Jefferson Park, Chicago
Jefferson Park is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States, located on the northwest side of the city.
Jefferson Park is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States, located on the northwest side of the city. It is also named after Thomas Jefferson, the third U.S. president and the Founding Father who was the main writer of the Declaration of Independence.
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Worth seeing in and around Jefferson 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.
- 01Queen of All Saints Basilica
Queen of All Saints Basilica is a historic church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago located at 6280 North Sauganash Avenue in Chicago's upper middle-class Sauganash neighborhood. Along with St.
2.7 km · church in Chicago, USA · Wikipedia - 02Bohemian National Cemetery
Bohemian National Cemetery is a cemetery at 5255 North Pulaski Road in North Park, Chicago, Illinois, United States.
3.5 km · cemetery in Chicago · Wikipedia - 03St. Adalbert Cemetery
St. Adalbert Cemetery (Polish: Cmentarz św.
3.7 km · cemetery in Niles, Illinois · Wikipedia - 04Leaning Tower of Niles
The Leaning Tower of Niles is a half-size replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa located in Niles, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. Designed by architect Albert L. Farr and completed in 1934, it was commissioned by industrialist Robert Ilg as part of a recreation park for employees of the Ilg Hot Air Electric Ventilating Company of Chicago.
3.8 km · replica tower of Pisa's, in Niles, Illinois, United States · Wikipedia - 05Katyń Monument in Niles
The Katyń Memorial is a monument in Niles in Illinois, United States, located at the St. Adalbert Cemetery.
3.5 km · monument in Niles, Illinois, United States · Wikipedia - 06Montrose Cemetery
Montrose Cemetery is an American cemetery located in Cook County, Illinois. The cemetery is located at 5400 North Pulaski Road, in Chicago, and was first opened in 1902.
3.1 km · cemetery in Chicago, Illinois · Wikipedia - 07Admiral Theatre
The Admiral Theatre in Chicago, Illinois, is a historic, landmark theater located on Lawrence Avenue, in the Albany Park area of Chicago, Illinois, presently operating as a strip club.
3.8 km · building in Chicago · Wikipedia - 08Mount Olive Cemetery
Mount Olive Cemetery is a landscaped cemetery in Chicago, Illinois, United States. It was founded by Chicago's Scandinavian community in 1886.
3.8 km · cemetery in Chicago, Illinois · Wikipedia - 09Wilbur Wright College
Wilbur Wright College is a public municipal community college in the Dunning community area in the northwestern side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is part of the City Colleges of Chicago system.
2.8 km · college in Chicago · Wikipedia - 10St. Edward's Parish
St. Edward's Parish is a Roman Catholic church, rectory, convent and coeducational grammar school located on the northwest side of Chicago founded in 1899.
3.3 km · catholic church, rectory convent and parish school in Chicago · Wikipedia
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Getting to Jefferson Park, Chicago
- Airports
- Chicago O'Hare (ORD), 11 km · Chicago Midway (MDW), 22 km · General Mitchell (MKE), 108 km
- Stations
- Jefferson Park, 1.2 km · Edgebrook, 2 km · Gladstone Park, 700 m · Mayfair, 2.9 km
- Milwaukee → Jefferson Park, Chicago119 km · quickest by road, 2h 25m · $10–14
- Grand Rapids → Jefferson Park, Chicago204 km · quickest by road, 4h 33m · $24–33
- Indianapolis → Jefferson Park, Chicago280 km · quickest by road, 4h 46m · $25–34
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No local-transport research exists yet for Jefferson 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 Jefferson Park, Chicago. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inIt is the fourth busiest airport in Illinois, despite only operating charter flights.
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Next door to Jefferson Park, Chicago
Jefferson Park, Chicago is 18 km from Chicago, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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