West Grand Calumet Lagoon

West Grand Calumet Lagoon is a lagoon in Calumet Township, Lake County, Indiana. West Grand Calumet Lagoon is situated nearby to the nature reserve Compensatory Wetland Mitigation Property, as well as near the quarter Aetna.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Miller station and Miller Town Hall.

Miller station

Railway station

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

Miller is a train station in Gary, Indiana, serving the South Shore Line commuter rail system. It serves the community of Miller Beach and is one of three South Shore Line stations within the municipal boundaries of Gary. Miller station is situated 1½ miles southeast of West Grand Calumet Lagoon.

Miller Town Hall

Town hall

Photo: Visviva, Public domain.

The Miller Town Hall is a two-story brick building in the Miller Beach community in Gary, Indiana, in the United States. It was constructed to serve as the administrative building for the town of Miller, incorporated in 1907, and was used for that purpose until Miller's annexation into Gary in 1918. Miller Town Hall is situated 1½ miles southeast of West Grand Calumet Lagoon.

Marquette Park

Park

Photo: chicagogeek, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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. Marquette Park is situated 2 miles east of West Grand Calumet Lagoon.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aetna and Miller Beach.

Aetna

Quarter

Photo: Visviva, CC0.

Aetna is a neighborhood in northeastern Gary, Indiana, south of Miller Beach and east of Interstate 65. As of 2000, the neighborhood had a population of 4,942, which was 83% black and 11% white.

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. Miller Beach is situated 2 miles east of West Grand Calumet Lagoon.

Emerson

Quarter

Photo: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Emerson, also called Downtown East, is a neighborhood in north-central Gary, Indiana. Emerson and Downtown West combine to form what is known as Downtown Gary. Emerson is situated 2½ miles southwest of West Grand Calumet Lagoon.

West Grand Calumet Lagoon

Type: Lagoon
Also known as: “GCR Headwaters Lagoon”
Category: body of water
Location: Calumet Township, Lake County, Northwestern Indiana, Indiana, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.61286° or 41° 36′ 46″ north

Longitude

-87.28603° or 87° 17′ 10″ west

Open location code

86HJJP77+4H

OpenStreetMap ID

way 48431895

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=lagoon

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Compensatory Wetland Mitigation Property and Middle Grand Calumet Lagoon.

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