List of parks in Chicago

This is a list of parks in Chicago. There are 614 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.

1886 map of parks in Chicago

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; the proposed location for the 2016 Summer Olympics Stadium

Full list of Chicago parks

Swings in Bauler Park, Chicago

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
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 Park
Cole Park
Coleman (Bessie) Park [98]	5445 S. Drexel Ave. Chicago, IL 60615
Columbus Park
Cooper Park
Oscar O. D'Angelo Park		also known as Wacker Gateway Park
Debow Park
Dickinson Park
Lorraine L. Dixon Park
Donovan Park
Douglass Park
Dunbar Park
Durkin Park
DuSable Park
Dvorak Park
Eckhart Park
Edgebrook Park
Edison Park
Ellis Park
Eugene Field Park
Fernwood Park
Forest Glen Park
Foster Park
Fuller Park
Gage Park
Garfield Park
Gladstone Park
Gompers Park
Goudy Square Park
Grand Park
Grant Park
Gross Park [99]
Hamilton Park
Lorraine Hansberry Park
Hanson Park
Ryan Harris Memorial Park
Harrison Park
Hiawatha Park [100]	8029 W. Forest Preserve Ave. Chicago, IL 60634
Vivian Gordon Hash Park
Hayes Park
Holstein Park
Houston Park
Horner (Henry) Park [101]	2741 W. Montrose Ave. Chicago, IL 60618
Hoyne Park
Humboldt Park
Independence Park
Indian Boundary Park
Mahalia Jackson Park
Jackson Park
Jane M. Byrne Plaza Park	180 E Pearson St, Chicago, IL 60611	It is adjacent to the Chicago Water Tower along Michigan Avenue.
Jefferson Park
Jonquil Park
Nancy Jefferson Park
Mary Jane Richardson Jones Park		named after activist Mary Jane Richardson Jones
Kelvyn Park
Kenmore Park
Kenwood Community Park		formerly Shoesmith Field
King Park and Family Entertainment Center
Kosciuszko Park
Kujawa (Chester Frank) Park [102]	4330 S. Kedvale Ave. Chicago, IL 60632
La Follette Park (Chicago)
Lincoln Park
La Villita Park
Legion Park
Leland Giants Park
Linden Park
Loyola Park
Maggie Daley Park
Millennium Park
Mandrake Park
Mann Park
Mariano Park
Marquette Park
Mason Park
Mayfair Park
McGuane Park
McKinley Park
Merrimac 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 [103]	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 [104]	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
William W. Powers State Recreation Area
Promontory Point
Pulaski Park
Pullman National Historical Park
Revere Park
Riis Park
River Esplanade Park
Robichaux Park
Robinson Park
Rogers Park
Rowan Park
Russell Square Park
Saint Louis Park
Sauganash Park
Scottsdale Park
Seward Park
Shabbona Park
Shedd Park
Sherman Park
Simons Park
Skinner Park
Smith Park
South Shore Nature Reserve
Spruce Park
Stanton-Schiller Park
Stars and Stripes Park
Strohacker Park
Robert Taylor Park
Mamie Till-Mobley Park
Taylor-Lauridsen (John, Emil) Park [105]	704 W. 42nd St. Chicago, IL 60609	The park was long known as Boyce Field. Renamed in September, 1976.
Trumbull Park
Union Park
Vittum Park
Wang (Chi Che) Park [106]	1719 W. Wolfram St. Chicago, IL 60657
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
West Pullman Park
Wrightwood Park