| Amel Wilking Park, 636 Sheffield Ave. | 1.6 Acres |
| Located at Sheffield Avenue & Northgate Drive, this property was donated by a local developer in 1992. No improvements have been made. There is no ingress or egress to the property. The property is being treated as a natural greenspace. |
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| Autumn Chase Park, 2988 Hawthorne Ln. | 3.0 Acres |
| Located in the Autumn Chase subdivision, this park was donated by a local developer in 1997. An Autumn Chase Park Committee worked to raise funds for a playground at Autumn Chase Park which is the same playground that is there today including tot swings, regular swings and a playground structure. In 2006 a sidewalk entry was installed from Hawthorne Lane. In 2008, a park sign with the park name on it was purchased and installed. |
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| Berkely Drive Park, 212th Pl. & Berkley Dr. | 0.3 Acres |
Undeveloped property in the Northgate subdivision. |
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| Central Park, 942-213th St. | 77 acres |
| Central Park is located at 942-213th Street. This large property is bounded by 213th St. to the north, rail road tracks to the south, Briar Crossing subdivision to the east. The Park does not have direct access to Calumet Avenue. Central Park was purchased by the Town of Dyer via a Redevelopment Bond issue from the VanderWoude family for $5.2 million. The property was purchased in spring of 2007 to meet the growing need for additional park land in the Town. The Park Board in 2006 issued their first ever bond issue in the amount of $4.5 million in anticipation of this land purchase to help fund capital improvements system wide including initial capital improvements at this site. In 2009 the Park Board hired a contractor to disc and seed the property. It is anticipated that the park may open in the spring of 2011 for use. The site is currently off limits to allow the turf and the root system to get well established. |
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| Cherry Hill Park, Cherry Hill Rd. & Cottonwood Dr. | 3.0 Acres |
| Cherry Hill is a 3 acre park that is a part of Pheasant Hills Park. It includes a various playground equipment including the newest structure which was installed in the fall of 2000. Cherry Hill is located immediately adjacent to the Pheasant Hills Park pond in the southeast corner of the pond. |
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| Cottonwood Park, 724 Cottonwood Dr. | 1.5 Acres |
| Located in the Pheasant Hills subdivision, Cottonwood supplies a small playground, installed in 2004, and park space to the neighborhood residents. In 2006, the park had additional improvements made in the form of sidewalks along the southern and northern ends of the park which includes a segment leading to the entrance of the playground area. These sidewalks also filled in the missing segments in providing a continuous sidewalk in the neighborhood along the park. |
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| Elmer Miller Park & Plum Creek Center, 222 Schulte St. | 4.0 Acres |
| A historic community park located immediately adjacent to the south of the Dyer Town Hall. It is bordered on the east and south by the winding Plum Creek. It was named after Elmer Miller who was both a Town Board member and a Clerk-Treasurer in Dyer in the 1940's. The land was received as a donation to the Town of Dyer to be used as a public park for 999 years. It has an open pavilion, playground equipment, 4 horseshoe pits (temporarily removed) and a full basketball court. The shelter is rented out for picnics upon reservation. Many summer park activities have been held in this park. In 2008, the parking lot between this park and the Town Hall was repaved along with the installation of curbs. In 2009 a pedestrian pathway leading to a pedestrian bridge over Plum Creek was added as the access the new Plum Creek Center activity center. As a part of this project new park entrance signs were added for the Park and the Center. In 2010, it is planned to re-surface the basketball court, update the electric at the shelter and re-construct the horseshoe pits that were removed to improve the parking lot. |
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| Green Meadows Park, 215th St. & Greenwood Ave. | 3.8 Acres |
| Located at the corner of Greenwood Avenue and 215th street in the Calumet Farms subdivision, Green Meadows was named by a child in the subdivision through a contest to 'name the park'. The land and all the improvements were purchased through Lake County Economic Development Community Block Grant Monies. The park contains a playground area which was newly replaced in 2004, a back stop and a half basketball court. In 2005, an accessible pathway looping the property as well as connecting to the playground and basketball court was installed with Community Development Block Grant Monies. |
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| Heritage Estates Park, 1204 Cedar Ln, | .8 Acres |
| Heritage Estates Park is located on Cedar Lane in the Heritage Estates subdivision. It was named for the subdivision it is in because it was donated by the developer. It has petroleum product pipelines running beneath it. The park contains playground equipment. A new playground structure was installed in the fall of 2000. |
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| Lincoln Park, Church St. & Keilman St. | 1.0 Acres |
| Lincoln Park was donated by the Smith Brothers (owners of the gas station immediately adjacent to the park) on March 31, 1999. They also donated money that was used to purchase playground equipment for the park. Lincoln Park was named after Abraham Lincoln, since the gas station that donated the park is located on Lincoln Highway. |
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| Veteran's Park, Daffodil Ct. & Sunflower Ln. | 5.7 Acres |
| Located in The Meadows subdivision, this park was donated to the Parks & Recreation Department in 1995. It has been given the name Veteran's Park to honor those past and present who served our country. A new playground was installed at the west end of this park in 2003. A pathway connecting the east end of the park to the playground on the west end of the park was installed in early 2005. A second phase to the pathway which includes connections to the sidewalks along Daffodil and Sunflower Lane as well as a loop around the detention area in the park were completed in November of 2008. The loop portion of this pathway is approximately 1/3 mile. |
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| Northgate Park, Calumet Ave. at Harrison Place | 23.9 Acres |
