Lakefront Park
Lakefront Park is a park in Lake County, Northwestern Indiana, Indiana. Lakefront Park is situated nearby to the neighborhood Five Points, as well as near Robertsdale.Places of Interest
Highlights include Hammond–Whiting station and State Line Generating Plant.
Hammond–Whiting station
Railway station
Photo: Zol87, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hammond–Whiting station is an Amtrak intercity train station in Hammond, Indiana. The station is along the former Pennsylvania Railroad Fort Wayne Line, now owned by Norfolk Southern Railway.
State Line Generating Plant
Building
Photo: Ikcyzrteip, CC BY 2.5.
The State Line Generating Plant was a coal-fired electrical generating station that operated from 1929 until 2012. It was located on the coast of Lake Michigan, bordering the state line separating Indiana from Illinois but within the corporate limits of Hammond, Indiana.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Robertsdale and East Side.
Robertsdale
Neighborhood
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.
East Side
Suburb
Photo: Zol87, CC BY-SA 4.0.
East Side is one of the 77 official community areas of Chicago, Illinois. It is on the far south side of the city, between the Calumet River and the Illinois-Indiana state line, 13 miles south of downtown Chicago.
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. Whiting is situated 1½ miles southeast of Lakefront Park.
Lakefront Park
- Type: Park
- Address: Hammond, IN 46320
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Lake County, Northwestern Indiana, Indiana, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.69991° or 41° 41′ 60″ northLongitude
-87.51417° or 87° 30′ 51″ westElevation
584 feet (178 metres)Operator
Hammond Port AuthorityOpen location code
86HJMFXP+X8OpenStreetMap ID
way 176923428OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkGeoNames ID
4922557
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