--- title: "Kenwood – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Kenwood, United States: locality 6 km from Chicago. Nearby: University of Chicago, Illinois Institute of Technology, Kenneth C. Griffin Museum of Science…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/kenwood" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/kenwood.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- Locality · United States · Illinois # Kenwood What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Kenwood 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. University of Chicago The University of Chicago is a private research university in the Hyde Park community area of Chicago, Illinois, United States. The university is composed of an undergraduate college and four graduate research divisions: the Arts & Humanities Division, the Biological Sciences Division, the Physical Sciences Division, and the Social Sciences Division, all of which include various organized departments and institutes. 2.2 km · private university in Chicago, Illinois · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Chicago) 2. Illinois Institute of Technology The Illinois Institute of Technology is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Tracing its history to 1890, the present name was adopted upon the merger of the Armour Institute and Lewis Institute in 1940. 3.8 km · American university · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois_Institute_of_Technology) 3. Kenneth C. Griffin Museum of Science and Industry The Griffin Museum of Science and Industry is a private, non-profit science museum located in Jackson Park, the Hyde Park neighborhood, Chicago, Illinois. It is adjacent to Lake Michigan and the University of Chicago campus. 2.4 km · museum in Chicago, Illinois, United States · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_of_Science_and_Industry_(Chicago%29) 4. Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, West Asia & North Africa The Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, West Asia and North Africa, formerly known as the Oriental Institute, is a research institute and museum of the University of Chicago, located in Hyde Park, Chicago, Illinois, United States. Established in May 1919, the institute was founded by Egyptologist and professor James Henry Breasted with funds donated by John D. Rockefeller Jr. 2.2 km · Chicago archaeology museum and research center · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_for_the_Study_of_Ancient_Cultures) 5. Robie House The Frederick C. Robie House is a historic house museum on the University of Chicago campus in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Designed by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright in the Prairie style, it was completed in 1910. 2.2 km · U.S. National Historic Landmark in Chicago, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robie_House) 6. Barack Obama Presidential Center The Barack Obama Presidential Center is a museum, library, and education project in Chicago to commemorate the presidency of Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States. The center includes a museum, community and conference facilities and houses the nonprofit Obama Foundation. 2.7 km · presidential museum in Chicago, Illinois · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama_Presidential_Center) 7. Woman's Building The Woman's Building was designed and built in June 1892, for the World's Columbian Exposition held in Chicago, Illinois, United States in 1893; under the auspices of the Board of Lady Managers. Out of the twelve main buildings for the Exhibition, the Woman's Building was the first to be completed. 2.6 km · building at the World's Fair held in Chicago in 1893 · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Woman%27s_Building_(Chicago%29) 8. Enrico Fermi Institute The Enrico Fermi Institute is a physics research institute of the University of Chicago. It was founded in September 1945 with Samuel King Allison as director. 1.9 km · research institute · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrico_Fermi_Institute) 9. Fountain of Time Fountain of Time, or simply Time, is a sculpture by Lorado Taft, measuring 126 feet 10 inches in length, situated at the western edge of the Midway Plaisance within Washington Park in Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. The sculpture is inspired by Henry Austin Dobson's poem "Paradox of Time". 2.6 km · sculpture by Lorado Taft in Chicago · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fountain_of_Time) 10. 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. 3.6 km · sculpture by Daniel Chester French · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_The_Republic) 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 Kenwood **Airports:** Chicago Midway (MDW), 13 km · Chicago O'Hare (ORD), 32 km · General Mitchell (MKE), 129 km\ **Stations:** 47th, 1.8 km · 55th–56th–57th Street, 1.9 km · 63rd Street, 3.3 km\ - Milwaukee → Kenwood 139 km · quickest by road, 2h 8m · $13–17 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/milwaukee-to-kenwood) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Milwaukee&to=Kenwood) - Grand Rapids → Kenwood 204 km · quickest by road, 3h 28m · $22–30 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/grand-rapids-to-kenwood) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Grand+Rapids&to=Kenwood) - Indianapolis → Kenwood 257 km · quickest by road, 3h 39m · $23–31 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/indianapolis-to-kenwood) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Indianapolis&to=Kenwood) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Kenwood) 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 Kenwood 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 Kenwood. 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. 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 1,214 km 2. [Vinalhaven and the Fox Islands](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/vinalhaven) US 9 ways of moving, 13 sources 1,544 km 3. [Bacalar](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/bacalar) MX 9 ways of moving, 41 sources 2,573 km 4. [Caye Caulker](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/caye-caulker) BZ 9 ways of moving, 42 sources 2,676 km 5. [Flores](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/flores) GT 9 ways of moving, 32 sources 2,775 km If you know how people move in Kenwood – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Ckenwood&title=Kenwood&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fkenwood), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Kenwood Kenwood is 6 km from [Chicago](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/chicago), the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture. - [Hyde Park](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/hyde-park) neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois 1.2 km - [Chicago Fire Department](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/chicago-fire-department) fire department of the city of Chicago, Illinois, United States 3.2 km - [Grand Boulevard](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/grand-boulevard) community area of Chicago 1.9 km - [Woodlawn](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/woodlawn) community area in the South Side of the City of Chicago, Illinois, USA 3.3 km - [Washington Park](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/washington-park) community area in Chicago 2.8 km - [Douglas](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/douglas) community area in Chicago, Illinois, United States 3.3 km [The place page for Kenwood](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/kenwood) [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/kenwood, for search crawlers and AI assistants. 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