| Northgate Park was named after the subdivision where it is located. The land for Northgate Park was donated by the developer. The park was established in 1973 through a grant from the Land and Water Conservation Fund. Originally it was built with a large open masonry pavilion, four ball diamonds, two tennis courts, two horseshoe pits, playground equipment, two parking areas and a monument. Since then, numerous seasonal soccer fields, a backstop for a fifth ball field, lights to another ball field, a sledding hill, a .5 mile paved pathway (built in 2007), a sand volleyball court and 2 grass volleyball courts have been added. The Northgate Park Committee under the leadership of the Dyer Park Board raised almost $25,000 for the park in 1991. This money was used to purchased and install a new handicapped accessible playground. There is a concession stand in the pavilion that is leased out April - September. The pavilion area is also rented for picnics during the year. Two new park entrance signs were added in 2009 on Northgate Drive and on Calumet Avenue. |
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| Pheasant Hills Park, Hart Street at Park Manor Dr. | 32.0 Acres |
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| Pheasant Hills Park is located east of Hart Street next to the Pheasant Hills Subdivision. The park was named for the subdivision because the developer of the subdivision donated the land. Established in 1976 through the grant from the Land and Water Conservation Fund, it was originally built with an open frame pavilion, a tennis court, two ball diamonds, two horseshoe pits, playground equipment and a trail around the seven acre pond. Currently, two soccer fields have been added and because of erosion, the pond is now approximately 18 acres and the original trail is gone. A new trail was added on two sides of the pond ending in the northeast corner of the park. A grass volleyball court is available just west of the pavilion. This court area will be moved elsewhere in the park after phase 2 of the park improvements. The pavilion is rented for picnics during the year. Fishing is not permitted at the pond. Kahler Middle School is immediately adjacent to the park and uses the park throughout the year for activities such as cross country and an outdoor classroom. Leading to park improvements in 2009, the remaining ball field backstop and playground equipment was removed in 2008. In 2009, a new skate park along with a new playground were installed. A 2nd phase of capital improvements is in progress at the end of 2009 that include a new north shelter, a new south shelter, improved and expanded parking area on the south side of the park, additional 10' wide paved pathway and shoreline stabilization along the western and northwestern shore of the pond. Once completed, the paved pathway will be 2193' long which is close to 2/5 of a mile. Signs will be posted with this approximate distance at the conclusion of the project. There will also be segments connecting to the parking lots and sidewalks along Hart Street and at Kahler Middle School (southwest corner of track area). |
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| Sandy Ridge Park, 2330 Rolling Hills Drive | 2.0 Acres |
| Named for the subdivision the park is located in, Sandy Ridge was donated by its developer. The land was donated because the soil conditions were not able to support building on the seven lots. The open field doubles as detention area and open space. It also has a playground which was installed in 2004 in the northeast section of the park. In 2008, two more improvements were made to this park site which are a park name sign, near the playground, and accessible sidewalk connections along the west side of the park and the east side of the park. The sidewalk along Rolling Hill Drive also includes a segment leading to the entrance of the playground. |
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| Sheffield Estates Park, Rosemary Ct. & Gardenia Dr. | 2.9 Acres |
| Named for the subdivision it is located in, Sheffield Estates Park was donated in 1992. Playground equipment and sand volleyball court were installed in 1997 at the park. |
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| Sunset Park, Lilac Drive & Capri Lane | 0.5 Acres |
| Undeveloped property located in the Sheffield Estates subdivision at 137 Lilac Drive. The land was donated in 1992. |
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| Wildflower Park, 1630 Sheffield Ave. | 2 Acres |
| Undeveloped detention area property located along Sheffield Avenue in the southeast corner of Wildflower Estates. Donated in 1994, the park received its name from the subdivision as it was donated by the developer. |
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| Briar Crossing Park, Briar Crossing Dr. & 213th St. | 9.2 Acres |
| This park site was donated by the subdivision developer as the subdivision was developed. The park consists of six acres of storm water detention area and three+ acres of usable park space. |
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| Mallard Cove Park, Austgen Drive and 81st Ave. | 14 Acres |
| Originally this site included a three acre site from the subdivision developer consisting of relatively low lands that mostly could not be developed. In 2009, the Park Board leased an 11 acre site from the Diocese of Gary which is immediately adjacent to the original park site. The lease agreement does not permit permanent construction but does allow for the Park Board to utilize the site for additional field space. In 2009, the site was developed to make space for future soccer fields for varying ages which will not be open until the spring of 2011. It also features a 'green' parking lot in that the parking area is a grass area over a stone base and a plastic product that allows grass to grow through it while allowing water to percolate into the ground. This greatly reduces parking lot runoff and helps keep our storm water cleaner for everyone. The site will not be permitted for use until the turf and root system is well established. |
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| Amoco Pipeline , Heritage Dr. & Cambridge Ln. | 2.1 Acres |
| Undeveloped linear pipeline cooridor in the Heritage Estates subdivision which provides additional greenspace in the Town of Dyer. |
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| Eberly Park, 3700 Sheffield Ave. COMING SOON | 8.5 Acres |
| Eberly Park is named after two longtime community leaders in the Town of Dyer, Kathleen Eberly and her son Glen L. Eberly. The site is being dedicated as the park land requirement for the Highpoint Prairie subdivision development. It is anticipated to come on board in 2011. |
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| Hearthstone Park, Westridge Dr. & Pleasant Springs Ln. COMING SOON | 9.6 Acres |
| Hearthstone Park is a site that was planned to gain a larger piece of land in the eastern part of Dyer. The site is composed of two park land donated parcels. One is from the Hearthstone subdivision development and the other part is from the Village Circle subdivision development. This park is expected to become a part of the Dyer park system sometime in 2010. |