Big Lake, Indiana

About Big Lake

Set in the northeastern part of Indiana, Big Lake is a small unincorporated community.

Big Lake holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 0.58 square miles.

📰 Big Lake News Today

• Column: Delays could open door to carp invasion of the Big Lake Chicago Tribune · May 18
• Joann J. Platt Obituary Sep 16, 2018 smithandsonsfuneralhome.com · Aug 10
• TWF Explains Indiana’s New Wake Surf Law, Which Takes Effect July 1 timesuniononline.com · May 18
• Prosecutor against dismissing murder charge against Big Lake woman goSkagit · Sep 17
• Donald Pequignot Obituary (1949 - 2025) - Columbia City, IN - KPCNews Legacy obituary · Oct 15

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Big Lake Unique

• One of 7 places in the US named Big Lake — but the Indiana one has a character all its own.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in northeastern 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 5 miles.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Big Lake

• Camp Whitley reviews ★
• Kessler (Savoy & Agnes) Nature Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Wendell and Evelyn Dygert Nature Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★

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

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Big Lake

🏘️ Nearby Communities