Furnessville Substation

Furnessville Substation is an electrical substation in Porter, Indiana which is located on Dunes Highway. Furnessville Substation is situated nearby to the nature reserve Dunes Nature Preserve, as well as near Great Marsh.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Indiana Dunes State Park and Dune Park station.

Indiana Dunes State Park

Park

Indiana Dunes State Park is an Indiana State Park located in Porter County, Indiana, United States, 47 miles east of Chicago. The park is bounded by Lake Michigan to the northwest and is surrounded by as well as within the authorized boundaries of Indiana Dunes National Park, a unit of the National Park Service; the NPS owns the water from the ordinary high water mark to 300 feet offshore.

Dune Park station

Railway station

Photo: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Dune Park is a station in Westchester Township, Porter County, Indiana, located north of the municipalities of Chesterton and Porter. It is used by South Shore Line trains, and serves as the headquarters of the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District, the umbrella agency that operates the South Shore Line. Dune Park station is situated 2 miles southwest of Furnessville Substation.

Indiana Dunes Visitor Center

Tourism office

Photo: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Indiana Dunes Visitor Center is a tourism office, which is situated 2 miles southwest of Furnessville Substation.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dune Acres and Chesterton.

Dune Acres

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 3 miles west of Furnessville Substation.

Chesterton

Photo: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Chesterton is a small town in Northwestern Indiana, home to the headquarters of the South Shore Railroad.

Beverly Shores

Village

Beverly Shores is a town in Pine Township, Porter County, Indiana, United States, about 36 miles east of downtown Chicago. The population was 597 as of the 2023 5-year ACS census. Beverly Shores is situated 3½ miles northeast of Furnessville Substation.

Furnessville Substation

Type: Electrical substation
Address: Dunes Highway, Chesterton, IN 46304
Category: industry
Location: Porter, Indiana, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.65653° or 41° 39′ 24″ north

Longitude

-87.02899° or 87° 1′ 44″ west

Operator

NICTD

Open location code

86HJMX4C+JC

OpenStreetMap ID

way 89426326

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