Best Parks In Chicago Near Me

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Millennium Park offers a variety of free events and exhibits that are sure to please the entire family.


Four Chicago nonprofit organizations will present free public programming as part of Millennium Park’s robust summer season.


Learn more about the Park's stunning architecture, sculpture and landscape design.


Discover Millennium Park's transformation from an industrial corridor to a world-renowned urban park.


Help DCASE at MiIllennium Park, Chicago Cultural Center, Clarke-Ford House and more.


Learn about Millennium Park’s unique spaces available for corporate, social and other special events.


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Welcome Center, open 9am-5pm (open until the end of the performance on event nights)


Nearby parking garages are located at Grant Park North Garage (25 N Michigan Ave), Grant Park South Garage (325 S. Michigan Ave.) and Millennium Park Garage & Millennium Lakeside Garage (5 S. Columbus Dr.).


Pay in person at each garage location or pre-pay online. Visit millenniumgarages.com or call 312.616.0600 for 24/7 customer service.


From the elevated lines: exit at Washington/Wabash and walk east.


From the subway: exit at Lake (Red Line) or Washington (Blue Line) and walk east.

4worldlovers:
Northerly Island Park is a 119.7-acre park situated along the Lake Michigan shoreline on Chicago’s beautiful Museum Campus. Chicago's famous architect and planner Daniel H. Burnham imagined Northerly Island as one of the northernmost points in a series of manmade islands stretching between Grant and Jackson Parks and exists as the only island to be completed. The site of the Century of Progress World Fair in 1933, Northerly Island has since been transformed into an urban nature sanctuary, making it the ideal location to investigate the intersection of Chicago’s natural and built environments.


This lakefront Natural Area features prairie and savanna, a 5-acre pond, and strolling paths that offer great views for observing birds and other native wildlife. The path runs along the western side of the peninsula, terminating at the southern end. There are over 150 different varieties of native plants and an emerging savanna with 20,000 trees and shrubs, all of which provide an ecosystem for migratory and local birds.


Northerly Island offers year-round outdoor and environmental programs that are a catalyst for bringing communities together to develop an awareness, appreciation and knowledge of our natural environment. Programs include youth nature programs, guided nature field trips & tours, camping, fishing, paddling and annual seasonal festivals that highlight nature in the city, such as the popular Polar Adventure Days.


Today, Daniel Burnham’s vision is now a reality. With wild prairie grasses taking root, strolling paths, superb fishing spots and rolling hills that frame a spectacular view of the City skyline, we invite you to come out and enjoy the emerging world of Northerly Island.


The Northerly Island’s Visitor Center is open weekdays from 10:00 am - 4:00 pm.


Chicago's famous architect and planner Daniel H. Burnham imagined Northerly Island as one of the northernmost points in a series of manmade islands stretching between Grant and Jackson Parks. Burnham's lakefront vision, with lagoons, harbors, beaches, playfields, and a scenic drive, was published in his renowned 1909 Plan of Chicago. Disputes over property rights and funding constraints hindered development, and his plans for Northerly Island and Burnham Park were never fully realized. During the 1930s, because of its location, the park was referred to as Northerly Island and that name has continued to the present.