| Official Name: | Shorewood Forest, Indiana |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
| Subdivision Type2: | Counties |
| Subdivision Name2: | Porter |
| Subdivision Type3: | Township |
| Subdivision Name3: | Union |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Total Km2: | 5.79 |
| Area Land Km2: | 4.92 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.88 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 2.24 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 1.90 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.34 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 3033 |
| Population Density Km2: | 616.76 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 1597.16 |
| Timezone: | Central (CST) |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Elevation Ft: | 771 |
| Coordinates: | 41.4597°N -87.1497°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 46385 |
| Area Code: | 219 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 18-69642[2] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 2631622 |
Shorewood Forest is a census-designated place (CDP) in Union Township, Porter County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The community centers on Lake Louise, an artificial water body. The population of the CDP was 2,708 at the 2010 census.[3]
Shorewood Forest is located 6miles west of Valparaiso, the county seat. U.S. Route 30, the Lincoln Highway, forms the northern boundary of the CDP.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 5.8km2, of which 4.9sqkm is land and 0.9sqkm, or 15.13%, is water,[3] consisting of the impoundment known as Lake Louise. The lake is located on a tributary of Salt Creek, which is part of the Little Calumet River watershed.