--- title: "South Chicago – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "South Chicago, United States: South Chicago, formerly known as Ainsworth, is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States. Nearby…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/south-chicago" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/south-chicago.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 # South Chicago South Chicago, formerly known as Ainsworth, is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States. ![South Chicago](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Chicago_River_Morning_%2844455011711%29.jpg/1920px-Chicago_River_Morning_%2844455011711%29.jpg) South Chicago · Roman Boed from The Netherlands (CC BY 2.0) The place South Chicago, formerly known as Ainsworth, is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Chicago%2C_Chicago), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around South 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. 3.7 km · mosque in Illinois, United States · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosque_Maryam) 2. 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. 500 m · Polish church in Chicago · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_the_Immaculate_Conception_(Chicago%29) 3. 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. 3.1 km · Music hall and theater in Chicago, Illinois, United States · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avalon_Regal_Theater) 4. Saint Michael the Archangel Catholic Church St. Michael is a church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago. 600 m · church in Illinois, USA · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Michael_the_Archangel_Catholic_Church_(Chicago%29) 5. Calumet Park Calumet Park is a 198-acre urban park in Chicago, Illinois. Providing access to Lake Michigan from the East Side neighborhood on the city's Southeast Side, the park contains approximately 0.9 miles of lake frontage from 95th Street to 102nd Street, which extends to the city limits at Illinois' border with Indiana. 3 km · park in Illinois, United States of America, United States of America · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calumet_Park) 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. 1.1 km · catholic shrine · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Shrine_of_Saint_Jude_(United_States%29) 7. South Shore Cultural Center The South Shore Cultural Center, in Chicago, Illinois, United States, is a cultural facility located at 71st Street and South Shore Drive, in the city's South Shore neighborhood. It encompasses the club facility, grounds, and beach of the former South Shore Country Club, which in the 1970s became part of the public Chicago Park District. 3.5 km · building in Illinois, United States · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Shore_Cultural_Center) 8. 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. 2.3 km · Public City Park in the Chicago Park District · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinah_Washington_Park) 9. 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 km · park in Illinois, United States of America, United States of America · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessemer_Park) 10. 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. 3.3 km · African American children's museum in Evergreen Park, IL · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronzeville_Children%27s_Museum) 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 South Chicago **Airports:** Chicago Midway (MDW), 18 km · Chicago O'Hare (ORD), 40 km · General Mitchell (MKE), 137 km\ **Stations:** Bryn Mawr, 3.7 km · South Chicago (93rd Street), 1.5 km · 87th Street station, 300 m · Cheltenham, 1.4 km · Windsor Park, 2.2 km\ - Milwaukee → South Chicago 147 km · quickest by road, 2h 18m · $14–19 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/milwaukee-to-south-chicago) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Milwaukee&to=South+Chicago) - Grand Rapids → South Chicago 206 km · quickest by road, 3h 18m · $21–29 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/grand-rapids-to-south-chicago) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Grand+Rapids&to=South+Chicago) - Indianapolis → South Chicago 249 km · quickest by road, 3h 29m · $22–30 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/indianapolis-to-south-chicago) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Indianapolis&to=South+Chicago) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=South%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 South 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 South 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. 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 1,210 km 2. [Vinalhaven and the Fox Islands](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/vinalhaven) US 9 ways of moving, 13 sources 1,543 km 3. [Bacalar](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/bacalar) MX 9 ways of moving, 41 sources 2,566 km 4. [Caye Caulker](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/caye-caulker) BZ 9 ways of moving, 42 sources 2,669 km 5. [Flores](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/flores) GT 9 ways of moving, 32 sources 2,768 km If you know how people move in South Chicago – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Csouth-chicago&title=South+Chicago&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fsouth-chicago), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to South Chicago South Chicago is 15 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 2.8 km - [Avalon Park](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/avalon-park) community area of Chicago, Illinois, United States of America 3.5 km - [South Shore](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/south-shore) community in Chicago 3.3 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 - [Pill Hill](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/pill-hill) neighborhood in Calumet Heights, Chicago 2.6 km - [Chicago/Far Southeast Side](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/chicago-far-southeast-side) human settlement in Chicago, Illinois, United States of America 3.3 km [The place page for South Chicago](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/south-chicago) [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/south-chicago, for search crawlers and AI assistants. 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