U.S. Steel Oxbow Tract

U.S. Steel Oxbow Tract is a nature reserve in Calumet Township, Lake County, Indiana. U.S. Steel Oxbow Tract is situated nearby to the quarter Ambridge Mann, as well as near the neighborhood Waverly Park.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gary/Chicago International Airport and West Fifth Avenue Apartments Historic District.

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.

West Fifth Avenue Apartments Historic District

Park

Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.

West Fifth Avenue Apartments Historic District is a national historic district located at Gary, Indiana. The district encompasses 30 contributing buildings in a residential section of Gary.

Van Buren Terrace Historic District

Historic site

Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.

Van Buren Terrace Historic District is a national historic district located in the First Subdivision of Gary, Indiana. The district encompasses 10 contributing buildings in a residential section of Gary.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gary and Tolleston.

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.

Midtown

Quarter

Photo: Ianmacm, CC BY 3.0.

Midtown, also called Central, is a neighborhood in central Gary, Indiana. For many decades it was the only African-American neighborhood in the city. It is located south of Downtown West and north of Glen Park along Broadway, Gary's principal thoroughfare.

U.S. Steel Oxbow Tract

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

41.608° or 41° 36′ 29″ north

Longitude

-87.3772° or 87° 22′ 38″ west

Open location code

86HJJJ5F+54

OpenStreetMap ID

way 442134880

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Ambridge Mann and Ambridge.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Georgia-Pacific Lagoon and Ambridge-Mann Community Center.

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