Shorewood Forest, Indiana

About Shorewood Forest

Shorewood Forest, IN is a small unincorporated community located in northwestern Indiana.

Shorewood Forest holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 1.9 square miles.

📰 Shorewood Forest News Today

• Shorewood Forest Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 22
• Shorewood Forest lawsuit opened to all utility customers and more than $2 million could be shared nwitimes.com · Dec 10
• Century 21 Alliance Group Featured Neighborhood: Shorewood Forest GreatNews.Life · Oct 4
• Neighbors in 'shock' after fire that destroys home, damages three others near Valpo nwitimes.com · Mar 21
• Region News Source. . Multiple homes on fire in Shorewood Forest, west of Valparaiso https://regionnewssource.org/4-homes-damaged-in-large-fire-near-valparaiso/ facebook.com · Mar 30

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Shorewood Forest Unique

• The only place in America named Shorewood Forest — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in northwestern Indiana, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 4 miles.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Jump · Attraction

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Shorewood Forest

• Gabis Arboretum at Purdue Northwest · Nature reserve reviews ★
• ArcelorMittal Adventure Garden · Garden reviews ★
• Bapst Rose Garden · Garden reviews ★
• Hitz Family Rose Garden · Garden reviews ★
• Native Plant Garden · Garden reviews ★
• Oak Islands · Garden reviews ★
• TreeSong Music Garden · Garden reviews ★
• Welcome Garden · Garden reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Shorewood Forest

🏘️ Nearby Communities