Norman Olson Lake Dam

Norman Olson Lake Dam is a dam in Union Township, Porter, Indiana. Norman Olson Lake Dam is situated nearby to the nature reserve Gabis Arboretum at Purdue Northwest, as well as near the neighborhood Aberdeen.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Gabis Arboretum at Purdue Northwest and Wheeler High School.

Gabis Arboretum at Purdue Northwest

Nature reserve

Photo: Grotte, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Gabis Arboretum at Purdue Northwest is a nature preserve near Valparaiso, Indiana in the United States. The preserve has the largest collection of oak trees in Indiana and an award-winning garden railway.

Wheeler High School

School

Wheeler High School is a public high school located in Union Township, west of Valparaiso, Indiana, United States. The school is attached to Union Township Middle School and was previously located in Wheeler, Indiana. Wheeler High School is situated 2 miles north of Norman Olson Lake Dam.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aberdeen and Winfield.

Aberdeen

Neighborhood

Aberdeen is a census-designated place in Center Township, Porter County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The community centers on The Course at Aberdeen, a golf course. The population of the CDP was 2,117 as of the 2020 census, up from 1,875 in the 2010 census. Aberdeen is situated 3 miles east of Norman Olson Lake Dam.

Winfield

Town

Photo: Dennisyerger84, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Winfield is a town in Winfield Township, Lake County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, Winfield had a population of 7,181. The town was incorporated in 1993 in order to keep the residents from being annexed by other neighboring communities. Winfield is situated 4½ miles southwest of Norman Olson Lake Dam.

Wheeler

Hamlet

Photo: Visviva, Public domain.

Wheeler is an unincorporated census-designated place in northern Union Township, Porter County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. It lies along State Road 130, northwest of the city of Valparaiso. Wheeler is situated 4½ miles north of Norman Olson Lake Dam.

Norman Olson Lake Dam

Type: Dam
Location: Union Township, Porter, Indiana, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.45012° or 41° 27′ 0″ north

Longitude

-87.16668° or 87° 10′ 0″ west

Elevation

794 feet (242 metres)

Open location code

86HJFR2M+28

OpenStreetMap ID

node 358673382

OpenStreetMap feature

waterway=dam

GeoNames ID

4924212

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