Ivanhoe Dune and Swale Nature Preserve

Ivanhoe Dune and Swale Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in Calumet Township, Lake County, Indiana. Ivanhoe Dune and Swale Nature Preserve is situated near the neighborhood Leshwood, as well as near Cudahy.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Gary/Chicago International Airport and Gary/Chicago Airport station.

Gary/Chicago International Airport

Aerodrome

Photo: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Gary/Chicago International Airport is a joint civil-military public airport in Gary, in Lake County, Indiana, United States. It is three miles northwest of the city center of Gary, and 25 miles southeast of the Chicago Loop.

Gary/Chicago Airport station

Railway stop

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Gary/Chicago Airport station is a South Shore Line train station located in the Brunswick neighborhood of Gary, Indiana. It is located on Clark Road about 1.1 miles southeast of the Gary/Chicago International Airport terminal.

West Side Leadership Academy

School

West Side Leadership Academy is a four-year public school of the Gary Community School Corporation in Gary, Indiana.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East Chicago and Gary.

East Chicago

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

East Chicago is a city in Lake County, Indiana, and a suburb of Chicago. East Chicago had its start in 1893, and, with the arrival of Inland Steel in 1903, it soon became the most industrialized city in America, with some 80% of the area relegated to heavy industry.

Gary

Photo: Marc Tarlock, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Gary is a city in Lake County, Indiana. It is perhaps best known as the birthplace of the legendary pop star Michael Jackson. Founded in 1906 as a company town for U.S. Steel, it thrived in the 1950s and early 60s and earned the nickname "The Magic City".

Tolleston

Quarter

Tolleston is a neighborhood and former town in west-central Gary, Indiana. It is situated south of Ambridge, west of Midtown, east of Westside and north of Black Oak.

Ivanhoe Dune and Swale Nature Preserve

Type: Nature reserve
Category: recreation area
Location: Calumet Township, Lake County, Northwestern Indiana, Indiana, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.6055° or 41° 36′ 20″ north

Longitude

-87.4178° or 87° 25′ 4″ west

Operator

The Nature Conservancy

Open location code

86HJJH4J+5V

OpenStreetMap ID

way 431347568

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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Satellite Map

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Leshwood and Cudahy.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Mount Horeb Missionary Baptist Church and 3rd & Dallas Playlot.

Lake County: Must-Visit Destinations

Worth a closer look: Gary and Hammond.

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