List of parks in Chicago
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This is a list of parks in Chicago. There are over 600 parks in the city, covering 8.2% of its total land acreage.[1][2] Most of Chicago's city parks are administered by the Chicago Park District.
Notable city parks
| Name | Image | Location | Size | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burnham Park | 598 acres (242 ha) | Runs along the Lakefront for much of the South Side, connecting Jackson Park with Grant Park | ||
| Calumet Park | 200 acres (81 ha) | Shares a border with the State of Indiana; located on the lake | ||
| Columbus Park | 144 acres (58 ha) | Considered one of the 150 Great Places in Illinois | ||
| Douglass Park | 173 acres (70 ha) | Named after Anna and Frederick Douglass; southwest of downtown | ||
| Garfield Park | 185 acres (75 ha) | This west side park contains a grand conservatory and lagoon | ||
| Grant Park | 319 acres (129 ha) | Located downtown in the Loop; home to Buckingham Fountain; a favorite site of major festivals including the Taste of Chicago, Chicago Blues Festival, Chicago Jazz Festival, and Lollapolooza | ||
| Humboldt Park | 207 acres (84 ha) | A cultural center of Chicago's Puerto Rican community; the site of a famous rally by pianist and statesman Ignace Paderewski that led to Poland regaining its independence after the First World War | ||
| Jackson Park |  |
Hyde Park, Woodlawn, South Shore | 551 acres (223 ha) | Located on the shore of Lake Michigan, famous for its role in the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition |
| Lincoln Park |  |
Lincoln Park | 1,188 acres (481 ha) | Chicago's largest city park. Located north of the Loop, this is one of the more distinctive parks in terms of geography, because while it is centrally located in the Lincoln Park community area, it spans many different neighborhoods on the north side. |
| Marquette Park |  |
Chicago Lawn | 315 acres (127 ha) | The largest park in southwest Chicago; has a golf course and many other attractions |
| Millennium Park |  |
Chicago Loop | 24.5 acres (9.9 ha) | Chicago's newest marquee park, opened in 2004, just north of the Art Institute of Chicago in Grant Park, operated by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs |
| Washington Park |  |
Washington Park | 346 acres (140 ha) | Located on the south side; contains the DuSable Museum of African American History and the Lorado Taft sculpture Fountain of Time |
Full list of Chicago parks
| Name (namesake) | Address | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott (Robert) Park[3] | 49 E 95th St, Chicago, IL 60619 | |
| Ada (Sawyer Garrett) Park[4] | 11250 S Ada St, Chicago, IL 60643 | |
| Adams (John C.) Park[5] | 7535 S. Dobson Ave. Chicago, IL 60619 | |
| George & Adele Adams Park[6] | 1919 N. Seminary Ave. Chicago, IL 60614 | |
| Addams (Jane) Memorial Park[7] | 550 E. Grand Ave. Chicago, IL 60611 | |
