--- title: "Calumet Heights, Chicago – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Calumet Heights, Chicago, United States: Calumet Heights is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States. Nearby: Chicago State…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/calumet-heights" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/calumet-heights.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 # Calumet Heights, Chicago Calumet Heights is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States. ![Calumet Heights, Chicago](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Chicago_River_Morning_%2844455011711%29.jpg/1920px-Chicago_River_Morning_%2844455011711%29.jpg) Calumet Heights, Chicago · Roman Boed from The Netherlands (CC BY 2.0) The place Calumet Heights 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/Calumet_Heights%2C_Chicago), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Calumet Heights, 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. Chicago State University Chicago State University is a public university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Founded in 1867 by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, it was established as the first teacher training school in Cook County. 2.8 km · university · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_State_University) 2. 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. 3.6 km · mosque in Illinois, United States · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosque_Maryam) 3. 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. 2.5 km · Polish church in Chicago · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_the_Immaculate_Conception_(Chicago%29) 4. 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. 2.6 km · Music hall and theater in Chicago, Illinois, United States · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avalon_Regal_Theater) 5. Saint Michael the Archangel Catholic Church St. Michael is a church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago. 3.3 km · church in Illinois, USA · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Michael_the_Archangel_Catholic_Church_(Chicago%29) 6. 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. 2.8 km · catholic shrine · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Shrine_of_Saint_Jude_(United_States%29) 7. Dinah Washington Park Dinah Washington Park is a park located at 8215 S. Euclid Avenue in the South Chicago community area of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It was named for singer and Chicago resident Dinah Washington. 1.9 km · Public City Park in the Chicago Park District · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinah_Washington_Park) 8. Bessemer Park Bessemer Park is a public park in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Created in 1904, it was named for Henry Bessemer, the inventor of the eponymous steelmaking process. 1.9 km · park in Illinois, United States of America, United States of America · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessemer_Park) 9. Bronzeville Children's Museum Bronzeville Children's Museum is a museum in the Calumet Heights community area of the South Side of Chicago. It is the first and only African American children's museum in the United States. 500 m · African American children's museum in Evergreen Park, IL · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronzeville_Children%27s_Museum) 10. Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, Bridge No. 6 Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, Bridge No. 6 is a steel vertical-lift bridge consisting of two parallel spans, carrying two tracks each, across the Calumet River in Chicago, Illinois, United States. 3.2 km · railway bridge · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Shore_and_Michigan_Southern_Railway,_Bridge_No._6) 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 Calumet Heights, Chicago **Airports:** Chicago Midway (MDW), 16 km · Chicago O'Hare (ORD), 39 km · General Mitchell (MKE), 138 km\ **Stations:** 75th Street (Grand Crossing) station, 3.7 km · 79th Street (Chatham), 2.9 km · 83rd Street (Avalon Park), 2.4 km · 95th Street/Chicago State University, 2.1 km · 87th Street (Woodruff), 2 km\ - Milwaukee → Calumet Heights, Chicago 148 km · quickest by road, 2h 17m · $13–18 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/milwaukee-to-calumet-heights-chicago) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Milwaukee&to=Calumet+Heights%2C+Chicago) - Grand Rapids → Calumet Heights, Chicago 209 km · quickest by road, 3h 19m · $21–29 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/grand-rapids-to-calumet-heights-chicago) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Grand+Rapids&to=Calumet+Heights%2C+Chicago) - Indianapolis → Calumet Heights, Chicago 249 km · quickest by road, 3h 30m · $22–30 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/indianapolis-to-calumet-heights-chicago) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Indianapolis&to=Calumet+Heights%2C+Chicago) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Calumet%20Heights%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 Calumet Heights, 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 Calumet Heights, Chicago. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. The nearest places where the work is done 1. [Fire Island](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/fire-island) US 10 ways of moving, 19 sources 1,212 km 2. [Vinalhaven and the Fox Islands](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/vinalhaven) US 9 ways of moving, 13 sources 1,546 km 3. [Bacalar](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/bacalar) MX 9 ways of moving, 41 sources 2,564 km 4. [Caye Caulker](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/caye-caulker) BZ 9 ways of moving, 42 sources 2,667 km 5. [Flores](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/flores) GT 9 ways of moving, 32 sources 2,766 km If you know how people move in Calumet Heights, Chicago – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Ccalumet-heights&title=Calumet+Heights%2C+Chicago&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fcalumet-heights), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Calumet Heights, Chicago Calumet Heights, Chicago is 15 km from [Chicago](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/chicago), the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture. - [Avalon Park](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/avalon-park) community area of Chicago, Illinois, United States of America 2.6 km - [South Shore](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/south-shore) community in Chicago 3.5 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 3.7 km - [Chatham](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/chatham) neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois, USA 3 km - [South Chicago](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/south-chicago) community area in Chicago, Illinois 2.8 km - [Roseland](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/roseland) community area in Illinois, United States 3.9 km [The place page for Calumet Heights, Chicago](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/calumet-heights) [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/calumet-heights, for search crawlers and AI assistants. 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