Pine Indiana Map

About Pine, Indiana

Pine is a locality in Lake County, Indiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 212. Pine is located at 41.6245°N, 87.3942°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) timezone. ZIP code: 46406.

Pine presents a landscape where the sharp, industrial grit of the midwestern interior meets the shifting, sandy margins of the Great Lakes. It lies 3.3 miles northwest of Gary, IN (from Gary, IN: bearing 311°T), and is situated 6.2 miles east-northeast of Hammond. The terrain is defined by low-lying swales and scrubby dunes, a fragile topography that finds its most preserved expression within the Clark and Pine Nature Preserve. Beyond these protected sands, the geography is shaped by the proximity of Lake Michigan, which casts a cool, damp haze over the horizon, and the sluggish, dark path of the Grand Calumet River as it winds toward the open water. On clear days, the distant silhouette of Stony Island Ridge provides a faint, jagged anchor to an otherwise flat and expansive view.

Pine maintains a character forged by the heavy industry that historically tethered the local economy to the steel mills and the transit of goods through Buffington Harbor. The rhythm of life here is colored by the persistent hum of freight and the quiet endurance of a neighborhood that has watched the skyline shift from forest to factory. Residents move through a world of gray steel and wind-swept beach grass, where the legacy of labor lingers in the architecture and the deliberate, unadorned pace of the streets. It is a place where the air carries the faint, metallic scent of the lakefront, a sensory reminder of the deep, utilitarian connection between the land and the water.

About This Pine Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Pine, Indiana. Coordinates: 41.62448, -87.394206. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Pine includes the ZIP code (46406), telephone area code (260), county seat of Lake County (Crown Point), and school district assignment.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.