| Addams (Jane) Park[8] | 1434 S. Loomis Chicago, IL 60608 | |
| Aiello (John) Park[9] | 2133 N. McVicker Ave. Chicago, IL 60602 | |
| Algonquin Park[10] | 2941 N. Washtenaw Ave. Chicago, IL 60618 | |
| Almond Park[11] | 2234 W. 115th St. Chicago, IL 60643 | |
| Altgeld (John) Park[12] | 515 S. Washtenaw Ave. Chicago, IL 60612 | |
| Amundsen (Roald) Park[13] | 6200 W. Bloomingdale Ave. Chicago, IL 60639 | |
| Anderson (Fred) Park[14] | 1611 S. Wabash Ave. Chicago, IL 60616 | |
| Anderson (Louis) Park[15] | 3748 South Prairie Avenue Chicago, IL 60653 | |
| Andersonville Park[16] | 5233 N. Ashland Ave. Chicago, IL 60640 | |
| Arcade Park[17] | 11132 S. St. Lawrence Ave. Chicago, IL 60628 | |
| Archer (William Beatty) Park[18] | 4901 S. Kilbourn Ave. Chicago, IL 60632 | |
| Armour (Philip) Square Park[19] | 3309 S. Shields Ave. Chicago, IL 60616 | |
| Armstrong (Lillian Hardin) Park[20] | 4433 S. St. Lawrence Ave. Chicago, IL 60653 | |
| Arrigo (Victor) Park[21] | 801 S. Loomis St. Chicago, IL 60607 | |
| Ashe (Arthur) Beach Park[22] | 2701 E. 74th St. Chicago, IL 60649 | |
| Ashmore Park[23] | 4807 W. Gunnison St. Chicago, IL 60630 | |
| Aspen Park[24] | 4237 S. Wabash Ave. Chicago, IL 60653 | |
| Aster Park[25] | 4639 N. Kenmore Ave. Chicago, IL 60640 | |
| Athletic Field Park[26] | 3546 W. Addison St. Chicago, IL 60618 | |
| Auburn Park[27] | 406 W. Winneconna Pkwy. Chicago, IL 60620 | |
| Augusta (Carpenter) Park[28] | 4433 W. Augusta Blvd. Chicago, IL 60651 | |
| Austin Foster Park[29] | 6020 W. Foster Ave. Chicago, IL 60630 | |
| Austin (Henry) Park[30] | 5951 W. Lake St. Chicago, IL 60644 | |
| Austin Town Hall Park[31] | 5610 W. Lake St. Chicago, IL 60644 | |
| Avalon Park[32] | 1215 E. 83rd St. Chicago, IL 60619 | |
| Avondale Park[33] | 3516 W. School St. Chicago, IL 60618 | |
| Back of the Yards Park[34] | 4922 S. Throop St. Chicago, IL 60609 | |
| Baraga (Frederick) Park[35] | 2434 S. Leavitt St. Chicago, IL 60608 | |
| Barberry Park[36] | 2825 W. Arthington St. Chicago, IL 60612 | |
| Barnard (Amy L.) Park[37] | 10431 S. Longwood Dr. Chicago, IL 60643 | |
| Barrett (Charles) Park[38] | 2022 W. Cermak Rd. Chicago, IL 60608 | |
| Bartelme (Mary) Park[39] | 115 S. Sangamon St. Chicago, IL 60607 | |
| Battle of Fort Dearborn Park[40] | 1801 S. Calumet Ave. Chicago, IL 60616 | |
| Bauler (Mathias) Park[41] | 501 W. Wisconsin St. Chicago, IL 60614 | |
| Beehive Park[42] | 6156 S. Dearborn Ave. Chicago, IL 60637 | |
| Beilfuss (Albert W.) Park[43] | 1725 N. Springfield Ave. Chicago, IL 60647 | |
| Bell (George, Jr.) Park[44] | 3020 N. Oak Park Ave. Chicago, IL 60634 | |
| Beniac (John "Beans") Greenway Park[45] | 3925 E. 104th St. Chicago, IL 60617 | |
| Bennett Park[46] | 456 E Illinois St, Chicago, IL 60611 | |
| Berger (Albert) Park[47] | 6205 N. Sheridan Rd. Chicago, IL 60660 | |
| Bessemer (Henry) Park[48] | 8930 S. Muskegon Ave. Chicago, IL 60617 | |
| Beverly Park[49] | 2460 W. 102nd St. Chicago, IL 60655 | |
