Forest Park

Forest Park is a neighborhood in North Township, Lake County, Indiana. Forest Park is situated nearby to the neighborhood Zimmerman’s, as well as near Woodland Estates.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Carlson Oxbow Park and Calumet New Tech High School.

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 northwest of Forest Park.

Calumet New Tech High School

School

Calumet New Tech High School, formerly Calumet High School, is a four-year public high school of the Lake Ridge Schools Corporation in unincorporated Lake County, Indiana, near the city of Gary.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Highland and Griffith.

Highland

Town

Photo: Aneekr, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Highland is a town in Lake County, Indiana, United States. The population was 23,984 at the 2020 census. The town was incorporated on April 4, 1910. It is a part of the Chicago metropolitan area and North Township, and is surrounded by Hammond to the north, Munster to the west, Schererville to the south and Griffith to the east.

Griffith

Town

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Griffith is a town in North and St. John townships in Lake County, Indiana, United States. It is a part of the Chicago metropolitan area. The population was 16,420 in 2020.

Black Oak

Quarter

Black Oak is a neighborhood located on the far southwest side of Gary, Indiana. As of 2000, Black Oak had a population of 4,216, which was 84.7% white. Black Oak is situated 2½ miles northeast of Forest Park.

Forest Park

Type: Neighborhood
Category: locality
Location: North Township, Lake County, Northwestern Indiana, Indiana, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.54974° or 41° 32′ 59″ north

Longitude

-87.43375° or 87° 26′ 2″ west

Open location code

86HJGHX8+VG

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4374900915

OpenStreetMap feature

place=neighbourhood

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