Simons Park, Chicago

#449 among attractions in Chicago

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Facts and practical information

Simons Park is a municipal park located at 1640 N. Drake Avenue in the Humboldt Park community of West Side, Chicago, Illinois. ()

Created: 1920Elevation: 600 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 41°54'41"N, 87°42'55"W

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1640 N Drake AveWest Side (Humboldt Park)Chicago United States

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Simons Park – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Humboldt Park, Statue of Leif Erikson, Statue of Alexander von Humboldt, National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture.

0.8 miSE
Park
Humboldt Park, Chicago
21 min walk • Humboldt Park, a verdant oasis nestled in the vibrant city of Chicago, is a sprawling 207-acre park that serves as a community hub and an urban retreat for both locals and visitors alike. Established in the 1860s and designed by Jens Jensen, a renowned landscape...
0.8 miSE
Monuments and statues
Statue of Leif Erikson, Chicago
20 min walk • The Leif Erikson statue is a monumental statue honoring Leif Erikson in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Located in the city's Humboldt Park, the statue was designed by Sigvald Asbjørnsen and erected in 1901.
0.8 miSE
Monuments and statues
Statue of Alexander von Humboldt, Chicago
22 min walk • The Alexander von Humboldt statue is a monumental statue in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Located in Humboldt Park, a major urban park in the Humboldt Park neighborhood, the statue depicts Alexander von Humboldt, a Prussian polymath and the park's namesake. The statue was dedicated in 1892.
0.9 miSE
Museum, Art museum, History museum
National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture, Chicago
23 min walk • The National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture is a museum in Chicago dedicated to interpreting the arts and culture of the Puerto Rican people and of the Puerto Ricans in Chicago. Founded in 2001, it is housed in the historic landmark Humboldt Park stables and receptory, near the Paseo Boricua.
1.3 miNE
Theater, Concerts and shows, Performing arts
Congress Theater, Chicago
35 min walk • The Congress Theater is a historic movie palace in the Logan Square neighborhood of Chicago. Fridstein and Company designed it in 1926 for the movie theater operator Lubliner and Trinz.
0.7 miE
Park
Bloomingdale Trail, Chicago
19 min walk • The Bloomingdale Trail is a 2.7-mile elevated rail trail running east–west on the northwest side of Chicago. It is the longest greenway project of a former rail line in the United States, and the second longest in the world, after the Promenade plantee rail trail in Paris.
1.3 miN
Church
Minnekirken, Chicago
32 min walk • Norwegian Lutheran Memorial Church, also known as Minnekirken, is a Lutheran church in Chicago, Illinois. It is one of two American churches still using Norwegian as a primary liturgical language, the other being Mindekirken in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
1.4 miNE
Music and shows, Nightlife, Music venue
Fireside Bowl, Chicago
37 min walk • Fireside Bowl is a bowling alley and music venue established in the 1940s, located at 2648 W Fullerton Ave in Chicago, Illinois.
1.1 miSE
Street
Paseo Boricua, Chicago
29 min walk • Paseo Boricua is a section of Division Street in the Humboldt Park community of the West Side of Chicago, Illinois.
1.3 miSE
Library
Read/Write Library, Chicago
34 min walk • The Read/Write Library is "a repository of pamphlets, zines, community plans, oral histories, neighborhood newspapers, literary magazines from CPS schools and state prisons, parish-church and settlement-house cookbooks, self-published poetry and novels, and other ephemera that...
1.1 miNW
41°55'14"N • 87°43'59"W
The Walt Disney Birthplace, Chicago
29 min walk • Museum

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to Simons Park?

Nearby attractions include Bloomingdale Trail, Chicago (19 min walk), Statue of Leif Erikson, Chicago (20 min walk), Humboldt Park, Chicago (21 min walk), Statue of Alexander von Humboldt, Chicago (22 min walk).

How to get to Simons Park by public transport?

The nearest stations to Simons Park:

Bus

North Ave & Drake • Lines: 72 (3 min walk)

Train

Healy (29 min walk)

Metro

California • Lines: Blue (31 min walk)