Trail. South Hammond station is situated 1½ miles west of Jefferson Park.
Carlson Oxbow Park
Nature reserve
Photo: Markringo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Carlson Oxbow Park is an 89 acres nature park located in the Hessville neighborhood of Hammond, Indiana, along the north bank of the Little Calumet River and immediately south of the Borman Expressway. Carlson Oxbow Park is situated 2 miles southeast of Jefferson Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Woodmar and Schleicher.
Woodmar
Neighborhood
Woodmar is a neighborhood in southeast Hammond, Indiana, approximately between Columbia and Kennedy Avenues. It is bounded to the east by Hessville, to the west by South Hammond, to the north by industrial land along United States Route 20, and to the south by the town of Highland.
Schleicher
Neighborhood
Schleicher is a small neighborhood in the southern portion of Hammond, IN. It is south of I-80/94, with US Route 41 bordering it to the east, Columbia AVE to the west, and the Little Calumet River to the south, separating Hammond from Munster, IN.
Hessville
Neighborhood
Hessville is a neighborhood of Hammond, Indiana. Located in the southeast corner of Hammond, it adjoins the Hammond neighborhood of Woodmar to the west, the East Chicago neighborhood of Calumet to the north, the Gary neighborhoods of Westside and Black Oak to the east, and the town of Highland to the south.
Jefferson Park
- Type: Park
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Lake County, Northwestern Indiana, Indiana, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.58753° or 41° 35′ 15″ northLongitude
-87.48647° or 87° 29′ 11″ westElevation
607 feet (185 metres)Operator
Hammond Parks & RecreationNamed after
Thomas JeffersonOpen location code
86HJHGQ7+2COpenStreetMap ID
way 189606233OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkGeoNames ID
4922032
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