South Shore
South Shore is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States.
South Shore is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States. Located on the city's South Side, the area is named for its location along the city's southern lakefront. Although South Shore has seen a greater than 40% decrease in residents since Chicago's population peaked in the 1950s, the area remains one of the most densely populated neighborhoods on the South Side. The community benefits from its location along the waterfront, its accessibility to Lake Shore Drive, and its proximity to major institutions and attractions such as the University of Chicago, the Museum of Science and Industry, and Jackson Park.
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Worth seeing in and around South Shore
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.
- 01University 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.
3.7 km · private university in Chicago, Illinois · Wikipedia - 02Kenneth 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.
3.4 km · museum in Chicago, Illinois, United States · Wikipedia - 03Institute 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.
3.6 km · Chicago archaeology museum and research center · Wikipedia - 04Robie 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.
3.6 km · U.S. National Historic Landmark in Chicago, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright · Wikipedia - 05Chicago 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.
5.3 km · university · Wikipedia - 06Barack 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.
3 km · presidential museum in Chicago, Illinois · Wikipedia - 07Mosque 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.
400 m · mosque in Illinois, United States · Wikipedia - 08Woman'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.
3.3 km · building at the World's Fair held in Chicago in 1893 · Wikipedia - 09Enrico 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.
4.1 km · research institute · Wikipedia - 10Fountain 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".
3.8 km · sculpture by Lorado Taft in Chicago · Wikipedia
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Getting to South Shore
- Airports
- Chicago Midway (MDW), 15 km · Chicago O'Hare (ORD), 36 km · General Mitchell (MKE), 135 km
- Stations
- 55th–56th–57th Street, 3.8 km · 75th Street (Grand Crossing) station, 1.3 km · 95th Street/Chicago State University, 4.7 km · 87th Street (Woodruff), 3 km · 91st Street (Chesterfield), 3.8 km
- Milwaukee → South Shore145 km · quickest by road, 2h 15m · $13–18
- Grand Rapids → South Shore206 km · quickest by road, 3h 22m · $22–30
- Indianapolis → South Shore252 km · quickest by road, 3h 33m · $22–30
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for South Shore
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 Shore. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inFor 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, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to South Shore
South Shore is 12 km from Chicago, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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