For the similarly-named state park in Illinois, see Chain O'Lakes State Park

Chain O' Lakes is a state park in Indiana. It is located 19 miles northwest of Fort Wayne, Indiana. State park is a term used in the United States and in Mexico for an area of land preserved on account of its natural beauty, historic interest, recreation, or other reason, and under the administration of the government of a U.S. state or one of the states of Mexico. ... Official language(s) English Capital Indianapolis Largest city Indianapolis Area  Ranked 38th  - Total 36,418 sq mi (94,321 km²)  - Width 140 miles (225 km)  - Length 270 miles (435 km)  - % water 1. ... The city of Chicago, as seen from the sky A city is an urban area that is differentiated from a town, village, or hamlet by size, population density, importance, or legal status. ... Albion is a town located in Noble County, Indiana. ... This article is about longitude and latitude; see also UTM coordinate system Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (vertically) and longitude (horizontally); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... Chain OLakes State Park is a 2,793 acre Illinois state park at the inlet of the Fox River into the Chain OLakes. ... State park is a term used in the United States and in Mexico for an area of land preserved on account of its natural beauty, historic interest, recreation, or other reason, and under the administration of the government of a U.S. state or one of the states of Mexico. ... Official language(s) English Capital Indianapolis Largest city Indianapolis Area  Ranked 38th  - Total 36,418 sq mi (94,321 km²)  - Width 140 miles (225 km)  - Length 270 miles (435 km)  - % water 1. ... Nickname: The Summit City Location in the state of Indiana, USA Coordinates: Country United States State Indiana County Allen Founded October 22, 1794 Incorporated February 22, 1840 Mayor Graham Richard (D) City Clerk Sandra Kennedy (D) City Council John N. Crawford (R) Samuel J. Talarico, Jr (R) John Shoaff (D...

It is a state park for boaters, with eight connecting lakes, ten total. The lakes are kettle lakes, formed by receding ice sheets of the Pleistocene Epoch, which also made the steeply rolling hills and bogs of the park. Bowen Lake is the deepest at 65 feet, and the shallowest Dock Lake at 22 feet deep. Outwash sediments, sediment from Canada, and muck/peat filled bogs caused by the glaciers are accessible by the hiking trails. Kettle lakes in Siberia, adjacent to the Gulf of Ob (image right). ...

Cross-country skiing is available in the winter.

External links

• Official web page

Indiana State Parks
Brown County  - Chain O' Lakes  - Charlestown  - Clifty Falls  - Falls of the Ohio  - Fort Harrison  - Harmonie  - Indiana Dunes  - Lincoln  - McCormick's Creek  - Mounds  - O'Bannon Woods  - Ouabache  - Pokagon  - Potato Creek  - Prophetstown  - Shades  - Shakamak  - Spring Mill  - Summit Lake  - Tippecanoe River  - Turkey Run  - Versailles  - Whitewater Memorial  - White River