| Bickerdike (George) Square Park[50] | 1461 W. Ohio St. Chicago, IL 60642 | |
| Big Marsh Park[51][52] | 11559 S. Stony Island Ave. Chicago, IL 60617 | |
| Birch Park[53] | 425 E. 45th St. Chicago, IL 60653 | |
| Bixler (Ray) Park[54] | 5641 S. Kenwood Ave. Chicago, IL 60637 | |
| Blackhawk Park[55] | 2318 N. Lavergne Ave. Chicago, IL 60639 | |
| Blackwelder (Gertrude) Park[56] | 11500 S. Homewood Ave. Chicago, IL 60643 | |
| Block (Eugene H.) Park[57] | 346 W. 104th St. Chicago, IL 60628 | |
| Bloomingdale Trail Park[58] | 1600-3750 W. Bloomingdale Ave. Chicago, IL 60647 | Previously Park No. 572 It is the longest greenway project of a former elevated rail line in the Western Hemisphere, and the second longest in the world. |
| Bogan (William) Park[59] | 3939 W. 79th St. Chicago, IL 60652 | |
| Bohn (Henry) Park[60] | 1966 W. 111th St. Chicago, IL 60643 | |
| Boler (Leo Roscoe, Sr.) Park[61] | 3601 W. Arthington St. Chicago, IL 60624 | |
| Bosley (William) Park[62] | 3044 S. Bonfield St. Chicago, IL 60608 | |
| Boswell (Arnita Young) Park[63] | 6644 S. University Ave. Chicago, IL 60637 | |
| Bradley (Josephine) Park[64] | 9729 S.Yates Ave. Chicago, IL 60617 | |
| Brainerd Park[65] | 1246 W. 92nd St. Chicago, IL 60620 | |
| Brands Park[66] | 3285 N. Elston Ave. Chicago, IL 60618 | |
| Brighton Park[67] | 3501 S. Richmond St. Chicago, IL 60632 | |
| Broadway Armory Park[68] | 5917 N. Broadway Chicago, IL 60660 | |
| Bromann (Charles) Park[69] | 5400 N. Broadway Chicago, IL 60640 | |
| Broncho Billy Park[70] | 4437 N. Magnolia Ave. Chicago, IL 60640 | |
| Brooks (Gwendolyn) Park[71] | 4542 S. Greenwood Ave. Chicago, IL 60653 | |
| Brooks (Oscar) Park[72] | 7100 N. Harlem Ave. Chicago, IL 60631 | |
| Brown (Sidney) Memorial Park[73] | 634 E. 86th St. Chicago, IL 60619 | |
| Brynford Park[74] | 5636 N. Pulaski Rd. Chicago, IL 60646 | |
| Buena Circle Park[75] | 1049 W. Buena Ave. Chicago, IL 60613 | |
| Buffalo Park[76] | 4501 N. California Ave. Chicago, IL 60625 | |
| Burnham (Daniel) Park[77] | 1200-5700 S. Jean-Baptiste Pointe DuSable Lake Shore Drive Chicago, IL 60615 | |
| Burnside (Ambrose) Park[78] | 9400 S. Greenwood Ave. Chicago, IL 60619 | |
| Buttercup Park[79] | 4901 N. Sheridan Rd. Chicago, IL 60640 | |
| Butternut Park[80] | 5324 S. Woodlawn Ave. Chicago, IL 60615 | |
| Byrnes (Marian R.) Park[81] | 2200 E. 103rd St. Chicago, IL 60617 | |
| Byrne (Jane M.) Plaza Park | 180 E. Pearson St, Chicago, IL 60611 | It is adjacent to the Chicago Water Tower along Michigan Avenue. |
| California Park[82] | 3843 N. California Ave. Chicago, IL 60618 | |
| Calumet Park[83] | 9801 S. Avenue G Chicago, IL 60617 | 200 acres (81 ha) |
| Canal Origins Park[84] | 2701 S. Ashland Ave. Chicago, IL 60608 | |
| Canalport Riverwalk Park[85] | 2900 S. Ashland Ave. Chicago, IL 60608 | |
| Carmen Park[86] | 1224 W. Carmen Ave. Chicago, IL 60640 | |
| Carpenter (Philo) Park[87] | 6153 S. Carpenter St. Chicago, IL 60621 | |
