List of Chicago parks

1886 map of parks in Chicago

This is a list of parks in Chicago. There are 570 parks in the city, covering 8.2% of its total land acreage.^[1]

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Notable parks

• 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
• Douglas Park - 173 acres (70 ha); named for Stephen Douglas; 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 - 500 acres (200 ha); located on the south side of the city on Lake Michigan, famous for its role in the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition
• Lincoln Park - 1,200 acres (490 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 - 300 acres (120 ha); the largest park in southwest Chicago; has a golf course and many other attractions
• Millennium Park - 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
• Washington Park - 372 acres (151 ha); located on the south side; the proposed location for the 2016 Summer Olympics Stadium

Other parks

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• Abbott Park
• Ada Park
• Adams Park
• Jane Addams Park
• Almond Park
• Altgeld Park
• Amundsen Park
• Anderson Park
• Arcade Park
• Archer Park
• Armour Square Park
• Armstrong Park
• Arrigo Park
• Ashe Beach Park
• Auburn Park
• Augusta Park
• Austin Park
• Avalon Park
• Avondale Park
• Bauler Park
• Bessemer Park
• Bell Park
• Berger Park
• Blackhawk Park
• Boler Park
• Arnita Young Boswell Park
• Boyce Park
• Bosley Park
• Arnita Young Boswell Park
• Bradley Park
• Brown Memorial Park
• Gwendolyn Brooks Park
• Calumet Park - 200 acres (81 ha)
• Carver Park
• Chopin Park
• Cole Park
• Bessie Coleman Park
• Cooper Park
• Oscar O. D'Angelo Park - also known as "Wacker Gateway Park"; located above the underground Wacker Drive/I-290 access ramps
• Debow Park
• Lorraine L. Dixon Park
• Donovan Park
• Dunbar Park
• DuSable Park
• Dvorak Park
• Eckhart Park
• Ellis Park
• Eugene Field Park
• Fernwood Park
• Foster Park
• Fuller Park
• Gage Park
• Gompers Park
• Goudy Square Park
• Hamilton Park
• Lorraine Hansberry Park
• Ryan Harris Memorial Park
• Harrison Park
• Vivian Gordon Hash Park
• Hayes Park
• Holstein Park
• Houston Park
• Horner Park
• Hoyne Park
• Independence Park
• Indian Boundary Park
• Mahalia Jackson Park
• Jefferson Park
• Nancy Jefferson Park
• Mary Jane Richardson Jones Park
• Kelvyn Park
• Kenwood Community Park - formerly Shoesmith Field
• King Park and Family Entertainment Center
• Kosciuszko Park
• Legion Park - runs between Peterson Avenue and Foster Avenue
• Leland Giants Park
• Loyola Park
• Mandrake Park
• Mason Park
• McGuane Park
• McKinley Park - 69 acres (28 ha)
• Metcalfe Park
• Midway Plaisance - connects Washington Park to Jackson Park; notable for giving its name to carnival midways
• Mount Greenwood Park
• Mozart Park
• Donald Jordan Nash Community Center
• Nichols Park
• Northerly Island Park
• Oakdale Park
• Ogden Park
• Olson Park and Waterfall - a now-demolished, privately run park that had been open to the public in the Avondale Community area. Located on the northwest corner of Diversey and Pulaski, the complex was built by Walter E. Olson, the owner of the Olson Rug Company next to his factory and headquarters.
• Jesse Owens Park
• Oz Park
• Park No. 559
• Palmer Park
• Lucy Ella Gonzales Parsons Park
• Peoples Park
• Ping Tom Memorial Park - a 12-acre (4.9 ha) park near Chinatown, unique because of its many Chinese accents, including a riverfront pavilion and bamboo gardens. The park is a popular destination, especially over the summer when the Chinatown Chamber of Commerce organizes a dragon boat race.
• Piotrowski Park
• Portage Park - the site of the swimming portion of the 1959 Pan American Games and where gold medalist Mark Spitz set new world's records during the 1972 U.S. Olympic swimming trials
• Promontory Point
• Pulaski Park
• Revere Park
• Riis Park
• River Park - borders Foster Avenue on the north and Francisco Avenue on the west
• Robichaux Park
• Robinson Park
• Rogers Park
• Rowan Park
• Russell Square Park
• Saint Louis Park
• Shedd Park
• Sherman Park
• Skinner Park
• Smith Park
• South Shore Nature Reserve
• Stanton-Schiller Park
• Strohacker Park
• Robert Taylor Park
• Mamie Till-Mobley Park
• Union Park
• Vittum Park
• Warren Park - 90 acres (36 ha)
• Washington Park
• Washington Square Park
• Dinah Washington Park
• Harold Washington Park
• Welles Park
• Wicker Park
• Wiggly Field Noethling Park
• Wildwood Park
• Williams Park
• Wilson Park
• Winnemac Park

References

1. "City Park Facts: Total Parkland as Percent of City Land Area, FY 2008". The Trust for Public Land, Center for City Park Excellence. November 2009. Retrieved 2010-01-31.