Optimist Park
Optimist Park is a park in Lake County, Northwestern Indiana, Indiana. Optimist Park is situated nearby to the hamlet Hessville, as well as near the neighborhood Wicker Park.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Carlson Oxbow Park and Donald E. Gavit Jr./Sr. High School.
Carlson Oxbow Park
Nature reserve
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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.
Donald E. Gavit Jr./Sr. High School
School
Donald E. Gavit Jr./Sr. School was a public secondary school located in Hammond, Indiana. Part of the School City of Hammond district, it graduated its final class in the spring of 2021.
Morton Senior High School
School
Oliver P. Morton High School is a public secondary school located in Hammond, Indiana, United States. It is part of the School City of Hammond district. Morton Senior High School is situated 1½ miles northeast of Optimist Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hessville and Woodmar.
Hessville
Hamlet
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.
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.
Optimist Park
- Type: Park
- Location: Lake County, Northwestern Indiana, Indiana, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.57281° or 41° 34′ 22″ northLongitude
-87.46393° or 87° 27′ 50″ westElevation
594 feet (181 metres)Open location code
86HJHGFP+4CGeoNames ID
4924504
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