| Carver (George Washington) Park[88] | 939 E. 132nd St. Chicago, IL 60827 | |
| Cedar Park[89] | 5311 N. Winthrop Ave. Chicago, IL 60640 | |
| Centennial Park[90] | 6068 N. Northwest Highway Chicago, IL 60631 | |
| Central Park[91] | 721 N. Central Park Ave. Chicago, IL 60624 | |
| Challenger Park[92] | 1100 W. Irving Park Rd. Chicago, IL 60613 | |
| Chamberlain Triangle Park[93] | 4227 S. Greenwood Ave. Chicago, IL 60653 | |
| Chase (Salmon) Park[94] | 4701 N. Ashland Ave. Chicago, IL 60640 | |
| Chestnut Park[95] | 7001 S. Dante Ave. Chicago, IL 60611 | |
| Chicago Women's Park and Gardens[96] | 1801 S. Indiana Ave. Chicago, IL 60616 | |
| Chippewa Park[97] | 6748 N. Sacramento Ave. Chicago, IL 60645 | |
| Chopin (Frederic) Park[98] | 3420 N. Long Ave. Chicago, IL 60641 | |
| Christiana Park[99] | 1533 S. Christiana Ave. Chicago, IL 60623 | |
| Churchill Field Park[100] | 1825 N. Damen Ave. Chicago, IL 60614 | |
| Claremont Park[101] | 2334 W. Flournoy St. Chicago, IL 60612 | |
| Clarendon Community Center Park[102] | 4501 N. Clarendon Ave. Chicago, IL 60640 | |
| Clark (John) Park[103] | 4615 W. Jackson Blvd. Chicago, IL 60644 | |
| Clark (Richard) Park[104] | 3400 N. Rockwell St. Chicago, IL 60618 | |
| Clover Park[105] | 2210 N. Southport Ave. Chicago, IL 60614 | |
| Clybourn (Archibald) Park[106] | 1755 N. Clybourn Ave. Chicago, IL 60614 | |
| Cochran (John) Park[107] | 5550 N. Magnolia Ave. Chicago, IL 60640 | |
| Cole (Nat King) Park[108] | 361 E. 85th St. Chicago, IL 60619 | |
| Coleman (Bessie) Park[109] | 5445 S. Drexel Ave. Chicago, IL 60615 | |
| Coliseum Park[110] | 1466 S. Wabash Ave. Chicago, IL 60605 | |
| Columbus (Christopher) Park[111] | 500 S. Central Ave. Chicago, IL 60644 | |
| Commercial Club Playground of Chicago[112] | 1845 W. Rice St. Chicago, IL 60622 | |
| Connors (William) Park[113] | 861 N. Wabash Ave. Chicago, IL 60611 | |
| Cooper (Jack) Park[114] | 11712 S. Ada Street Chicago, IL 60643 | |
| Oscar O. D'Angelo Park | also known as Wacker Gateway Park | |
| Debow Park | ||
| Dickinson Park | ||
| Lorraine L. Dixon Park | ||
| Donahue (Margaret) Park | 1230 W. School St. Chicago, IL 60657 | 0.54 acres (0.22 ha) |
| Donovan Park | ||
| Douglass Park | ||
| Dubkin (Leonard) Park | 7442 N. Ashland Ave. Chicago, IL 60626 | |
| Dunbar Park | ||
| Durkin Park | ||
| DuSable Park | ||
| Dvorak Park | ||
| Eckhart Park | ||
| Edgebrook Park | ||
| Edison Park | ||
| Ellis Park | ||
| Eugene Field Park | ||
| Fargo (James) Beach Park | 1300 W. Fargo Ave. Chicago, IL 60626 | |
| Fellger Park | 2000 W. Belmont Ave. Chicago, IL 60618 | |
| Fernwood Park | ||
| Forest Glen Park | ||
| Foster Park | ||
| Fuller Park | ||
| Gage Park | ||
| Garfield Park | ||
| Gladstone Park | ||
| Gompers Park | ||
| Gooseberry Park | 4648 N. Malden Ave. Chicago, IL 60640 | |
| Goudy Square Park | ||
| Grand Park | ||
| Grant Park | ||
| Green Briar Park | 2650 W. Peterson Ave. Chicago, IL 60659 | |
| Gross Park[115] | ||
