Marquette Park Beach
Marquette Park Beach is a beach in Calumet Township, Lake County, Indiana. Marquette Park Beach is situated nearby to the quarter Miller Beach, as well as near the neighborhood Duneland Village.- Type: Beach
- Description: beach in Lake County, Indiana, United States
- Also known as: “Marquette Beach” and “Marquette Park Municipal Beach”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Marquette Park and William A. Wirt High School.
Marquette Park
Park
Photo: chicagogeek, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Marquette Park, originally called Lake Front Park, is a municipal park completely surrounded by Indiana Dunes National Park. Its primary features include 1.4 miles of Lake Michigan beaches, inland ponds, sand dunes, wetlands, a lagoon, and indigenous oak savanna.
William A. Wirt High School
William A Wirt Senior High School was a four-year public high school of the Gary Community School Corporation in Gary, Indiana. In May 2009 the school announced that after over 70 years it would be closing.Miller station
Railway station
Photo: Jacob G., CC BY-SA 2.0.
Miller is a train station in Gary, Indiana, serving the South Shore Line commuter rail system. It serves the community of Miller Beach and is one of three South Shore Line stations within the municipal boundaries of Gary.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Miller Beach and Aetna.
Miller Beach
Quarter
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Miller Beach is a neighborhood of Gary, Indiana on the southernmost shore of Lake Michigan. First settled in 1851, Miller Beach was originally an independent town.
Aetna
Quarter
Aetna is a neighborhood in northeastern Gary, Indiana, south of Miller Beach and east of Interstate 65. As of 2000, the neighborhood had a population of 4,942, which was 83% black and 11% white. Aetna is situated 2 miles southwest of Marquette Park Beach.
Lake Station
Photo: JoeyBLS, Public domain.
Lake Station, formerly known as East Gary, is a bedroom community of Chicago in Lake County, Indiana.
Marquette Park Beach
- Category: landform
- Location: Calumet Township, Lake County, Northwestern Indiana, Indiana, Midwest, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Marquette Park Beach” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Marquette Park Beach”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Duneland Village and Miller.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Miller Town Hall and Miller Mall.
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