--- title: "Avalon Park, Chicago – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Avalon Park, Chicago, United States: Avalon Park is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States. Nearby: Mosque Maryam, Statue of…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/avalon-park" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/avalon-park.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Chicago_River_Morning_%2844455011711%29.jpg/1920px-Chicago_River_Morning_%2844455011711%29.jpg" --- Community area in Chicago, Illinois · United States # Avalon Park, Chicago Avalon Park is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States. ![Avalon Park, Chicago](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Chicago_River_Morning_%2844455011711%29.jpg/1920px-Chicago_River_Morning_%2844455011711%29.jpg) Avalon Park, Chicago · Roman Boed from The Netherlands (CC BY 2.0) The place Avalon Park is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States. It is located on the south side of the city. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avalon_Park%2C_Chicago), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Avalon Park, Chicago 10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name. 1. Mosque Maryam Mosque Maryam, also known as Muhammad Mosque #2 or Temple #2, is the headquarters of the Nation of Islam, located in Chicago, Illinois. It is at 7351 South Stony Island Avenue in the South Shore neighborhood. 1.2 km · mosque in Illinois, United States · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosque_Maryam) 2. Statue of the Republic The Statue of The Republic is a 24-foot-high gilded bronze sculpture in Jackson Park, Chicago, Illinois, by Daniel Chester French. It is based on a colossal original statue, which was a centerpiece of the Chicago World's Fair in 1893. 3.3 km · sculpture by Daniel Chester French · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_The_Republic) 3. Jackson Park Jackson Park is a 551.5-acre urban park on the shore of Lake Michigan on the South Side of Chicago. Straddling the Hyde Park, Woodlawn, and South Shore neighborhoods, the park was designed in 1871 by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux and remodeled in 1893 to serve as the site of the World's Columbian Exposition. 3.7 km · park in Chicago · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_Park_(Chicago%29) 4. Church of the Immaculate Conception The Church of the Immaculate Conception, referred to in Polish as Kościół Niepokalanego Poczęcia Najświętszej Maryi Panny, is a historic church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago located at 2944 East 88th Street in Chicago, Illinois. It is a prime example of the so-called 'Polish Cathedral style' of churches in both its opulence and grand scale. 3.1 km · Polish church in Chicago · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_the_Immaculate_Conception_(Chicago%29) 5. Oak Woods Cemetery Oak Woods Cemetery is a large lawn cemetery in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Located at 1035 E. 67th Street, it is in the Greater Grand Crossing area of Chicago's South Side. 2.6 km · cemetery in Chicago, Illinois, USA · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak_Woods_Cemetery) 6. Center for Research Libraries The Center for Research Libraries is a consortium of North American universities, colleges, and independent research libraries, based on a buy-in concept for membership of the consortia. The consortium acquires and preserves traditional and digital resources for research and teaching and makes them available to member institutions through interlibrary loan and electronic delivery. 3.9 km · international consortium of university, college, and independent research libraries · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_for_Research_Libraries) 7. Saint Michael the Archangel Catholic Church St. Michael is a church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago. 3 km · church in Illinois, USA · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Michael_the_Archangel_Catholic_Church_(Chicago%29) 8. Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago is a private graduate school and research institute focused on computer science and located in Chicago, Illinois, on the University of Chicago campus. It is supported by the earnings on an endowment of approximately $255 million as well as by the income from research awards received by its faculty. 3.9 km · private college focused on computer science · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Technological_Institute_at_Chicago) 9. Avalon Regal Theater The Avalon Regal Theater is a music hall located at 1641 East 79th Street, bordered by the Avalon Park and South Shore neighborhoods on the south side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. The theater opened in August 1927 and is a noted venue for African-American performers. 200 m · Music hall and theater in Chicago, Illinois, United States · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avalon_Regal_Theater) 10. National Shrine of Saint Jude The National Shrine of Saint Jude, in Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Chicago, Illinois, is a shrine to one of Jesus' 12 apostles and Roman Catholic saint Saint Jude. It is a place of pilgrimage for Catholics in the United States and other countries, and is part of a parish served by the Claretians, who continue to maintain the Shrine. 3.7 km · catholic shrine · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Shrine_of_Saint_Jude_(United_States%29) Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0. Go there ## Getting to Avalon Park, Chicago **Airports:** Chicago Midway (MDW), 15 km · Chicago O'Hare (ORD), 37 km · General Mitchell (MKE), 136 km\ **Stations:** 75th Street (Grand Crossing) station, 1.4 km · 63rd Street, 3.4 km · Bryn Mawr, 1.9 km · Stony Island, 1.8 km · 95th Street/Chicago State University, 3.6 km\ - Milwaukee → Avalon Park, Chicago 146 km · quickest by road, 2h 15m · $13–18 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/milwaukee-to-avalon-park-chicago) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Milwaukee&to=Avalon+Park%2C+Chicago) - Grand Rapids → Avalon Park, Chicago 208 km · quickest by road, 3h 20m · $21–29 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/grand-rapids-to-avalon-park-chicago) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Grand+Rapids&to=Avalon+Park%2C+Chicago) - Indianapolis → Avalon Park, Chicago 251 km · quickest by road, 3h 30m · $22–30 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/indianapolis-to-avalon-park-chicago) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Indianapolis&to=Avalon+Park%2C+Chicago) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Avalon%20Park%2C%20Chicago) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. Not yet researched ## No local-transport research exists yet for Avalon Park, Chicago Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Avalon Park, Chicago. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. What Wikivoyage says about moving around - Get in For those coming to the Near South from the Loop, specifically Navy Pier, the water taxi operated by Shoreline Sightseeing is an attractive option. From [Wikivoyage: Chicago/Near South](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Chicago%2FNear_South), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09. 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Around it ## Next door to Avalon Park, Chicago Avalon Park, Chicago is 12 km from [Chicago](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/chicago), the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture. - [Calumet Heights](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/calumet-heights) community area in Chicago, Illinois, United States 2.4 km - [Woodlawn](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/woodlawn) community area in the South Side of the City of Chicago, Illinois, USA 3.6 km - [South Shore](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/south-shore) community in Chicago 1.1 km - [Muhammad University of Islam](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/muhammad-university-of-islam) Nation of Islam-affiliated preschool to 12th Grade school in the South Shore area of Chicago, Illinois, United States 1.2 km - [Avalon Park](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/avalon-park) community area of Chicago, Illinois, United States of America 600 m - [Chatham](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/chatham) neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois, USA 2.6 km [The place page for Avalon Park, Chicago](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/avalon-park) [All the notes](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes) [Every note on United States](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes#c-US) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/avalon-park, for search crawlers and AI assistants. 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