Whihala Park West Beach

Whihala Park West Beach is a beach in North Township, Lake County, Indiana. Whihala Park West Beach is situated nearby to the railway station Hammond-Whiting Amtrak Station, as well as near Hammond–Whiting station.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hammond–Whiting station and Hoosier Theater Building.

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. Hammond–Whiting station is situated 720 feet west of Whihala Park West Beach.

Hoosier Theater Building

Movie theater

Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.

Hoosier Theater Building is a historic theatre and attached commercial / residential building located at Whiting, Indiana. It was built in 1924, and is a three-story, rectangular, brown brick building. Hoosier Theater Building is situated 1 mile southeast of Whihala Park West Beach.

Whiting High School

School

Whiting High School is a public high school located in Whiting, Indiana. It was founded in 1898. All of Whiting is in the School City of Whiting, and this is the sole comprehensive high school of that school district. Whiting High School is situated 1 mile southeast of Whihala Park West Beach.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Robertsdale and Whiting.

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.

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.

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. East Side is situated 2 miles northwest of Whihala Park West Beach.

Whihala Park West Beach

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

41.69141° or 41° 41′ 29″ north

Longitude

-87.50399° or 87° 30′ 14″ west

Open location code

86HJMFRW+HC

OpenStreetMap ID

way 177278958

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=beach

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Hammond-Whiting Amtrak Station and Horseshoe Casino Hammond.

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