| Hamilton Park | ||
| Hamlin Park | 3035 N. Hoyne Ave. Chicago, IL 60618 | |
| Howard (Ure) Beach Park | 7519 N. Eastlake Terrace Chicago, IL 60626 | |
| Jonquil Park | 1001 W. Wrightwood Ave. Chicago, IL 60614 | |
| Juniper Park | ||
| Lorraine Hansberry Park | ||
| Hanson Park | ||
| Ryan Harris Memorial Park | ||
| Harrison Park | ||
| Hiawatha Park[116] | 8029 W. Forest Preserve Ave. Chicago, IL 60634 | |
| Vivian Gordon Hash Park | ||
| Hayes Park | ||
| Hollywood Park | 3312 W. Thorndale Ave. Chicago, IL 60659 | |
| Holstein Park | ||
| Houston Park | ||
| Horner (Henry) Park[117] | 2741 W. Montrose Ave. Chicago, IL 60618 | |
| Hoyne Park | ||
| Humboldt Park | ||
| Independence Park | ||
| Indian Boundary Park | 2500 W. Lunt Ave. Chicago, IL 60645 | |
| Jackson (Mahalia) Park | 8385 S. Birkhoff Ave Chicago, IL 60620 | |
| Jackson (Andrew) Park | 6401 S. Stony Island Ave. Chicago, IL 60637 | |
| Jefferson (Nancy) Park | 3101 W. Fulton St. Chicago, IL 60612 | |
| Jefferson (Thomas) Memorial Park | 4822 N. Long Ave. Chicago, IL 60630 | |
| Jones (Mary Richardson) Park | 1240 S. Plymouth Ct. Chicago, IL 60616 | named after activist Mary Jane Richardson Jones |
| Jonquil Park | 1001 W. Wrightwood Ave. Chicago, IL 60614 | |
| Juneway Beach Park | 7751 N. Eastlake Terrace Chicago, IL 60626 | |
| Kelvyn Park | ||
| Kenmore Park | 3141 N. Kenmore Ave. Chicago, IL 60657 | |
| Kennedy Park Playground | features four baseball diamonds, a swimming pool, playground, roller rink, and spray pool[118] | |
| Kenwood Community Park | formerly Shoesmith Field | |
| King Park and Family Entertainment Center | ||
| Kosciuszko Park | ||
| Kujawa (Chester Frank) Park[119] | 4330 S. Kedvale Ave. Chicago, IL 60632 | |
| La Follette Park (Chicago) | ||
| Lincoln Park | ||
| La Villita Park | ||
| Lake Shore Park | 808 N. Lake Shore Drive Chicago, IL 60611 | |
| Legion Park | ||
| Leland Giants Park | ||
| Leone (Sam) Beach Park | 1222 W. Touhy Ave. Chicago, IL 60626 | |
| Lerner (Leo) Park | 7000 N. Sacramento Ave. Chicago, IL 60645 | |
| Linden Park | ||
| Loyola Park | 1230 W. Greenleaf Ave. Chicago, IL 60626 | |
| Maggie Daley Park | ||
| Mahony Griffin (Marion) Park | 1230 W. Jarvis Ave. Chicago, IL 60626 | |
| Mather (Steven Tyng) Park | 5941 N. Richmond St. Chicago, IL 60659 | |
| Margaret Hie Ding Lin Park[120] | 1735 S. State St. Chicago IL | |
| Millennium Park | ||
| Mandrake Park | ||
| Mann Park | ||
| Mariano Park | ||
| Marquette Park | ||
| Mason Park | ||
| Mayfair Park | ||
| McGuane Park | ||
| McKinley Park | ||
| Merrimac Park | ||
| Merryman Park | ||
| Metcalfe Park | ||
| Midway Plaisance | ||
| Monument Park | ||
| Mount Greenwood Park | ||
| Mozart Park | ||
| Donald Jordan Nash Community Center | ||
| Nichols Park | ||
| Normal Park | ||
| Normandy Park | ||
| Northerly Island Park | ||
| Oakdale Park | ||
| Norwood Park | ||
| Ogden Park | (former) | |
| Ogden Plaza Park | ||
