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Welcome to Roble Woods ...

Roble Woods is located in Porter County<1>.

Roble Woods is 820 feet [250 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Roble Woods lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Roble Woods (for example, toward Walkerton), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Code for Roble Woods: 219

Communities near Roble Woods ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Roble Woods.

  • Gary
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gary
    • Gary is located in Lake County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 74,693 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gary <3>
  • Portage
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Merrillville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Valparaiso
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Michigan City
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Crown Point
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Hobart
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • La Porte
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Griffith
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Chesterton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Roble Woods. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Roble Woods.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Roble Woods. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Roble Woods.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Roble Woods. See our Newspapers Page for Roble Woods.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Roble Woods ...

Looking for more information about Roble Woods? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Roble Woods, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Roble Woods.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Porter, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Roble Woods - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.