SWMU5

SWMU5 is a landfill in Westchester Township, Porter, Indiana. SWMU5 is situated nearby to Bailly Generating Station, as well as near North Blag Slough.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bailly Generating Station and Cowles Bog.

The Bailly Generating Station was a 604-megawatt coal power plant located in Burns Harbor, Indiana, on the shore of Lake Michigan adjacent to the Port of Indiana. Bailly Generating Station is situated 1,900 feet northwest of SWMU5.

Cowles Bog is a 4,000-year-old wetland complex in Indiana Dunes National Park, near Chesterton, Indiana. It is named for Henry Chandler Cowles who did his pioneering work in ecology and ecological succession here.

Cemetery

Bailly Cemetery is a cemetery located at Indiana Dunes National Park in Porter, Indiana, US. The cemetery is three-quarters of a mile north of the Joseph Bailly Homestead on the edge of a sand ridge. Bailly Cemetery is situated 1¼ miles east of SWMU5.

Nearby places include Burns Harbor and Dune Acres.

Village

Village

Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.

Dune Acres is a town in Westchester Township, Porter County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 234 as of the 2020 census. Dune Acres is located in the duneland of the south shore of Lake Michigan. Dune Acres is situated 1½ miles northeast of SWMU5.

Latitude

41.63838° or 41° 38′ 18″ north

Longitude

-87.113° or 87° 6′ 47″ west

Open location code

86HJJVQP+9R

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=landfill

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