West Side Park

West Side Park is a nature reserve in Porter, Indiana. West Side Park is situated nearby to the village Ogden Dunes, as well as near the neighborhood Marina Shores.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Portage/Ogden Dunes station and Long Lake.

Portage/Ogden Dunes station

Railway station

Photo: Jacob G., CC BY-SA 2.0.

Portage/Ogden Dunes is a station in Porter County, Indiana serving the municipalities of Portage, Indiana and Ogden Dunes, Indiana. It is used by South Shore Line trains.

Long Lake

Lake

Photo: hakkun, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Long Lake is a large interdunal wetland in the Indiana Dunes region of Northwest Indiana. It was originally approximately 8 miles in length, but has been shortened due to development and drainage.

Marquette Park, originally called Lake Front Park, is a municipal park completely surrounded by Indiana Dunes National Park. Its primary features include 1.4 miles of Lake Michigan beaches, inland ponds, sand dunes, wetlands, a lagoon, and indigenous oak savanna.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Portage and Lake Station.

Portage

Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.

Portage is a town in Northwestern Indiana. It's industrialized, but not quite as heavily as Gary to the west.

Lake Station

Photo: JoeyBLS, Public domain.

Lake Station, formerly known as East Gary, is a bedroom community of Chicago in Lake County, Indiana.

Miller Beach

Quarter

Photo: Takingactioningary, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Miller Beach is a neighborhood of Gary, Indiana on the southernmost shore of Lake Michigan. First settled in 1851, Miller Beach was originally an independent town.

West Side Park

Type: Nature reserve
Category: recreation area
Location: Porter, Indiana, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.6229° or 41° 37′ 23″ north

Longitude

-87.1998° or 87° 11′ 59″ west

Open location code

86HJJRF2+53

OpenStreetMap ID

way 438845714

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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