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==Geography== According to the 2010 census, the county has a total area of {{convert|626.56|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|498.96|sqmi}} (or 79.63%) is land and {{convert|127.60|sqmi}} (or 20.37%) is water. It is the second-largest county in total area in Indiana, but has the largest water area of all 92 counties.<ref name="census-density"/> The northern and southern portions of the county (north of U.S. 30 and south of Lowell) are mainly low and flat, except for a few sand ridges and dunes and were both once very marshy and had to be drained. The lowest point, at {{convert|585|ft}},<ref name="elevlow"/> is along the [[Lake Michigan]] shoreline. The central part of the county is higher and hillier. As you travel south from the low and relatively flat lake plain in the northern part of the county, the land gradually rises in elevation until the peak of the [[Valparaiso Moraine]]. The highest point, at {{convert|801|ft}},<ref name="elevhigh"/> is in northeastern Winfield Township near 109th Street and North Lakeshore Drive in Lakes of the Four Seasons. From here the land descends south into the [[Kankakee Outwash Plain]] until the [[Kankakee River]] is reached. The [[Geographical centre|geographic center]] of Lake County is approximately {{convert|200|ft|-1}} northwest of Burr Street and West 113th Avenue in [[Center Township, Lake County, Indiana|Center Township]] {{coord|41|24|53.8|N|87|24|14.3|W|region:US-IN_type:landmark|display=inline}}. ===National protected area=== * [[Indiana Dunes National Park]] β ''also in [[LaPorte County|LaPorte]] and [[Porter County, Indiana|Porter]] counties'' ===Transit=== *[[East Chicago Transit]] *[[Gary Public Transportation Corporation]] (''[[Broadway Metro Express]]'') ===Airports=== * [[Gary/Chicago International Airport]] * [[Griffith-Merrillville Airport]] ===Major highways=== Interstate 65 in Lake County is called the [[Casimir Pulaski]] Memorial Highway. Interstate 80/94/US 6 is the [[Frank Borman Expressway]] from the Illinois state line east to the Indiana Toll Road interchange in the eastern portion of the county. Interstate 94 has been referred to as the Chicago-Detroit Industrial Freeway. US 6 is part of the [[Grand Army of the Republic Highway]]. Broadway (Indiana 53) is also the [[Carolyn Brown Mosby|Carolyn Mosby]] Memorial Highway. Indiana 51 is known for its entire length as the [[Adam Benjamin, Jr.|Adam Benjamin]] Memorial Highway. US 30 is part of the historic [[Lincoln Highway]]. US 12 from Gary eastward is part of [[Dunes Highway]]. Cline Avenue (Indiana 912) from US 12 north and westward is known as the Highway Construction Workers Memorial Highway. {{columns-list|colwidth=22em| * [[File:I-65.svg|20px]] [[Interstate 65 in Indiana|Interstate 65]] * [[File:I-80.svg|20px]] [[Interstate 80 in Indiana|Interstate 80]] * [[File:Indiana Toll Road logo 1968.svg|20px]] [[File:I-90.svg|20px]] [[Interstate 90 in Indiana|Indiana Toll Road]] * [[File:I-94.svg|20px]] [[Interstate 94 in Indiana|Interstate 94]] * [[File:US 6.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 6 in Indiana|U.S. Route 6]] * [[File:US 12.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 12 in Indiana|U.S. Route 12]] * [[File:US 20.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 20 in Indiana|U.S. Route 20]] * [[File:US 30.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 30 in Indiana|U.S. Route 30]] * [[File:US 41.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 41 in Indiana|U.S. Route 41]] * [[File:US 231.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 231 in Indiana|U.S. Route 231]] * [[File:Indiana 2.svg|20px]] [[Indiana State Road 2|State Road 2]] * [[File:Indiana 51.svg|20px]] [[Indiana State Road 51|State Road 51]] * [[File:Indiana 53.svg|20px]] [[Indiana State Road 53|State Road 53]] * [[File:Indiana 55.svg|20px]] [[Indiana State Road 55|State Road 55]] * [[File:Indiana 130.svg|20px]] [[Indiana State Road 130|State Road 130]] * [[File:Indiana 152.svg|20px]] [[Indiana State Road 152|State Road 152]] * [[File:Indiana 312.svg|20px]] [[Indiana State Road 312|State Road 312]] * [[File:Indiana 912.svg|20px]] [[Indiana State Road 912|State Road 912]] }} ===Railroads=== * [[Amtrak]] * [[Canadian National Railway]] * [[Chicago, Fort Wayne and Eastern Railroad]] * [[Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad]] * [[CSX Transportation]] * [[Gary Railway]] * [[Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad]] * [[Norfolk Southern Railway]] * [[South Shore Line]] ===Adjacent counties=== {{columns-list|colwidth=30em| * [[Cook County, Illinois|Cook County]], [[Illinois]] (northwest) * [[Will County, Illinois|Will County]], [[Illinois]] (west) * [[Kankakee County, Illinois|Kankakee County]], [[Illinois]] (southwest) * [[Porter County, Indiana|Porter County]] (east) * [[Jasper County, Indiana|Jasper County]] (southeast) * [[Newton County, Indiana|Newton County]] (south) }}
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