| Olson Park and Waterfall | (demolished) | |
| Jesse Owens Park | ||
| Oz Park | ||
| Park No. 474 | ||
| Park No. 512[121] | 1800 N. Ashland Chicago, IL 60622 | Park is connected to both the Bloomingdale Trail Park and Walsh Park that are located just south. |
| Park No. 559 | ||
| Park No. 579 - Ridgeway Trailhead[122] | 1801 N. Ridgeway Ave. Chicago, IL 60647 | Park contains the Exelon Observatory and connects to the Bloomingdale Trail Park just east. |
| Palmer Park | ||
| Lucy Ella Gonzales Parsons Park | ||
| Peoples Park | ||
| Peterson Park | ||
| Ping Tom Memorial Park | ||
| Piotrowski Park | ||
| Portage Park | ||
| Pottawattomie Park | 7340 N. Rogers Ave. Chicago, IL 60626 | |
| William W. Powers State Recreation Area | ||
| Promontory Point | ||
| Pulaski Park | ||
| Pullman National Historical Park | ||
| Ravenswood Manor Park | 4626 N. Manor Ave. Chicago, IL 60625 | |
| Revere Park | 2509 W. Irving Park Rd. Chicago, IL 60618 | |
| Riis Park | ||
| River Park | 5100 N. Francisco Ave. Chicago, IL 60611 | |
| River Esplanade Park | ||
| Robichaux Park | ||
| Robinson Park | ||
| Rogers (Phillip) Park | 7345 N. Washtenaw Ave. Chicago, IL 60645 | |
| Rogers (Phillip) Beach Park | 7705 N. Eastlake Terrace Chicago, IL 60626 | |
| Rowan Park | ||
| Russell Square Park | ||
| Saint Louis Park | ||
| Sauganash Park | ||
| Scottsdale Park | ||
| Seward Park | ||
| Shabbona Park | ||
| Shedd Park | ||
| Sheil Park | 3505 N. Southport Ave. Chicago, IL 60657 | |
| Sherman Park | ||
| Simons Park | ||
| Skinner Park | ||
| Smith Park | ||
| South Shore Nature Reserve | ||
| Spruce Park | ||
| Stone (Bernard) Park | 3150 W. Peterson Ave. Chicago, IL 60659 | |
| Stanton-Schiller Park | ||
| Stars and Stripes Park | ||
| Strohacker (Howard) Park | 4347 W. 54th St. Chicago, IL 60632 | |
| Supera Playlot | 2522 N. Racine Ave. Chicago, IL 60614 | |
| Robert Taylor Park | ||
| Mamie Till-Mobley Park | ||
| Taylor-Lauridsen (John, Emil) Park[123] | 704 W. 42nd St. Chicago, IL 60609 | The park was long known as Boyce Field. Renamed in September, 1976. |
| Touhy (Patrick) Park | 7348 N. Paulina St. Chicago, IL 60626 | |
| Triangle Park | 1750 W. Juneway Terrace Chicago, IL 60626 | |
| Trumbull Park | ||
| Union Park | ||
| Vittum Park | ||
| Wang (Chi Che) Park[124] | 1719 W. Wolfram St. Chicago, IL 60657 | |
| Warren (Laurence) Park | 6601 N. Western Ave. Chicago, IL 60645 | 90 acres (36 ha) |
| Washington Park | ||
| Washington Square Park | ||
| Dinah Washington Park | ||
| Harold Washington Park | ||
| Welles Park | ||
| White (Edward H.) Park | 1120 W. 122nd St. Chicago, IL 60643 | |
| White (Jesse) Park | 410 W. Chicago Ave. Chicago, IL 60654 | |
| White (Willye B.) Park | 1610 W. Howard St. Chicago, IL 60626 | |
| Wicker Park | ||
| Wiggly Field Noethling Park | ||
| Wildwood Park | ||
| Williams Park | ||
| Wilson Park | ||
| Winnemac Park | ||
| West Pullman Park | ||
| Wrightwood Park | 2534 N. Greenview Ave. Chicago, IL 60614 | |